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Fairsky
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posted 06-09-2000 04:48 PM      Profile for Fairsky   Email Fairsky   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Here is a shot of the new Costa Atlantica just weeks before completion at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland. She is 84,000 tons and nearly identical to the Carnival Spirit due out next year (only her funnel and interior decor will be different). Notice the waterslide (ala Carnival) and the huge number of balcony cabins.

Does anyone else have photos or drawings of new ships? Specifically Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas, the new HAL ships or new Princess ships to be built in france and japan? Post them if you do.

Oh, there is a web cam at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany where you can see the Radiance of the Seas slowly take shape. Go to http://www.meyerwerft.com
and click under 'shipyard' and then 'web cam'.


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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 06-09-2000 05:09 PM      Profile for Malcolm @ cruisepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Nice picture, thanks for posting it.

However, this new ship looks rather run of the mill to me. There is nothing in it's exterior design that excites me It's design is not unlike other ships from the same yard.


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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 06-09-2000 05:18 PM      Profile for Malcolm @ cruisepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Here'a P&O's Aurora, recently at Southampton.


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Rex
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posted 06-09-2000 05:37 PM      Profile for Rex     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The Aurora is a handsome ship - does she have a sponson stern? Also, her bow seems a lot longer than those of her contemporaries - does that make her more seaworthy?
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Vaccaro
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posted 06-09-2000 05:57 PM      Profile for Vaccaro   Author's Homepage   Email Vaccaro   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Thank you Skyej and Malcolm for the pictures.

I think, aesthetically, the half rear part profile of the AURORA is absolutly remarkable, especially compared to many other new ones.
However, I prefer a little the front half of the ORIANA. I think they have both lot of class and elegance. I think too the angle of the Malcolm's photo is not her best one...but this is the case for almost all new cruise ships.
Only a subjective opinion of course.

Rex, if you want to see very nice shots of the stern (without sponson) of AURORA, visit: http://www.aurora2000.f9.co.uk
Bye.

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posted 06-10-2000 03:42 AM      Profile for Malcolm @ cruisepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Vaccaro, nice web site!

Rex, here's a picture of the stern.

More photo's at: http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_water/aurora/index.asp

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posted 06-10-2000 03:52 AM      Profile for Malcolm @ cruisepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Rex,P&O's Aurora and Oriana were designed specifically for the British cruise market.In fact the Oriana (1995) was the first vessel specifically built for UK Cruising.

The British cruising public have different preferences to their transatlantic counterparts. For example, they preferred more smaller and intimate public rooms to those from North America.

Oriana has a service speed of 24 knots(rather than 18-20. This allows her to sail from Southampton and get to the Mediterranean(a popular destination for the UK market) and back with the traditional British 14 to 16 day holiday period.

I assume that this is also the case with Aurora?


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Joe at PwC
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posted 06-10-2000 08:15 PM      Profile for Joe at PwC   Email Joe at PwC   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The upper half of the stern decks are arranged a la the Royal Princess. Quite nice. Only there's more of them and they're just a little larger.
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