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Topic: Att:Aussies on these boards........"Great outdoors on Monday"

Linerdan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4719

posted 05-19-2006 08:23 AM

For those who may not know ,they will be showcasing the cruise ship Freedom of the seas.
Monday 7.30pm on seven/Prime

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phil_a
First Class Passenger
Member # 3679

posted 05-19-2006 08:58 AM

Linerdan - thanks for the heads up!

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P&Ocruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 5040

posted 05-20-2006 04:14 AM

awesome, hopefully i get to watch it, been extremly busy at the moment, i'll make time

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 05-20-2006 11:10 PM

Thanks Linerdan. Saw the preview while watching a repeat episode on Saturday arvo, and also caught a glimpse of the FlowRider. Get those VCR/DVD recorders warmed up, it's going to be interesting.

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pungpui
First Class Passenger
Member # 1218

posted 05-21-2006 08:56 AM

they had a segment years ago when Voyager just came out and it was the 'worlds largest' then. I'm sure that if its the same reporter, she'd probably thinking this thing looks damn remarkably familiar!

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phil_a
First Class Passenger
Member # 3679

posted 05-21-2006 09:43 AM

be interesting to see if one of their own reporters were onboard for the media cruise thingo or whether they just have footage and a voice over? i guess we will find out very soon!

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 05-21-2006 10:02 AM

quote:
phil_a wrote:
be interesting to see if one of their own reporters were onboard for the media cruise thingo or whether they just have footage and a voice over? i guess we will find out very soon!

From what I saw on the preview it should be giggling blonde Shelley Craft.

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phil_a
First Class Passenger
Member # 3679

posted 05-22-2006 05:50 AM

lucky her! i guess the write up they put on the website will be the standard press release... worlds biggest, x number of bars, this many restuarants,pools etc

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phil_a
First Class Passenger
Member # 3679

posted 05-22-2006 06:27 AM

HERE is a link to the story for anyone interested.

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Teva
First Class Passenger
Member # 5327

posted 05-22-2006 10:13 PM

I saw that item on Freedom of the Seas last night and that whole ship looks like a shopping mall cum
fun park cum crazyhouse cum health spa all rolled into one frighteningly big package.Frankly,it scared the bejiggers out of me.

And,that annoying reference to the Titanic,really set
my teeth on edge,why do they say that?,there's no
comparison.

Still,if RCI plays their cards right,she'll be just as sucessful as her sisters,makes me wonder just what
RCI have planned for the Genesis Project...

Maybe the worlds 1st onboard Roller Coaster....
just think..

she's a Shopping mall/funpark/nuthouse/healthspa
/amusement park...all rolled into one GREAT BIG
scary package...thanks but no thanks

Teva

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andrews
First Class Passenger
Member # 6414

posted 05-23-2006 12:10 AM

We saw the article too - hard to imagine you're on a ship when you are inside.

It's ironic that they use the Titanic reference -when 90% of the people watching have no real idea of how big Titanic was. But it seems to be a 'media rule' that when you're describing a ship you compare it to Titanic. The same way as anything British is described in the number of double decker buses, and American things are so many Statues of Liberty or Empire State Buildings.

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Linerdan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4719

posted 05-23-2006 01:37 AM

Ok i just watched (had to tape from night before) , and yes its a floating shopping mall combined with a place to eat and sleep.Will be great fun for those who take off for 7 days and unwind from work.Did anyone else notice that at the end when Shelly was talking about the dining room , they had the music from Titanic as background music.

When they did a feature on QM2 (2 years back)they also had Titanics theme music as background music.
Linerdan

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 05-23-2006 02:49 AM

She's awesome, but I agree with Teva. Cruise ships like this are not my cup of tea, though, having said that, if I got offered a really, really good price, I'd consider it just for the wow factor.

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phil_a
First Class Passenger
Member # 3679

posted 05-23-2006 05:40 AM

agree with the titanic comments... i noticed in last years brochure of sapphire princess they were comparing it to 'more then twice the size of titanic'

the review was interesting to watch... pity bout the english weather! did they show the showroom/theatre? i think i could handle a week in that presidential suite with about 10 or so friends to make the cost a little more affordable!

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P&Ocruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 5040

posted 05-23-2006 07:07 AM

i was able to watch it, good article, i think the ship is awsome and would be first ship of choice at the moment. yes i noticed the titanic theme music. yes they r always comparing ships to titanic but tht because people have it imprinted in there minds she is so big, and well known. yes she isnt everyones cup of tea but no ship is, isnt it??

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Teva
First Class Passenger
Member # 5327

posted 05-23-2006 08:25 AM

You know,with Princess Cruises,(a unit of Carnival Corp,the "NewsCorp" of the the cruising world) I have to give them snaps for sensible design & size
of their ships.The Grand class doesn't venture too
far into the 100,000GRT range,Caribbean Princess
is 'only' 116,000GRT,and,in my own opinion,I think the basic design of the Grand class is still fresh,with just enough variation from ship to ship to keep that
'fresheness'.

Freedom,by contrast looks very similar to her Voyager class siblings,but with her own design
variations,and larger of course.She just looks so
flat hulled and tall,sorry to say it but I think she looks like a office block,laid on its side,on top of a barge.

The Grand class design,if you understand her design is mean't to be a modern representation of a 17th Century Galleon,nautical features in the form
of the curved,stepped superstructure front & flared
bow,to the gradually increasing height of her super
structure aft,the fully enclosed bridge forward that contrasts and compliments the pod enclosed club at
her stern...when I see a Grand class liner,I see a classic,I can't say the same about RCI's Voyager
class or P&O/HAL/Carnival & Costas annoying Destiny/Vista class,Costa Fortuna,for example is nothing more than a slightly revised Destiny class ship,with the Costa steamer funnel in place of the traditional winged Carnival funnel.

The same can be said for Vista,HAL has several of this type,P&O has one,in the form of Arcadia,and Cunard will have one in the form of Queen Victoria
and that,from a design point of view,at least for me
spells....

B.O.R.I.N.G

Any other thoughts?

Teva

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pungpui
First Class Passenger
Member # 1218

posted 05-23-2006 10:28 AM

Looked remarkably like the Voyager storage a few years ago, even the exact same shots of her talking in the Royal Promenade, then panning out. Just my 2 cents

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