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Any news on her debut?
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:...Calypso did not last long, did it?
Three seasons. Given she was exactly 40 years old when Thomson first chartered her, it was unlikely she would taken on anything longer than a three year commitment!
Tony
quote:Originally posted by Noordam:What about Thomson Majesty?Any news on her debut?
NORWEGIAN MAJESTY will be handed over to Louis on 1 December this year. It has never been formally stated she will be chartered to Thomson but an assumption that she will replace THE EMERALD and THE CALYPSO. Louis, of course, may have other plans.
quote:Originally posted by KansasK:It also had the round "Viking Crown" lounge that wraps around the smokestack....
RCI normally insist that their 'trade mark' Viking Crown is removed when they sell a ship, but not in this case.
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:RCI normally insist that their 'trade mark' Viking Crown is removed when they sell a ship, but not in this case.
When they sold SUN VIKING she kept it and this continued with SONG OF AMERICA.
I always thought SONG OF AMERICA was an attractive ship but overshadowed by the SOVEREIGN-class for which she was a sort of (much smaller) prototype. She looked much better in RCCL livery though.
I used to see her all the time in New York, when she was on the weekly New York-Bermuda run. Not a bad ship but I never had the desire to sail in her, though at one point when I was a kid my dad had our cruise choices down to SEAWARD or SONG OF AMERICA ... I guess he was really undecided so he left it up to me and I chose SEAWARD. If I could go back and do it over I would choose SONG OF AMERICA, SEAWARD was such a dog of a ship ... my one and only NCL cruise (not counting MARCO POLO) though! (But I don't want to be too hard on myself, that was 14 years ago, I was seven years old...! )
On the NYC-Bermuda run she (and RCCL in general) was always outclassed by the Celebrity ships. She was not really competitive with NCL either when they put the brand-new DREAMWARD on the run.
Yes, I am most interested in sailing with Thomson. I hope that they continue to do those Red Sea cruises. Thank you for the update.
Graham.
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