I've been on Regal and Royal when full and even then there was no real lines or waiting for a table. Princess did a great job with the traffic flows on the Royal class. Totally agree on this one. We sailed on Regal in late 2019 and there always seemed to be loads of space - we were really surprised...
Jump to postI've been on Regal and Royal when full and even then there was no real lines or waiting for a table. Princess did a great job with the traffic flows on the Royal class. Totally agree on this one. We sailed on Regal in late 2019 and there always seemed to be loads of space - we were really surprised...
Jump to postWrong question. The correct question is...how much money does it cost to put a ship on dry land. Answer...too much. Buildings can be re-leased to someone else. When the entire industry is way over capacity, there are no buyers. Just like when the US steel industry tanked in the early 80s. They didn...
Jump to postWith all this glum news, what we all need is a throwback to the golden era of cruising... But that's not what you're getting! Instead, enjoy the cheesy horror of this Carnival promo video from the 90s. Watch from the start, but it really steps up a level or two about a minute in... It's simultaneous...
Jump to postIt feels more likely than some of the other ships you've suggested. It's one of a kind and it's opulent, but it isn't the historical relic of a bygone age as QM or even QE2 which does reduce potential interest as a museum ship. I just have to ask, have you been on the QM2? The regular cabins are ok...
Jump to postAn ocean liner and a cruise ship are not the same thing. If you think of it this way, on an ocean liner you lived for perhaps a week on the ship without getting off. On a cruise ship, you arrive at a port at 0700 say and disembark at say 0800 and spend the day ashore. At 1800 you re embark and leav...
Jump to postDo you think this will become a successful venture? Not in the current climate. And not at those rates, not forgetting food etc will be extra. It's emerging today that they couldn't insure it, so it's been sold for scrap and will be heading to India shortly. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruis...
Jump to postThe Love Boat ships, Song of Norway, Sovereign class ships, Royal Viking Line ships Carnival Destiny, Grand Princess, Voyager class ships, Freedom class ships, and definitely the Oasis class ships are/were historically significant. Well your list already points out that there isn't the interest... ...
Jump to postQuite a few of the Princess ships that have become quite tired looking are most likely to go . The good news is that Southampton is getting the new Sky Princess next year. Yes, I saw that. Other half and I were hoping they might add a couple more Norwegian fjords itineraries but it seems like it's ...
Jump to postWhy is the nearly 40 year old Saga Sapphire still going to another cruise line, when Carnival Fantasy, Inspiration, Imagination, Monarch of the Seas, and Sovereign of the Seas that are all considerably newer are going to the scrapyard? Her new owners are a start up, they bought a very cheap old shi...
Jump to postShe’s 24 years old, she is not going to remain in service for the next 25 years, it wouldn’t surprise me if the Vision Class vessels will be the next class RCCL scraps. Just...don't...it's like talking in an echo chamber: you'll only hear the same thing over and over. That being said, I'm amazed th...
Jump to postConfirmed : Greece’s ropax operator Seajets has entered the over-night cruise sector, purchasing former P&O Cruises’ Oceana, with the ship delivered in Patras yesterday. The new fleet addition, named Queen of the Oceans, is another extension of Seajets’ operation, which led by the flamboyant 52...
Jump to postI would have though they would have got one of two of the Fantasy class ships, the Marella Celebration, one of the Pullmantar Sovereign class ships, or the Tropicale. I am not trying to be rude here, but how old are you ???? Why would Fred Olsen pick up ships that are anywhere from 10 to 20 years o...
Jump to postLooks like Carnival has started cutting its own fleet. The Carnival Fantasy is being sold for scrap reportedly: https://cruiseradio.net/carnival-fantasy-reportedly-sold-heading-to-scrapyard/ The Carnival Inspiration may also of been be sold. Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Tapatalk Those ships had...
Jump to postTwo of the Pullmantur ships are currently in Naples being stripped out ready for potential scrapping. It doesnt look good for Pullmantur’s future either . Seems the brand will be gone. Apparently Monarch has left Naples and is now on its way to Aliaga (town in Turkey with large ship dismantling ope...
Jump to postKeel has been laid for the first LNG-powered MSC Cruises ship, MSC World Europa, at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. The 200,000-plus GRT ship is scheduled to enter service in 2022. I'm still not entirely sold on the vertical bow, streamlined far-forward superstruc...
Jump to postThe delivery for the Spirit of Adventure has been delayed and the ship will not debut in August as originally planned. This is due to social distancing measures and reduced workers capacity at the Meyer-Werfit Shipyard in Germany that was imposed by COVID-19. Just the latest in a series of delays f...
Jump to postTwo of the Pullmantur ships are currently in Naples being stripped out ready for potential scrapping. It doesnt look good for Pullmantur’s future either . Seems the brand will be gone. I don't know why RCCL keeps the brand alive or why anyone would sail on it. It's nice that they still keep smaller...
Jump to postIn my opinion internships (longer than a few days' "work experience") should be paid, even if it's only covering living and travelling expenses. Unpaid internships benefit the wealthy and privileged, who already have better access to jobs and education. I don't think you need to be a card-...
Jump to postWhile I might like to fly I an A380 one time I have no desire to cruise on a mega ship. But then I'm now 75 and newly diagnosed with cancer # 5 and will focus on ships that are more comfortable to sail on. At my age we quickly learn what is important in ship design. I've done only a few cruises, al...
Jump to postIn the UK there are a few rental companies which are amongst the biggest remarketers of cars in the wholesale market - it's almost as important a part of their business as the rental aspect, and the purchase at their risk offers them the chance to flex the time the vehicles spend on fleet so a) they...
Jump to postThere certainly was a big shortage of pasta in the UK for around four weeks. Things are starting to get back to normal now, but it seems everyone is home baking like crazy - eggs, flour and dried fruits are pretty low. Ditto, pasta seems to be available now (though mostly brands that I haven't seen...
Jump to postI was working from home for a couple of weeks and then went into furlough, which started at the beginning of April and isn't expected to end until the end of May earliest. I had a house move planned before the lockdown started - I'd bought a house and was waiting to move in. Then the week before it ...
Jump to postBig question is, is there going to be a Schengen or an European Union by the time it opens? The current situation has what it takes to shake up the structure of the EU, according to the Paris expert. Similarly, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned that the EU’s very existence would be under...
Jump to postSo I live more or less on a commuter rail station. Trains that stop there are multiple units of 4 or 8 coaches, usually with people standing in the morning and evening peaks because it's so busy. Since the lockdown here in the UK, people have been asked to stay off the trains unless they are key wor...
Jump to postSutton Harbour Holdings who owned Plymouth Airport in the UK also owned Air South West - not to be confused with Southwest Airlines ;) They launched the airline to coincide with British Airways axing their flights from the airport and actually did quite well, until BA came back along with several o...
Jump to postBrunei's Shariah law applies to its Muslim population, especially in the case of the adultery & homosexual. Only a few of the laws will be applicable to non-Muslims. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/brunei-enacts-sharia-law-sultan-calls-stronger-islam-190403060932396.html Which still isn'...
Jump to postI have quite a few rugby shirts, mostly Wasps (local rugby team) as that's what I tend to wear when I go to games. A couple of England rugby shirts too and a British & Irish Lions shirt.
Jump to postMy current toy. Pretty entertaining and makes me smile. I tend to go for quite 'grown-up' cars, but figured I probably ought to have something a little more silly (laddish?) before I hit 30. Peugeot 208 GTi, 1.6 200bhp turbo, fast enough. <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goldfishfood/...
Jump to postI was on an Eastern Caribbean cruise (my first cruise) on Caribbean Princess in October last year out of Ft Lauderdale. Planned itinerary was <acronym title="Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (FLL / KFLL), USA - Florida">FLL</acronym> - Princess Cays (Bahamas) - At Sea - St Maarten - St Thom...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/seat64k" class="quote" target="_blank">seat64k</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i>Would the Pendolino service from Euston to...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/af773atmsp" class="quote" target="_blank">af773atmsp</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Four years ago I traveled from Edinbur...
Jump to postProblem is, even in Europe where wagons are a much bigger deal (particularly in the retail market) there wasn't much reason to choose the Chrysler (other than 'being different') when there were plenty of far more capable and efficient wagons out there. It's awesome, but heavy and compromised. I've a...
Jump to postI just came back from my first ever cruise just over a week ago. Going on a cruise as a 28 year old single man I genuinely didn't know what to expect, but had a fantastic time. In spite of dear old Hurricane Gonzalo changing the itinerary from Eastern to Western Caribbean (no <acronym title="Philips...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aesma" class="quote" target="_blank">Aesma</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>For example the Peugeot 508 hybrid is the 508 RX...
Jump to postIn the UK, generally people would say they're going to a 'nightclub' or 'club' rather than a 'disco'. I think the word 'disco' tends to refer more to an event than a place here now. You might have a disco at a wedding or office Christmas party, but you'd go out to a club. A nightclub will typically ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyingthe757" class="quote" target="_blank">flyingthe757</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>It almost sounds as if you don't l...
Jump to postBHX doing pretty well for final flights, it seems! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PlymSpotter" class="quote" target="_blank">PlymSpotter</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aesma" class="quote" target="_blank">Aesma</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Imagine 5 days of American football, it would ...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gkirk" class="quote" target="_blank">gkirk</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>Only 21 posts in 5 days???</i></font></td></tr...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/YVRtoYYZ" class="quote" target="_blank">YVRtoYYZ</a> (<a href="#34" class="quote">Reply 34</a>):<br/><i>The Great Purge of '07 took all the fun ...
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Jump to postOxford and Cambridge are both an easy trip from London - from <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym> you can get a direct bus to Oxford which, whilst not cheap (£24 return), should get you there in under an hour and a half - usually less. Walk through the town centre, visit a college or...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lukeyboy95" class="quote" target="_blank">lukeyboy95</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>my pre-flight drinking (which t...
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