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Topic: saga rose where is she????

seabourndt
First Class Passenger
Member # 2154

posted 04-21-2009 04:34 AM

i was aty soton yesterday tio see 4 ships there thje others qm2 queen victoria and oriana were therer. no sign of the SAGA ROSE?? my friend was on it and doingn the next cruise nothing from him either. ships monthly list it but not the soton website.
ANY IDEAS????
dave

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

posted 04-21-2009 07:32 AM

Email Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES

It looks as if you were at the wrong port as she was shown as due to be in Portsmouth on the 20th April 2009.

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OceanVoyager
First Class Passenger
Member # 5585

posted 04-21-2009 09:18 AM

With the 4th terminal not yet open (its due to open in May), and with the three other large cruise ships alongside, Saga decided to divert the "Rose" to Portsmouth.
With Carnival Corp (especially) and RCCL having their weight to throw around, the smaller operators such as Saga and Fred Olsen are having to have "whats left" with the choice of berth & terminal.
Hopefully the situation will improve once the Ocean Terminal is opened.
Andrew

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seabourndt
First Class Passenger
Member # 2154

posted 04-21-2009 10:08 AM

thanks for that, not far away then, ships monthly got it wrong then. never mind was happy with what i saw. a car carrier was also in 103, so no room for more i guess.
dave

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-22-2009 03:59 AM

Her move to Portsmouth was arranged quite some time ago now & has been on SAGA's website ever since, although the map for the cruise still showed Southampton. I was there for the day and she was stunning - I also saw the other three sail by as they departed the Solent.

Always plenty to watch in Portsmouth

Pam

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ahrpd
First Class Passenger
Member # 6229

posted 04-22-2009 04:42 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Her move to Portsmouth was arranged quite some time ago now & has been on SAGA's website ever since, although the map for the cruise still showed Southampton. I was there for the day and she was stunning - I also saw the other three sail by as they departed the Solent.
Pam

Fabulous shot of SAGA ROSE! Well worth the long trip!

Tony

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Tom Burke
First Class Passenger
Member # 5238

posted 04-22-2009 06:54 AM

Pam: where did you take your 'Portsmouth' photos from? We had a weekend there last summer, during which we went over to the Isle of Wight and got a picture of Aurora.

We were very impressed with Portsmouth Harbour; here's link to a blog post about our stay there
[URL=http://tomtotley.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/aurora/][/URL]

Where do the cruise ships berth in Portsmouth? - presumably, somewhere in Royal Navy territory?

[ 04-22-2009: Message edited by: Tom Burke ]

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-22-2009 11:31 AM

Nice report & lovely photo Tom. Yes Portsmouth Waterfront is so much better than Southampton's, but perhaps not so the rest of the city. There are certainly more things to see and do, with nice gardens etc to wander.

The photo of SAGA ROSE was taken from one of the harbour tours which run from Gunwharf Quay just along from the Spinnaker Tower [or from the Historic Dockyard across from Warrior]. Cruise ships berth at the Ferry Terminal which is way over the other side of the harbour past all the warships. It is the first turn off the motorway as you enter Portsmouth and one can see the ferries/cruise ships alongside from the bypass. See map - SAGA ROSE was where there is a circled 2 at the ferry port top right. Gunwharf near the bottom middle.

The other photos, video clip and those yet to be posted of SAGA ROSE departing were taken from the Round Tower at the harbour entrance; which you have been to [Portsmouth Harbour Entrance is according to them, one of the busiest in the world. Debatable I expect, but there is always some vessel going in or out].

As an aside there are so many Naval vessels currently in Portsmouth one wonders if there are any at sea anywhere All 3 Aircraft Carriers for starters - if you like warships.

Pam

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bcscot
First Class Passenger
Member # 22351

posted 04-22-2009 11:21 PM

A great photo of a wonderful ship. The Rose that is, although the others are great too. Thanks Pam.

I am very much looking forward to our planned cruise around Ireland on the Rose in September. Catching her before she retires was the only thing that I was looking forward to about turning fifty!!!

Graham.

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ahrpd
First Class Passenger
Member # 6229

posted 04-24-2009 11:33 AM

I never tire of looking at SAGA ROSE! Pics of her arriving today in Gibraltar are in the Photo Library of the Gibraltar Port website at:

http://www.gibraltarport.com/photo_library.cfm

Tony

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Pascal
First Class Passenger
Member # 5510

posted 04-24-2009 02:14 PM

I'm expecting her in Toulon on Wednesday. And if I'm lucky I may even be able to take shots of her interiors (we'll see this).

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 04-29-2009 06:00 AM

believe i was on the QM2 when you took that pic pam...great shots...jeff

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 04-29-2009 11:32 AM

Hard to believe this stunning ship will no longer exist in less than a year.

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Pascal
First Class Passenger
Member # 5510

posted 04-29-2009 03:47 PM

She was in Toulon today... What a wonderful ship she is !!!

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