Two that come to mind immediately for me are:
Star Princess (1989)...originally ordered as Sitmar Fairmajesty. The first public rendering was for a very futuristic looking ship with sleak lines. The reality was a very boxy and uninspiring.

Grand Princess... original renderings were also for a much sleaker looking ship with angular funnel. Reality was a very round prow and chunky funnel.

Render:

The QM2 looks better in real life than her original drawings. We all thought the funnel looked to short in the drawings, in the flesh it looks enormous.

quote:

---

Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Excellent topic!

The QM2 looks better in real life than her original drawings. We all thought the funnel looked to short in the drawings, in the flesh it looks enormous.

(O.K I know it's still too short, but it's grown on me.)

---

that is so tru Malcolm, i did not like how the origanal drawings looked......esp the very first one i think that was brought out in 98 or 2000 ...sumthing like that.

Keitaro, as for Atlantic, you can see the grave difference between rendering and actual ship.

quote:

---

Originally posted by cruiseshipluver:
Can sumone post a rendering of POA and then the real completion photo?????
cruiseshipluver

---

Big Version

Big Version

Big Version
More completion pics

[ 05-22-2005: Message edited by: Keitaro ]

The original design opted fore the short bow. But it seems that the verandah was drawn al the way to the front of the deckhouse. Also the funnel was chansed. I like the original design. The ship looks better with here dark hull. Still don't like the front/bow design ugly even by today standards.

Simplon PC

Greetings Ben.

[ 05-23-2005: Message edited by: Maasdam ]

quote:

---

Originally posted by Maasdam:
here the first impression of POA before the hull was sold to NCL America. Project America of the now disfunct United States Lines. Was planned to see operation in 2003.

The original design opted fore the short bow. But it seems that the verandah was drawn al the way to the front of the deckhouse. Also the funnel was chansed. I like the original design. The ship looks better with here dark hull. Still don't like the front/bow design ugly even by today standards.

Simplon PC

Greetings Ben.

[ 05-23-2005: Message edited by: Maasdam ]

---

quote:

---

---

Thanks Thad. It looks like the middle one is a mix up of other cruise ships. The bow section looks as that of the Carnival Destiny.

The rest of the Hull and deckhouses resembled the Vista class.

And the funnel looks like the funnel of the Statendam class.

I like that design it looks much better thene the final design.

She went from a sleek speedy dolphin snout to a stubby smirk with a toilet seat on it.

Onno

Don`t get me wrong: Nothing against very articstic, sketches studies etc.

In some years time the end of the 90s and our current time will be known as the faceless years.

The early renditions (and not only ship builders use them but practically every field that has to win over the investors and banks) set the ambiance (in case of a movie) show how the product could look like. They are never intended to give a 100% accurate picture of the end result (there are only some cases that do) The real development can only start if the financing is taken care of.

These drawings aren’t meant to hide the looks of the real product, in some cases you might get that feeling because of cutbacks etc the end result turns out weaker then the first impressions.

Onno

[ 05-23-2005: Message edited by: Onno ]

[ 05-23-2005: Message edited by: Thad ]

quote:

---

Originally posted by Keitaro:
Home Line's ATLANTIC...

Render:

Final product:

---

Looking at that rendering, I wonder if the shipyard any thing to do with it rather than the line. The original rendering of the Fairsky from the same builder looks very similar, and as optimistic...

quote:

---

Originally posted by Fairsky:
Here is the first rendering of QM2 (from 1999).

---