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Originally posted by John121:
... Queen and Princess Grills, double-height Queen's Ballroom, library over two decks connected by a spiral staircase, glass-roofed winter garden and a Cunard museum.

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[ 12-20-2005: Message edited by: Ernst ]

No doubt Cunard wants you to think "Cunard ocean-liner" anytime you hear of these features, and regardless of whether the ship is a true ocean liner or merely a cruise ship. They will expect you to pay more as well!

Smart marketing.

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Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
I bet if Cunard read these forums they are shocked by our negativity. [...]

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Negativity? Actually I consider my comment as very bootlicking.

I do not know what you want - HAL is know to build good ships and it refelcts a long lasting Cunard tradition to consume good ships from other lines.

Don`t forget how the traditional Cunard fleet looked alike recently:

Vistafjord
Sagafjord
Royal Viking Sun
Sea Godess I & II

....and also the QE2 - the vessel which continued the long tradition of white funnels, trendy sixties furniture and decoration and the motto of being 'not too Cunardy'

[ 12-20-2005: Message edited by: Ernst ]

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Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
I bet if Cunard read these forums they are shocked by our negativity.

Never the less you can fool many of the people, most of the time, but NOT us!

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Luckily for Cunard and most other cruise lines, we are not their "typical" passenger. We actually remember the name of the ship we just sailed on!

Well I guess they have to fill their cruise ship that so correctly follows their own naming tradition, oh I keep forgetting there has never been a Cunarder named Queen Victoria!

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Originally posted by Onno:
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.... oh I keep forgetting there has never been a Cunarder named Queen Victoria!

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Originally posted by John121:
... "She will [...] built in true Cunard style ...." [....]

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Hey, try to be a bit more optimistic. (Finally it`s a HAL ship (or was it Costa or Carnival - I do not remember... ), so what should go wrong? )

[ 12-20-2005: Message edited by: Ernst ]

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originally posted by erolloer:
No doubt Cunard wants you to think "Cunard ocean-liner" anytime you hear of these features, and regardless of whether the ship is a true ocean liner or merely a cruise ship. They will expect you to pay more as well!

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And no doubt, the phrase will become redundant; Cunard becoming the only line to offer true ocean liners, and the only ocean-liner-only line. Thus, Cunard = ocean liners. Not that there's anything wrong with that by any means!

[ 12-20-2005: Message edited by: BigUFan ]

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Originally posted by BigUFan:

And no doubt, the phrase will become redundant; Cunard becoming the only line to offer true ocean liners, and the only ocean-liner-only line. Thus, Cunard = ocean liners. Not that there's anything wrong with that by any means!

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Good point, and I agree when speaking of QE2 and QM2. I'm not so sure I'll be thinking "ocean liner" when I see QV. I certainly don't when I see CARNIVAL SPIRIT, ZUIDERDAM, or ARCADIA. These are full fledged cruise ships no matter what title you want to label them with.

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Originally posted by BigUFan:

And no doubt, the phrase will become redundant; Cunard becoming the only line to offer true ocean liners, and the only ocean-liner-only line. Thus, Cunard = ocean liners. Not that there's anything wrong with that by any means!

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But Cunard is by far not the only line which has or tries to have tradition and 'ocean liner' as selling point: In the same group we find P&O and HAL, and also Disney or Deilmann who try to distinguish themself by offering a 'traditional ambience'.

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Originally posted by Ernst:

But Cunard is by far not the only line which has or tries to have tradition and 'ocean liner' as selling point: In the same group we find P&O and HAL, and also Disney or Deilmann who try to distinguish themself by offering a 'traditional ambience'.

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Don't forget Saga ... which offers two of the finest classic ships in the World IMO. I personally would prefer to sail on either over QM2 or QE2 if I were only old enough!

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Originally posted by eroller:

I were only old enough!

Ernie

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Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:

Don't wish for that. It will come before you know it!

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So true. It seems like only yesterday I was Jacques Rudolph's age. (inside joke for Ozzy and Seffrican CT'ers)

Brian

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Brian_O wrote:
So true. It seems like only yesterday I was Jacques Rudolph's age.

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Thanks for reminding us (ozzies) Brian.

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