Topic: Pics of your favourite cruise ship. (Read 8596 times)

You should keep your arse out of this thread if you don't like "floating boxes of steel" aka cruise ships. Please...

Because I don't want to continue any flamewars I'll post a photo of a cruise ship too

Carnival Valor
Carnival Cruise Lines

RMSGreatBritain · « **Reply #34 on:** November 18, 2008, 19:29:32 »

Nice ship, season, I gotta get used to calling you that. I like the Celebrity Solstice:

Captain Tony · « **Reply #35 on:** November 18, 2008, 23:06:47 »

Quote from: RMSGreatBritain on November 18, 2008, 17:20:37

Ah the rotterdam, nice ship, is that a campavan I see on the portside bow there?

No that is one of the (I don't recall the exact term) enclosed lifeboats. Also while this next pic is not exactly a "cruise" ship, she was on a world cruise at the time and put in a port call here in NYC. Enjoy.

Season · « **Reply #36 on:** November 18, 2008, 23:43:54 »

Wow, that looks very weird and unique and beautiful at the same time

! Great ship.

MrFlappy102 · « **Reply #37 on:** November 19, 2008, 00:42:53 »

Quote from: ykcin on November 18, 2008, 17:27:26

so do river cruises count?

Yes Post away

Captain Tony · « **Reply #38 on:** November 19, 2008, 12:15:23 »

Quote from: Season on November 18, 2008, 23:43:54

Wow, that looks very weird and unique and beautiful at the same time ! Great ship.

Thanks. This is a very old photo (as is the one of the 1959 SS Rotterdam) which I took myself many years ago. I scanned it into the computer and cleaned it up some. SS Canberra (1961) was ,like Rotterdam, a trend setter in doing away with the midship funnel in favor of the twin rear mounted "uptakes". Canberra was also one (if not) of the first large ocean going liners to place the lifeboats low on the superstructure, thus setting the pattern which we now see in almost all the new cruise vessels. And now another old photo, this time of QE2 before she was converted to diesel as evidenced by the original tall, thin, statuesque funnel.

Captain Tony · « **Reply #39 on:** November 19, 2008, 12:17:23 »

That M/V Dragon is very innovative. I love it.

RMSGreatBritain · « **Reply #40 on:** November 19, 2008, 19:25:35 »

Those River cruise boats look brilliant, I like them

MrFlappy102 · « **Reply #41 on:** November 20, 2008, 03:53:35 »

The one with dragon head is really unique. i like it

Is the bridge inside the mouth?

ykcin · « **Reply #42 on:** November 20, 2008, 06:10:00 »

Quote from: MrFlappy102 on November 20, 2008, 03:53:35

The one with dragon head is really unique. i like it
Is the bridge inside the mouth?

yep it is i only have side shots or i could have shown you

ykcin · « **Reply #43 on:** November 20, 2008, 06:31:12 »

ok
there we go

Master Captain · « **Reply #44 on:** November 20, 2008, 12:41:48 »

i like the last one in your post, i didn't see a name though

zaraya · « **Reply #45 on:** November 20, 2008, 13:09:24 »

One of my favorite is Oasis of the Seas, being built by Royal Caribbean International. Favorite ships currently in service include QM2 and Europa (Europa has been officialy the most luxurious cruise ship afloat since 2001)

ykcin · « **Reply #46 on:** November 20, 2008, 13:32:42 »

Quote from: Master Captain on November 20, 2008, 12:41:48

i like the last one in your post, i didn't see a name though

yeah beautiful shots huh not taken by me tho
well see there is a little white board right blow the funnel with red and black thing on it thats the name written in chinese tho

RMSGreatBritain · « **Reply #47 on:** November 20, 2008, 17:20:46 »

I love the designs of that 'dragon ship' very innovative, and I look at that ship and dont think its a vessel, it looks more like part of a chinese town. Infact I once went to phantasialand in germany and for som reason the top deck reminds me of the china town they have there. I dont know why, but there you go.

Quote from: zaraya on November 20, 2008, 13:09:24

One of my favorite is Oasis of the Seas, being built by Royal Caribbean International. Favorite ships currently in service include QM2 and Europa (Europa has been officialy the most luxurious cruise ship afloat since 2001)

Yes I like them ones too, especially QM2. and the stuff they will have on Oasis of the seas is pure genius!

captseaton · « **Reply #48 on:** November 21, 2008, 03:52:37 »

Quote from: RMSGreatBritain on November 18, 2008, 19:29:32

Nice ship, season, I gotta get used to calling you that. I like the Celebrity Solstice:

Been looking at the Solstice for the past month or so. Gorgeous ship. She has been doing quite a bit of sitting here. Kudos to the engineers at Meyer Werft for finishing her WAY ahead of schedule. Her first scheduled cruise from Port Everglades was supposed to be November 23, 2008, but she is doing some short inaugural cruises in the interim. Ship has real grass on the top deck and a Corning Glass Museum glass blowing exhibition. I also got my first look at the Independence of the Seas yesterday. Much better looking than the standard Voyager class.

We are looking forward to welcoming the Oasis of the Seas in 2009. Port Everglades will have both Genesis class ships, they will contribute 2.1 million annual passengers...by themselves.

Here is a local link about the Independence being here yesterday with a brief glimpse of the Solstice.
http://www.local10.com/video/18016939/

Captain Tony · « **Reply #49 on:** November 21, 2008, 03:54:42 »

The dragon ship is incredibly cool. What I wouldn't give to get that in ship sim.

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