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Louis Cruises website is now showing a ship named ' Cristal ' bookable for various length cruises in August.
Could this be the new name for the mv ' Opera '.
No other details of the ship are at present available.
Neil ( Bob )
Pam
Louis Cruise Line seems to be consistentin naming their ships, however can someone explain me why they keep the name Orient Queen??
i'll be in Kusadasi in 6 weeks time to witness the arrival of Cristal, Emerald, Sapphire and Perlawhile former Ivory will be there too as Aegean Two
regardsb. Joe
quote:Originally posted by buddhaJoe:hi there,Louis Cruise Line seems to be consistentin naming their ships, however can someone explain me why they keep the name Orient Queen??
Hi Joe,
I think that has to do with the fact that ORIENT QUEEN is chartered from Abou Merhi cruises of Libanon. It might be something in the charter contract that prohibits them from renaming the ship.
Brgds.Ralph
Have noted that Louis have removed the name CRISTAL from their website schedules and have reverted to OPERA (TBR) in all references. Either (a) they have changed their mind and are not now giving her this name, (b) someone has objected to this name or there is already a CRISTAL on the Greek register, or (c) the webmaster changed the name before Louis were ready to go public with it!
Tony
With Louis Cruises being fined 1.5 million, I presume Euros, over the polution problems with the Sea Diamond, it is always possible it could give them a cash flow problem which could delay the Opera joining their fleet..
quote:Originally posted by Neil Whitmore ( Bob ):Hi AllWith Louis Cruises being fined 1.5 million, I presume Euros, over the polution problems with the Sea Diamond, it is always possible it could give them a cash flow problem which could delay the Opera joining their fleet..Neil ( Bob )
Neil,
I highly doubt this as they are covered by their P&I insurors for events such as this. Additionally, given Louis' financial resources, I doubt that 1.5 million will throw them into a financial tailspin.
Tim
The Louis Group will not have any difficulty paying the fine. The schedules for the new ship are still listed, but Louis has removed the name CRISTAL from their website (which you originally pointed out to us!) after only a few days and reverted to OPERA (TBR)!
Either their webmaster was rather premature in making the changes, or another ship on the Greek Registry has been found with the same name, or thirdly, Louis has decided not to go with that name after all!!
At first I thought you were joking about Roederer objecting to the name CRISTAL! But then, nothing should surprise me these days! I would have expected a problem had Louis decided to call the ship COKE, PEPSI or RIBENA, but how many people know about this exclusive champagne?
Was any official statement released by Roederer?
Hiccup...
Shame I rather liked the name, perhaps just Crystal? but it doesn't have the same feeling.
Reminds me of Princess Cruises who sue every small boat owner who dares paint the word 'Princess' on the hull of their little pride and joy!
So now we sit and check on Louis' site every day for another name.
quote:Originally posted by ahrpd:OPERA has arrived overnight at Hellenic Shipyards in Eleusis Bay, with Louis desperate enough to invite local dock workers involved in the refit to come up with ideas for the new name for this ship!! They have almost exactly a month to find something that fits the bill, without any risks associated with it! Perhpas as with Renaissance, we should start with L1.
This is simple: Louis OPERA
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