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Oceanic ~ July 1994. Fort Lauderdale - Bahamas
RVS ~ August 1997. Plymouth - Venice
Vistafjord ~ August 1998. Edinburgh - Copenhagen
~ August 1999. Venice - Venice
What are your favourite ships? Im looking forward to visiting the QE2 tomorrow in Southampton - 1st time!
Bye for now!
The QE2 and The SS Norway are two the big favourites with Cruise Talkers!
I have so many ships that are my favorite from Mauretania to Queen Elizabeth 2 and the new building of Queen Mary 2 and another ship witch I will not name until the company gives more info on if they will really build it.
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Happy Cruising, cruznut6
I love the way you can see so many new people and discover new parts of the world so easily. There's a certain magic about cruise ships, that is certainly not present for holidays like back packing!
I was only on the Oceanic for 4 days, i didn't really like it much - it was too full of bratty kids on family reunions! I much prefered the RVS and Vista.
The QE2 is beautiful, loverly modern yet stylish decor, and so much amazing artwork.
It was strange after being on the Vista/Caronia a few times (and becoming so familiar and comfortable with it) to feel quite lost and overawed. Especially as it's so much larger than what i'm used to!
Also, i'm used to seeing familiar faces amongst crew, so when we saw a couple of friends on the QE2 it was a great relief!
Cya!
Although I'm 48 years old and have cruised on 10 different ships,I still get excited whenever I see or read anything about ships.Seeing the ship you're about to board for the first time is still one of the greatest feelings in the world. Hope you enjoy the QE2 and give us a review when you return!
We went on the QE2 for the afternoon, cos my Dad was joining as Security Officer. So we got to look around and had lunch. It was a good day, even though it meant saying goodbye to Dad until August 6th!
At first i thought i'd never find my way around, after being so familiar with the Caronia, because of the many stairways and restaurants and lounges!!! But as long as you decide to either find yur way somewhere by the decks or stairways, you're ok! Eg, to find your cabin, say 'I'll head for deck 4.' or 'I'll go to stairway D' and it's much easier!!
Although he's got a 12 day handover, it's gonna be hard for Dad to get used to a new ship to work on, as he's only been on the RVS and Caronia/Vista before. He prefers the Caronia. Although both our cruises were on the Caronia pre-refit, we've visited since but i haven't seen the RVS as the Seabourn Sun, which i won't get a chance for a while yet now that Dad's on the QE2!
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