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Topic: Pride of America

Noordam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3811

posted 12-18-2004 03:16 PM

She was once a hotly anticipated ship.... Then she sank at the builders and then the yard went bankrupt... I know that work has been back on for awhile, but I haven't seen or heard of any progress... Are there any new photos, and updates? She should be done by May, which is less then 6 months!

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 12-18-2004 07:15 PM

lol, yuh right.....but probably still bank rupt????
cruiseshipluver

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r.fiebig
First Class Passenger
Member # 5240

posted 12-19-2004 06:54 AM

Noordam,

from what I've heard (I haven't been to Bremerhaven since September), most of the work has been inside the ship, hence she still virtually looks like after the accident externally. Also, due to the fact that she has been in drydock since late spring makes it very difficult to take photos.

From what I have read, she is currently on schedule.

Best,

Raoul

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 12-19-2004 04:24 PM

whats the re-scheduled delivery date????
cruiseshipluver

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 12-19-2004 08:23 PM

I think the delivery date is in June 2005, but do check-up on this.

******

Cheers

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 12-19-2004 10:04 PM

hey , thanks bulbousbow.....i wonder how POA got one of the most highly anticipated ships of recent, notwith that battering ram at the front.......
cruiseshipluver

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 12-20-2004 06:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by cruiseshipluver:
hey , thanks bulbousbow.....i wonder how POA got one of the most highly anticipated ships of recent, notwith that battering ram at the front.......
cruiseshipluver

I think it is because she is the 1st large U.S. designed/built passengers ship in over 45 years (and a ugly one at that). Considering that about 90% of the work was done in a European yard, I don't understand how she could be classified as U.S. built.

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steeplechase
First Class Passenger
Member # 4056

posted 12-21-2004 05:42 AM

Well its knid of like this. If you can get your wife girlfriend ect onto American soil and have her give birth in the first two minutes shes there then you have yourself a american and can instantly start getting help from our Government. ind of like this Pride of America, born on American soil and will shortly be getting hand outs, will probaly make it four years before they get an exemption to us outside help as we Americans aren't into that service oriented stuff. Want proff go to any midrange restaurant about the same service that you recieve on POA, only the help has not been home in a week and they are cranky.Happy Holidays (another politically correct American greeting!)

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 12-21-2004 02:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
I think it is because she is the 1st large U.S. designed/built passengers ship in over 45 years (and a ugly one at that). Considering that about 90% of the work was done in a European yard, I don't understand how she could be classified as U.S. built.

LOL lasuvidaboy, but now thinking of it she was mainly build in bremerhaven lloyd or merewerft Germany (excuse my spelling)........i wonder how she is US built.....LOL
cruiseshipluver

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kph06
First Class Passenger
Member # 3506

posted 01-07-2005 07:05 PM

Hi,

I just noticed that there are finally two new pictures on the Lloyd Werft website here. They are two interior shots and I don't think they look to bad.

As well this website has three new pictures at the bottom of the page. However you can't see the hull art becasue it is covered in a tarp.

Kevin

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 01-07-2005 07:19 PM

Do you mean this one, Kev...

Do I see a firepalce under the painting on the wall, on the left?

Larger Version

The funnel!

Larger Version

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 01-07-2005 09:26 PM

wow interesting pics..i'm kinda liking her in a way....wat i dont like is the bow...well wat little bow she has.....but shes lookin really nice tho....and my gosh she looks real long......how long is she?
cruiseshipluver

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 01-07-2005 10:54 PM

Thanks for the links Kevin! I agree with cruiseshipluver about the length! She looks alright but the bow is soooo short!

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 01-08-2005 02:23 PM

anyone know her length!!!!?????????????!!!!
cruiseshipluver

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Atlcruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4586

posted 01-08-2005 03:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by cruiseshipluver:
anyone know her length!!!!?????????????!!!!
cruiseshipluver

920.6 feet long
105.6 feet wide

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 01-08-2005 04:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Do I see a firepalce under the painting on the wall, on the left?

Malcolm I think it is the top end of a door way. The room is double in height and you can see the man standing on scaffolding. If you would take the scaffolding as the floor then it could have been a fire place but because the real floor is far below the scaffolding it simply must be an entrance of some kind.

Oh, and the painting is an alcove with a bust in it! Malcolm I think it is time for a pair of glasses

Onno

PS: that must be one of the most ugly and kitsch decors I have ever seen on a ship! At least Farcus carnival interiors are designed with humour in mind, this is just plain ugly and tasteless.

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Commodore
First Class Passenger
Member # 1575

posted 01-08-2005 04:39 PM

Not that I think the Atrium looks all that ugly in that photo, but I think it will like rather different in its completed state. There's, obviously, going to be numerous changes between what you see in that photo and what you would see when the ship is completed. I think the color scheme will change a bit as well. The glass skylight is made to mimic features of the Capitol Building in Washington, but other areas are likely to change. Especially those engravings on the walls. They are likely to be painted. One of them looks like a portrait of Washington crossing the Delaware...

The Rotunda in the Capitol

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 01-08-2005 05:05 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Onno:
Malcolm I think it is the top end of a door way.

Wishful thinking!

Oh, and the painting is an alcove with a bust in it!

The resolution of your monitor must be better than mine!

Malcolm I think it is time for a pair of glasses

...that must be one of the most ugly and kitsch decors I have ever seen on a ship!

It is difficult to judge from a photo. Some ships decor looks better when you see it in the flesh, others looks worse!

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 01-08-2005 06:06 PM

Here is how the atrium should turn out to look....

larger Version

The doorway that Onno mentioned is actually just a window as shown in the picture above. On each side is where the elevators will go.

I am ok with the "ceiling effect" but the "tan/goldish" wall tones doesn't blend too well with how the rest of the atrium will turn out...

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 01-08-2005 06:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Keitaro:
The doorway that Onno mentioned is actually just a window...

Hey Onno, you had better get those eyes tested along with me!

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 01-08-2005 07:44 PM

I sure do, because in the place where the bust is was initially a small balcony with a person waving! (or so it looks that way in the rendition)

Onno

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 01-08-2005 08:13 PM

LOL. Actually what Onno said was logical. I was actually trying to figure what which way the LW picture was taken.

Now that the real thing is coming together, the rendition looks out of proportional? Also, in the NCL rendition, it was meant to be a dome, but now it looks like the dome is gone and rather it is now just a ceiling decoration...

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 01-12-2005 09:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Keitaro:

Also, in the NCL rendition, it was meant to be a dome, but now it looks like the dome is gone and rather it is now just a ceiling decoration...
[ 01-08-2005: Message edited by: Keitaro ]

well in the rendition, it looks like a dome in a way but still the same flat piece of decoration so idduno mabe the rendition is trickin us

cruiseshipluver

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 01-12-2005 10:58 PM

The entire space mimics past US flagged liners' interiors of the early 20th century. The Federal/Colonial shipboard interior decor was very popular up until the late 1920s. (when European lines featured sleek Deco, the US shipping lines were far more conservative in their design approach) The rendering is off as in reality the dome is a flat faux stained glass skylight and the window between the elevators is a niche with a bust in reality. This period grand staircase IMO looks like colonial Williamsburg meets Titanic.

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 01-21-2005 02:09 PM

anynew pics of the POA anyone????????
cruiseshipluver

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