Welcome to Cruise Talk the Internet's most popular discussion forum dedicated to cruising. Stop by Cruise Talk anytime to post a message or find out what your fellow passengers and industry insiders are saying about a particular ship, cruise line or destination.
>>> Reader Reviews >>> CruisePage.com Photo Gallery >>> Join Our Cruise Club.
Latest News...It's time to gear up for weekend energy any day of the week. Royal Caribbean International officially welcomed the next big thing in vacations to the family: Utopia of the Seas. A celebration fit for the ultimate short getaway was had in Saint-Nazaire, France, as the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard handed Royal Caribbean the keys to Utopia just five weekends before its July ...
Latest News...The future of elevated travel at sea reached a major milestone today, as construction commenced for Celebrity Cruises' next ship, Celebrity Xcel. The keel laying ceremony at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France celebrated the momentous occasion for the latest and most elevated vessel in Celebrity's award-winning Edge Series ships. When she sets sail...
Latest News...The newly designed Margaritaville at Sea Islander set sail today on her inaugural voyage, departing from Port Tampa Bay to Cozumel, Mexico, on a four-night journey. The fully reimagined ship spans 12 passenger decks, accommodating up to 2,650 adventure-seeking passengers and offers an array of exciting new dining, entertainment, and island destinations...
Besides, even if it has less than 1% to occur, some parties are still in negociation to try and purchase her for a new role.However, for understandable confidentiality reasons, I have to keep the very few details I have and their names out of public. But I repeat, I think it has less than 1% to concretise, although I still hope so.
[ 03-06-2007: Message edited by: Vaccaro ]
It would be great to reconstruct the Saga Theatre and the Windward Dining room in a Museum
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:Maybe they can save little Norway 1 and 2 and use them at Sea Word?
I thought her two huge tenders were still in use in the Caribbean??
[ 03-07-2007: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]
Maybe SCOTT H was upset because he did not realize he saw Norway's original tenders-and did not photograph them.
I am upset because they should have scrapped the tenders if necessary and retained the ship!
Pam
quote:Originally posted by PamM:No, they were purpose built in Norway.
Really! Well they must have used landing craft plans.
Even the ramp at the front can come down landing craft style. Surely they simply added an extar deck?
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:Really! Well they must have used landing craft plans. Even the ramp at the front can come down landing craft style. Surely they simply added an extar deck?
Like Pam said, they were custom built (along w/the massive davits) for Norway back in 1979. It is possible their design was inspired by landing craft and were the largest tenders ever installed on a passenger ship. I believe Caronia of 1948 had the second largest purpose built tenders before Norways were built. Caronia's were built at John Brown-Clydebank and launched in the traditional manner into the River Clyde.
quote:Originally posted by Waynaro:So are both NORWAY tenders still in service?
I remember reading that both tenders were shipped back to the Caribbean during her lay up in Germany.
quote:Originally posted by 6263866:Norway's tenders look a lot like the tenders RCL uses at Labadee, is there any link?? They also look like WWII landing craft.
Coco Cutter I & II [1990], La Santa Maria [1991 & Ship-to-Shore [1995] are all purpose built passenger tenders by Palatka Shipbuilding Inc.
Brian
[ 03-14-2007: Message edited by: Beezo ]
quote:Originally posted by Beezo:When I was on the S/S Norway back in 2000, there was a 3rd tender in use at Great Stirrup Cay. It was called the "BahamaRamaMama." It had a slightly different design, but I believe this is the one that was the ex-navy landing craft...Brian[ 03-14-2007: Message edited by: Beezo ]
That's right--this was the original tender for the private island, serving the other NCL ships which otherwise would only be using lifeboats.
Rich
Ultimate Bulletin BoardTM 6.1.0.3
More Vacation & Cruise Specials...