Glory Pictues 1

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[ 08-01-2003: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]

Hmmmm, took some kind of mushrooms, he forgot to put in
"a chessboard where the peices get up tell you where to go"

I like the crimson room, it would work with fuscia, chartreuse, of electric blue.

It is better than the neo gothic rococco on the Carnival Spirit. He must have dropped bad acid, or mixing blow with qualludes on that one.

You would never guess you were on a ship. No connection to the sea whatsoever.

This is an ideal ship for a marijuana theme cruise

[ 07-31-2003: Message edited by: desirod7 ]

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Malcolm at cruisepage said:
Hence, their passengers must like the interiors. So who are these passengers?

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I really don't care for the Farcus style- but I'll give him credit for this... he has certainly been successful at giving Carnival and distinctive flavor- unlike anything else in the industry. Well, until he started doing Costa of course.

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Fairsky said:
Costa is no longer 'italian style' but rather a parody on italian style

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Originally posted by Keitaro:
Costa Cruises-Italian Fun ships.

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Originally posted by Commodore:
Hmm, did he get Carnival to name the ship Ecstasy?

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Maybe Ecstasy is his inspiration?

A contact of mine knows Joe Farcus personally and has been to his house in Florida. Apparently he is a very nice guy and his house is surprisingly tasteful decorated. Obviously he did not design it himself?

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Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Mr.Farcus was once asked at a press conference, by a brave reporter, if he actually liked his own designs! He apparently replied; “It does not matter, Mr.Arison does.”

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A good designer can design for target groups where he has no affinity with or that have different frames of references. As a designer you do not always have the luxury to design things only you like. In most cases the client is indeed the king (and the person who signs the pay check) So I completely agree with Farcus his comment that it is irrelevant if he likes it, as long as the customer (in this case not the cruise public but Mr. “Carnival” Arison himself).

After all Farcus is a commercial designer not an artist (if he was he could have afford the luxury of making art only he liked) Those are the simple facts of business and for me even the puzzling challenge to make something for a complete different audience then your self.

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Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Mr.Farcus was once asked at a press conference, by a brave reporter, if he actually liked his own designs! He apparently replied; “It does not matter, Mr.Arison does.”

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Originally posted by Keitaro:

I guess we can't blame Farcus for those "exotic" interiors. Maybe Arison is the one to blame .

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This is my first post here but I thought a few comments were in order. I have never liked the decor of the Carnival ships - but they definitely portray an image which some people like. The designs are all "lively" and portray the Carnival atmosphere of "Macarena til dawn" and "hordes of funloving people." Some folks actually want that.

As for me, I prefer the "classier" nature of HAL. Touches like being escorted to my room and having bells chimed before dinner put me in the state I want to be in while cruising.

With as many lines as there are out there, such specialization is actually a good thing since you can know what you are getting before you actually get it (Imagine leaving port for an Atlantic crossing and finding out the first day that the party ship you thought you were going to be on doesn't have a single person younger than 70..... Or even worse, the cruise you are on is a Gay cruise and you are not- wait, they did a movie about that already...)

The pictures of the Glory are what I would expect from a Carnival ship, no more, no less.

[ 08-03-2003: Message edited by: petede ]