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Topic: ATLANTIC STAR re-activated

ahrpd
First Class Passenger
Member # 6229

posted 08-18-2010 11:05 AM

Fans of ATLANTIC STAR (ex FAIRSKY etc) will be pleased to hear that Pullmantur are re-activating her, albeit temporarily, from a long lay-up in Marseille, on their 7-day "Jewels of the Atlantic" itinerary (embarking in either Lisbon or Malaga) between 28 August and 9 October, replacing PACIFIC DREAM.

Ports of call include Gibraltar, Casablanca, Agadir and Lanzarote with one day at sea.

Reasons for this unknown.

Tony

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sslewis
First Class Passenger
Member # 3649

posted 08-18-2010 01:22 PM

May be the Dream is having a mechanical nightmare????
Well it could some unscheduled maintenance?
Poor "Sky Princess"(was serving onboard when she was 13 yo), she is now like Louis's Emerald, a rare spare steam-jewel.
Anyone for steam joy and can go at such short notice go for it!

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 08-18-2010 05:33 PM

Email Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES

Understand from a friend in Spain that the Dream had an engine failure at Lisbon on the 15th August 2010.

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Noordam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3811

posted 08-18-2010 08:45 PM

I just went to the Pullmantur site (which is awful), and they didn't have the Pacific Dream listed. Instead, they had the Horizon on there. Does this mean, that Pacific Dream has been renamed Horizon?

For some reason, this company will always seem fly by night, even if they are owned by Royal Caribbean.

Also, the restart of the Atlantic Star is going to be a disaster. To bring a ship back into operation in two weeks, after sitting out of service for 18 months in Marseille. She is going to be a mess! And she was a mess to begin with

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 08-19-2010 03:06 AM

Many cruise ships are laid up in Greece for over three months in the winter so it is possible that she has been maintained in operational condition with the air conditioning on etc.

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r.fiebig
First Class Passenger
Member # 5240

posted 08-19-2010 08:52 AM

According to Pullmantur's German GSA, "Pacific Dream" suffered a major engine breakdown off Lisbon August 13th, and will be out of service until spring, 2011 for that reason. She is to rejoin the fleet under her original name, "Horizon".

Best,

Raoul

[ 08-19-2010: Message edited by: r.fiebig ]

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Patrick
First Class Passenger
Member # 364

posted 08-19-2010 08:54 AM

Hi there,

PACIFIC DREAM will be renamed back HORIZON as from next year.
The reason for the ship's exchange is indeed the huge engine failure. The PACIFIC DREAM needs to go to a yard and won't be ready until the end of the season.

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mike sa
First Class Passenger
Member # 5957

posted 08-19-2010 10:14 AM

Well so long as they are not expecting AS to be reliable, not hit a dock, other ship or submerged object then she will do fine.

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 08-19-2010 10:19 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mike sa:
Well so long as they are not expecting AS to be reliable, not hit a dock, other ship or submerged object then she will do fine.

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 08-19-2010 12:46 PM

Hi Mike

Looks like you forgot she sprung a leak after sailing from Auckland on one of her Australian cruises in 2003.

She was going to Nuku'alofa but returned to Auckland for hull repairs that took about 17 days.

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