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Italian Cruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 1684

posted 08-28-2002 08:45 AM

Today the cruise market is dominated by the big competitors like Carnival, Rccl, Princess and Star/Ncl group.
Many independent cruise lines like Premier, Commodore, Regency. Dolphin are now desappeared.
Only few smaller companies exist today:

Golden Star Cruises: currently operating the Agean 1. This company has destroyed the excellent reputation of the greek cruise concept.

Arcalia/ Classing International Cruises: not a bad companies, but its cruise product is anonymous, without a distinct accent.

My Travel Company/ Sun Cruises and Thompson Cruises: The English people are very lucky: they have two excellent opportunities for cruises at a very reasonable prices.

Radisson Seven Seas Cruises and Silversea Cruises: with no doubt the best in the luxury cruise market.

Other suggestions ?

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Commodore
First Class Passenger
Member # 1575

posted 08-28-2002 10:21 AM

Great Lakes Cruise Company:C. Colombus, Le Levant,Georgian Clipper

MSC Cruises: Iam surre it's one you know,that you just forgot,so I won't post the fleet.

First European:Bolero,Mistral,European Star,Flamenco,Azure : not a giant in the cruise industry,but they have a notable fleet.

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cruiseny
First Class Passenger
Member # 2928

posted 08-28-2002 10:40 AM

Well, GLCC isn't really a cruise line... Just a travel agency selling other company's ships. Columbus is from Hapag-Lloyd and Le Levant from Compagnie Isles du Ponant.

Arcalia Shipping - Funchal, Princess Danae, Arion, now Discover (ex Platinum ex Hyundai Pungak ex Island Princess ex Island Venture - see thread in Cruise Ships).

Royal Olympic - Olympia Explorer, Olympia Voyager, Olympia Countess, Stella Solaris, Triton, Odysseus

Louis Cruise Lines - Princesa Amorosa, Cypria, Marissa, Victoria, Ausonia, Emerald, Serenade

Hebridean Island Cruises - Hebridean Princess, Hebridean Spirit

Fred. Olsen Cruises - Black Prince, Black Watch, Braemar

Hapag-Lloyd - Bremen, Columbus, Europa, Hanseatic

Peter Deilmann - Berlin, Deutschland, Lili Marleen

Transocean Tours - Astor, Astoria

Phoenix Reisen - Albatros, Maxim Gorkiy

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Great Lakes
First Class Passenger
Member # 1836

posted 08-28-2002 11:51 AM

The American flagged small ship lines...

America Canadian Caribbean Line - Grande Caribe, Grande Mariner, Niagara Prince

American Cruise Lines - American Eagle, American Glory

Clipper Cruise Line - Clipper Adventurer, Clipper Odyssey, Yorktown Clipper, Nantucket Clipper

Cruise West - Spirit of Endeavour, Spirit of Oceanus, Spirit of '98, Spirit of Discovery, Spirit of Columbia, Spirit of Alaska & Spirit of Glacier Bay

Glacier Bay Cruises - Wilderness Adventurer, Wilderness Discoverer, Wilderness Explorer

American West Steamboat Co. - Queen of the West, Columbia Queen

Delta Queen Steamboat Co. - Delta Queen, American Queen, Mississippi Queen

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Potadoughs
First Class Passenger
Member # 3168

posted 08-28-2002 10:02 PM

Seabourn- Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Legend, Seabourn Spirit

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cruiseny
First Class Passenger
Member # 2928

posted 08-28-2002 10:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Potadoughs:
Seabourn- Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Legend, Seabourn Spirit

Seabourn is a part of Carnival Corp... Thus not a small cruise line.

Small ships, yes, small company, no.

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bases5
First Class Passenger
Member # 3270

posted 08-28-2002 11:00 PM

small i'll give you small lol
Regal cruise line Regal empress

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cruiseny
First Class Passenger
Member # 2928

posted 08-29-2002 12:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by bases5:
small i'll give you small lol
Regal cruise line Regal empress

True... The only smaller line could be one that has only one ship even smaller than her ...

BTW - Welcome aboard.

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 08-29-2002 12:37 AM

No one has mentioned:

Silversea
Star Clipper
Windjammer
Residensea
Crystal (part of NYK but still a small cruise line)
Fred Olsen
SeaDream Yacht
Peter Deilmann
River Barge Excursions
Disney (part of Disney Inc, but again a small cruise line)

Any others?

Ernie Roller
Atlanta

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 08-29-2002 12:39 AM

Oops,
Some of those I listed were already mentioned. Sorry.

Ernie

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Christophe D
First Class Passenger
Member # 1680

posted 08-29-2002 01:49 AM

Club med with Club Med 2
Plein Cap with Adriana
Compagnie des Iles du Ponant with : Le Levant, Le Ponant

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Britanis
First Class Passenger
Member # 2912

posted 08-29-2002 02:59 AM

A few that spring to mind are:

Blue Lagoon Cruises
Mystique Princess
Nanuya Princess
Yesawa Princess
Lycianda

Destina Cruise Lines
OceanMaster
Destina Legacy

Empress Cruise Lines
The Empress

Kristina Cruises
Kristina Regina
Kristina Brahe

Paradise Cruises
Atalante

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