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Originally posted by Cruiseny:
Ugh... Is that supposed to be permanent?Horrible if you ask me !

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Did anyone know she was going to be like this? Nothing on NCL's site to suggest as much, not even a press release to say she has floated.
I gather the weather yesterday was not camera friendly, but is anyone going to see her move down the Ems next week?

On second thoughts, it looks like she's wearing lip-stick?

On the subject of 'Art':

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE EXHIBITS ORIGINAL WORKS OF WORLD'S GREATEST IMPRESSIONISTS ON NORWEGIAN DAWN

Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet and Renoir Masterpieces Displayed on the cruise line's newest Freestyle Cruising ship

MIAMI (October 7, 2002) - Most new ships boast a multi million dollar art collection. On Norwegian Cruise Line's (NCL) new Norwegian Dawn a single restaurant will feature four original works valued at more than the entire collection of most other ships. In a new development for the cruise industry, NCL is installing a collection of original oil paintings by 20th Century masters Renoir, Matisse, Van Gogh and Monet in its signature Le Bistro restaurant. Elsewhere on the ship guests will enjoy a collection of original Pop Art featuring original signed works by the likes of Andy Warhol.

The artworks are on loan from Star Cruises Chairman Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay's personal collection and will be displayed on the 2,240-passenger Norwegian Dawn, the sister ship to the acclaimed Norwegian Star, scheduled to debut in December.

NCL is giving passengers on Norwegian Dawn the unprecedented opportunity to enjoy the stunning creativity and genius of these masters on each of its sailings in 2003 and 2004. The centerpiece paintings have been exhibited world wide including the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the National Gallery in Washington DC.

"Students of both art history and cruising will see the connection immediately between Impressionism and Freestyle Cruising," said Colin Veitch, president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line. "They know that the Impressionists, in a short extraordinarily innovative period, broke the classical/traditional mold that had characterized all western art for the entire 19th Century. Art was never the same again and virtually everything since then traces its roots to masters such as Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, and Matisse. How fitting then that we have fine examples of their works on the ship whose ordering in April2000 marked the announcement of Freestyle Cruising. Freestyle Cruising has broken the mold of traditional cruising that has characterized all cruising since the 1960's. It's hard to deny that cruising will never be the same again!"

"Themes utilizing reproductions and derivations of impressionist art have often been used for bars and lounges aboard cruise ships. This is the first time original pieces of this quality from artists of such world renown have formed the permanent collection aboard a cruise ship. New Yorkers will love it!" Veitch added.

The four master works on exhibit each represent outstanding works from different periods in the artists' lives. A summary of each work follows:

"Un Parc Au Printemps (A Park in Spring)" - Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890)
Painted in May 1887 during the two years the artist spent in Paris - among the most pivotal of his career -- the earliest known owner of this piece was Mme E.H. du Quesne-Van Gogh. It has previously been exhibited in Amsterdam at the Van Gogh Museum on loan from 1993 - 1999, and in Washington, D.C. at the National Gallery of Art from 1998 - 1999.

"Nu Au Turban (Nude with Turban)" - Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
Often regarded as the most important French artist of the 20th century, Matisse painted this work in Nice in 1921. Acquired from the artist in April 1921 by Josse & Gaston Bernhelm-Jeune it was exhibited publicly by the National Museum in Stockholm in 1963.

"Vethueil de Soleil (Vethueil in Sun)" - Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)
Painted in Giverny in 1880 by the man credited with the birth of Impressionism, this work was originally acquired from the artist in April 1880 by Luquet and Ernest Hoschede. It has a long history of exhibitions starting in Le Havre by the Society for Friends of the Arts of Le Havre in 1880. It was later exhibited at the Hotel de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts in 1925.

"La Baigneuse (The Bather)" - Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919)
A leader among the Impressionists, Renoir painted this work in Cagnes in 1909. Maurice Gangnat of Paris, a friend and patron of the artist acquired it in June 1925. It was first exhibited in Pairs at the Musee de l'Orangerie in 1933 and then at the Palaise des Beaux-Arts of Brussels in 1935.

"North American audiences will now have the opportunity to view these priceless works together for the first time," Veitch said. "At the same time, we wanted to provide a range of modern art onboard a ship that will be based in two vibrant modern cities, New York and Miami, so we have included a series of original works by New York icon Andy Warhol and modern Miami sensation Romero Britto to reflect the fun and bright colors of the new NCL. "

NCL will display 20 signed and numbered Warhol silkscreen prints in two of its expansive stairwells on Norwegian Dawn. Britto, the popular Miami-based Brazilian artist, is creating an original painting incorporating Norwegian Dawn, and the ship will feature a Britto gallery displaying the artist's original artwork and high-end collectible items.

Masterworks for A Masterful Ship

Norwegian Dawn, the third ship purpose-built for Freestyle Cruising, is now under construction at the Meyer Werft Shipyard in Germany. It will sail from Southampton, England on December 7th arriving in New York City on December 14, 2002. From there, NCL will roll out the red carpet for its inaugural festivities in New York and Miami before the ship begins her regularly scheduled sailings alternating between the Eastern and Western Caribbean from the port of Miami on December 21, 2002.

The ship begins her innovative summer season from New York on May 18, 2003 to begin a series of seven-day, round-trip sailings to the Bahamas and Florida.

Ports of call on this innovative itinerary include Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas, and Miami and Port Canaveral/Orlando in Florida. Guests have the additional option of embarking in Port Canaveral as well.

Like Norwegian Star, Norwegian Dawn will be one of NCL's largest ships, accommodating 2,240 passengers and 1,100 crew. It will also feature NCL's new standards in cabins, with rich cherry wood finishing, refrigerators, tea and coffee makers in every room, and a much larger bathroom unit than other ships, containing separate WC, shower, and washstand compartments separated by sliding doors. Seventy percent of cabins are outside staterooms and over 70 percent of these have balconies.

Thirty-six suites, 372 standard staterooms with balconies, and an entire deck of 107 mini-suites with balconies are among the spacious and well-appointed accommodations located on the 15-deck ship. There also will be 20 cabins of various types designed for passengers with disabilities.

In addition, Norwegian Dawn offers the ultimate opportunity to cruise in style with the spectacular Garden Villa suites. At a cost of $26,000 per week, each of the two Garden Villa suites offers an unprecedented 5,350 square feet of living space at sea.

Also like Norwegian Star, this ship offers more dining options than any other ship in the world, with the flexibility of 10 different restaurants and 11 different menus every night. Guests can choose from three main dining rooms and an array of seven ethnic, gourmet and casual restaurants.

Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line is an international cruise company and industry innovator that currently operates a fleet of eight ships sailing to more than 140 ports around the world. NCL is currently building Norwegian Dawn (for delivery December 2002), a 2,240-passenger sister ship to Norwegian Star.

Source: NCL Web Site

[ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]

I think a very distinctive hull treatment may be exactly what NCL needs for better brand identity. Their logo is boring- and they don't have the world's most interesting ships.

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Originally posted by PamM:
I'm not sure about it.. I don't like the bow 'ribbons', but the dolphins [if they are] on the side are OK. Looks better in the dusk photo, rather than the one above.

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Originally posted by Cruiseny:

Where is the dusk photo in question ?

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My link above taken with the lights on.

Also here is her port side with the Statue of Liberty http://www.meyerwerft.de/pagebilder/1266.jpg

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Originally posted by skyej:
It might be interesting if NCL's ships changed their hull art periodically (like after each dry docking every 2 years)... at least they are taking risks.

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For various hull art of different types (it's pretty new so I don't know if it changes) Moby Lines are pretty famous:

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Originally posted by Commodore:
Well,umm...it's unique I geuss. Anyway, I believe NCL plans to have it until the NY to Florida and Bahamas route ends, because one side represents the Statue of Liberty(NY,but I'd say NJ ) the other dolphins(the Bahamas).Therefore, it's like a code.When the route goes, I can assume that's when it goes.

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Hmmm... I think its kind of a novel idea. Inaugural paint job. It celebrates the inaugural cruise season, it honors the homeport, and it will be a great attention getter for the media- nice job NCL.

Interesting news about the Project America ship! Is it now at Lloyd Werft?

Regarding the NORWEGIAN DAWN livery...yuck! Cruise ships and ferry liveries are starting to resemble airliner liveries more and more. Hell, on the big picture from the Meyer Werft site, the DAWN even looks like an oversized Jumbo Jet in a hangar! Don't like it!

BTW, Doug, you "forgot" the best Moby ferry, MOBY FREEDOM! Wicked cartoon characters! :

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Originally posted by Cruiseny:
Ugh... Is that supposed to be permanent?

Horrible if you ask me !

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Originally posted by vg5157:
..but this time I'm your side ,this is too much !!,the design itself is nice but not on the hull,

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Originally posted by PamM:

I'm really not sure what to think. Had this been on an older ship having a refit, I'd say it was awful. But this ship has been built for the image portrayed imo and it's certainly distinctive, if a bit overdone on the bow with ribbons etc; I like the dolphins & SOL idea. NCL I presume are trying to entice the younger US market away from Carnival, aiming for those who enjoying the dining aspect of cruising more than the drinking?

Pam

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