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Topic: " Beautiful " or " Ugly " large passenger ferry .

Eric Cruises
First Class Passenger
Member # 957

posted 04-12-2000 03:37 AM

Hello,
Which passenger ferry doyou feel beautifil or ugly? Please tell me. If possible, please post your ferry's photos on message board.
Thank Very much!

I like Sija Line ~ SIJA EUROPA and Viking Line ~ Athena and Kalypso ( now Star Aquarius and Pisces ) are very beautiful ferry.

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Patrick
First Class Passenger
Member # 364

posted 04-12-2000 01:36 PM

Beautiful Ferry-liners are SILJA EUROPA, SLJA SERENADE, SILJA SYMPHONY, PRINCESSE RAGNHILD or KRONPRINS HARALD. They even look more like cruiseships than Ferrys.
Ugly Ferries are several ships of Tirrenia, like the MANZONI for example. They´ve added 3 new decks and the ships look awful now.

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cameron
First Class Passenger
Member # 966

posted 04-12-2000 01:53 PM

I think the Turbojet Ferries, the service going from Hong Kong to Macau, is sleek. I like the moderm look to these ferries.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 04-12-2000 04:18 PM

Yes Eric, the Silja Europa is a ferry with the looks like a luxuary liner.

I also have a softspot for Hovercraft (i.e the giant SRN4). See my 'Visit To Dover' posting in the 'Classic ships and liners' section of this site.

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Eric Cruises
First Class Passenger
Member # 957

posted 04-13-2000 12:06 AM

Patrick,
Do you have MANZONI and KRONPRINS HARALD 's photo? If have, may you post on the message board?

Here is STAR CRUISES ~ STAR PISCES (ex. VIKING LINE ~ Kalypso) after refurbish's photo. STAR PISCES's outside look is similar to Silja EUROPA.

[This message has been edited by Eric Lee (edited 04-13-2000).]

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Peter P
First Class Passenger
Member # 374

posted 04-13-2000 03:26 AM

I think Silja Europa, Víking Cinderella,Isabella,Amorella looks nice but not Silja Symphony/Serenade.

Super Fast Ferries looks also nice.

http://www.ana.gr/hermes/1998/dec/shipping.htm

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AJL
First Class Passenger
Member # 956

posted 04-13-2000 11:09 AM

I agree with you Peter P, especially with the Cinderella and the Silja Europa.

And I also think that Silja Serenade/Symphony and Viking's Mariella are horrible. They look like a block of flats.

AJL

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Patrick
First Class Passenger
Member # 364

posted 04-13-2000 01:29 PM

I prefered STAR PISCES and STAR AQUARIUS when they featured blue hulls. I don´t really like the all-white hull with all this writing on it.
Same is for SUPERSTAR ARIES. It looked much nicer when it was sailing as the EUROPA. The orange-blue stripes made the ship more elegant. Now it looks like a box with no character. The new added balconies look awful too.

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Eric Cruises
First Class Passenger
Member # 957

posted 04-14-2000 12:27 AM

Patrick,
Yes, I also think so. Star Pisces and Aquarius's big red words are too awful. It also make the ship outside look very cheap...!!!

But about SuperStar Aries, The full white is better than the orange-blue stripes. I also don't like their balcony and big red eng and thailand words..

Here is SuperStar Aries,

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French news
First Class Passenger
Member # 1203

posted 04-14-2000 10:47 AM

Je trouve le car-ferry Napoleon Bonaparte de la SNCM vraiment très joli. Il assure la liaison entre Marseille et Ajaccio. Un sister-ship vient d'être commandé aux chantier Fincantieri d'Ancône. Mise en service prévue en 2002.

I find the ferry Napoleon Bonaparte of SNCM very beautiful. She travel betwen Marseille and Ajaccio. A sister-ship is now under construction to Fincantieri, Ancône for delivery in 2002.

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Eric Cruises
First Class Passenger
Member # 957

posted 04-14-2000 12:37 PM

French news,

Where can I see the ferry Napoleon Bonaparte of SNCM 's photo?

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French news
First Class Passenger
Member # 1203

posted 04-14-2000 01:04 PM

Eric,

The SNCM web site is www.SNCM.fr
and I have a photo on http://tsinc.simplenet.com/cruise/ships.hts?294

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Peter P
First Class Passenger
Member # 374

posted 04-14-2000 04:08 PM

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE is very interesting.
Nice but i dunno if beatiful. A bit like Aida.

Interesting

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Eric Cruises
First Class Passenger
Member # 957

posted 04-14-2000 11:37 PM

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE outside look is very interesting, it seem a fat lady on the sea!!!
She also have many big windows.....very good!
:-)

There ferries all are very beautiful, outside look such as cruise ship!!

[This message has been edited by Eric Lee (edited 04-14-2000).]

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 04-19-2000 09:27 AM

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".

This is the world's biggest hovercraft, the SRN4 which opperates in Dover UK, to France.

The SRN4, which carries up to 60 cars and 418 passengers at speeds of up to 65 Knots. These craft have been operating for 30 years now!

Picture borrowed from the web site:http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~potter/

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MagnmPI
First Class Passenger
Member # 299

posted 04-19-2000 12:02 PM

The Hovercraft LIVES!!! Thanks Malcolm.

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