M.S. Antigua- Italian built and flagged 38,500 gross tons- 7 day S. Caribbean to St. Thomas,(the not so great but ever essential Caribbean stop )Antigua, Aruba, Curacao, and Martinique from San Juan.

M.S. American Star-American built and flagged-25,000 gross tons- 7 day port to port Alaska and 7 day Hawaii from Maui.

6 ships operating worldwide under a revised version of NCL " Freestyle Cruising " ( I prefer the motto " Your Kind of Cruise " ).

Here is the list of the ships:

Paradise Pleasure ( Star Princess ): 7 days Mediterranean from Genoa, 7 days Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale.

Fantasy Pleasure ( Carnival Glory ): 7 days Mediterranean from Venice, 7 days Caribbean from San Juan.

Serenade Pleasure ( Regal Princess ) 10-11 days Mediterranean from Genoa, 10-11 days Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale.

Renaissance Pleasure ( Zuiderdam ) 11 days Northern Europe from Amsterdam, 10-11 days Bermuda & New England from New York, 10-11 days Southern Caribean from San Juan.

Platinum Pleasure ( Seven Seas Voyager ) Cruising wordwide, with unique itineraries in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, Northern Europe, South America.

Columbus Pleasure ( Norway ) 14 days transatlantic cruises from Genoa to New York and viceversa, Round the World Cruise.

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Originally posted by CGT:
Italian Cruiser, I hope you have a sense of humor, but the names for your ships, they sound like different grades of condoms!

CGT

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The Ocean Dream would Sail 14 day roundtrip cruises out of Seattle to Anchorage and return to Seattle. And would call at Prince Rupert,Campbell River,Ketchikan,Juneau,Skagway and Directly into Anchorage. The 14 day sailing is because she would fetch more premium rates!!
Winters; Roundtrip 7 days out of Aruba.

The Ocean Renaissance would sail summers on Baltic Capital Cruises out of Dover ranging from 7-14 days. With some cruises to the Norweigan Fjords
Winters; 10 and 11 day Caribbean Out of Tampa on Western Caribbean Explorer Cruises.

The Ocean Dawn would sail Summers from New York to Montreal and Return on 7 day one way or 14 days roundtrip.
Winters; 10 and 11 days Out of Santa Domingo on Eastern Caribbean Explorer Cruises.

The Ocean Starship would sail a variety of Caribbean Itineraries out of Barbados,San Juan,Cozumel,Montego Bay from 7 to 15 days, and she would do a series of South America Cruises in the winter as well as doing cruises from Barbados to Brazil and cruising The Amazon River.

The ships would not be the ultra hugelarge modern ones in order to keep the prices lower and would not be so family oriantated like the ships aimed at the market today. Sort of a floating Sandals.

It would be the Canary Island during the UK Summer and then the Carribean during the Winter.

Chapels and honeymooners would be made to feel special as well as all passengers on board, food would be english tastes but modern chefs creating interesting dishes.

Decor would be modern but plush with traditonal wooden decking.

All ships would be white and the funnel red, no other tackey or 'artistic' graphics on the hull.

Ships :

MS Polaris :

MS Oriana - formal adults only crusing experince, people would be encouraged to dress up and experince crusing at its best, it would be ashame to dress down this ship. This would be a Canary Ship in summer and carribean in winter.

MS Propus :

MS Aurora - much the same as Oriana again child free, but offering a more casual crusing experince while retaining the high standards of service, waiter service at restaurants and a cabin service. No formal nights, Canary Islands summer and carribean in winter.

MS Pollux :

MS CostaAtlantica - this would be the family ship, children made welcome and dedicated facilities. Crusing Carribean in winter and the Med/Europe in the summer. Casual crusing, no formal nights.

MS Pleione :

MS Braemar - small ship dedicated to traditional crusing around the colder climates (Norway). Formal wear throughout.

Here is my idea of a club cruise line. The name of the cruise line will be fUSION, a division of Princess Cruise Lines. The ships will be 50,000 tons and will be based in the Carribean, South Pacific, ASia, and Europe year Round. Here are the ship names.

Fusion Breeze- Year-ROund Carribean out of Barbados, calling at Martinique, St Marrten, St Thomas, and San Juan.

Fusion Quest- Year round Asia and South Pacific out of Bangkok and Sydney. Asia stops at Da Nang, Macau, Hong Kong, Nagasaki, Kobe, Guam, Taipei, and Ho Cho Min City.
South Pacific stops at Wellington, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Sumbawa, and Bali.

Fusion Sea- Year round Europe out of Genoa. Naples, Venice, Dubrovink, Piraeus, Crete, and Marseille.

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Originally posted by JOE:
Scratch that, Columbus Pleasure.

Both Ships will have a design that's based on AIDA sisters. More to come soon.

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Interesting idea. I would love to see AIDA style cruises in the N. America market... with all new hardware like AIDA has. I think the AIDA ships are some of the most interesting concepts around today... and the ships are quite attractive as well, inside and out. I love those sterns!

oceanBLUE voyages (not 'cruises')

Ships would be 50,000-70,000 tons with significant space devoted to fitness, sports, and leisure activities. I'd like to see a retractable watersports marina like on the Seabourn ships only larger. Dinning would include three types: traditional dinning room, alternative restaurants, and food court style.

Cruises would be sold in two packages. Either "All-inclusive" which would include all onboard activities, food, and drinks. Or "Pay as you go" where dinning and drinks are not included in the fare.

Itineraries would be a little off the beaten path, and include more active shore excursions like biking and rock climbing.

Ship names:

blueDOLPHIN
blueMARLIN
blueCORAL
blueSURF

I believe Cruises to Nowhere and short 2-3 day cruises out of Vancouver are a Must as their are a lot of people in Southern BC who have never been on a cruise and a perfect 2-3 night getaway to gamble and have fun while enjoying the spectactular Gulf Islands and many of BC's beautiful Inlets and Cruising the Inside Passage!

Two ship line (no name right now - leave that to the "marketing" types )... The two ships being ASSEDO and TARAS SHEVCHENKO (hope I got the second name right ). Refurbished like MARCO POLO, but a decade ahead inside (obviously). What would be different? First, the cruise line would be different. These ships wouldn't be utilized on "generic" Euro-itineraries in the summer, they would have GENUINE interesting itineraries all the time. With destination-oriented lecturers (cut out in Europe on Orient)! Your lecture program will eliminate the need for "the show", the ship would certainly have different bars and lounges with forms of musical entertainment, but no production shows. I don't need 'em, and the target passenger of this cruise line (if they exist) wouldn't either!

The refurbishment itself would (unlike Orient's) take advantage of an original feature of the ship - all-outside cabins! True, the originals were "long and narrow", but get rid of every third or fourth one, and voila, you have the space to make them long and less narrow . Also, Bridge Deck would not be extended all the way aft (hurts the profile and adds more pax). The result would be fewer pax (550), and larger, all-outside cabins (skillfully designed to take advantage of the space, focusing on storage space, sleeping space, bathing and washing space, etc., and not on "sitting areas" in cabins that are too darn small for it - a pet peeve on modern ships, and something many ship designers would jump right on considering the above about "larger, all-outside cabins"...). The basic layout of the ship (other than cabins) would likely wind up pretty similar to MARCO POLO, but with a real main lounge (seating all pax) instead of a "showroom", no casino (no bingo, no art auctions ...), and various other changes. Basically a hybrid between the original and MARCO POLO's layout. Dining room and main lounge would be enlarged a bit to fit all pax at one sitting (and none of this silly, Cunard-style stuff where you have an assigned table and seating, but not an assigned TIME - it sounds extremely odd).