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Topic: Ship names

Peter P
First Class Passenger
Member # 374

posted 12-29-1999 02:25 PM

You already started some sort of name proposing under other topic..lets continue it here if you r interested. Propose here name you think is good for some cruise ships... How about Mega Princess

You tell some better names.

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WJCdiver
First Class Passenger
Member # 946

posted 12-30-1999 10:42 PM

Lets see the ones I liked so far are:

Majestic Princess
and Imperial Princess
(since Regal Princess is taken.)

Some alternatives I dislike are:
Beacuoup de Princess
Too Princess (or Princess Too, or Princess Squared)
Grosse Princess
Bored Princess
Indulgent Princess
Indigent Princess
Indignent Princess
and finally the Slovenly Princess (Registered in Slovnian perhaps?)

Bill

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Eric Cruises
First Class Passenger
Member # 957

posted 12-31-1999 02:01 AM

Use the zodiac signs to rename the ship is very interesting, such as Star cruises!

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geno-r
First Class Passenger
Member # 931

posted 12-31-1999 02:51 PM

How about "ss This Way To The Buffet"

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Patrick
First Class Passenger
Member # 364

posted 01-01-2000 01:35 PM

I think names of famous explorers, poets, artists or writers are always a good choice such as MARCO POLO, VAN GOGH, MICHELANGELO, VASCO DA GAMA, MAXIM GORKIY etc.

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Peter P
First Class Passenger
Member # 374

posted 01-03-2000 02:34 PM

You know there is some weird policy that car model has to have abstract name like Carina, Corolla, Vectra and so on. Could work also on ship names.

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tomsteph
Just Boarded
Member # 813

posted 01-03-2000 10:05 PM

I think if the Princess retires the FAIR,SKY,ISLAND,STAR and GOLDEN they should have enough names for these new ships that they are building! They may be bigger and have more amentities,but the older smaller ones are all classics!
I first fell in love with the beautiful
PACIFIC PRINCESS! That is a beautiful cruise liner!
LONG MAY SHE SAIL!

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grep
First Class Passenger
Member # 900

posted 01-04-2000 03:23 AM

Tomsteph,

P & O holidays Australia are retiring the FAIR PRINCESS later this year to be replaced by the SKY PRINCESS which will be renamed PACIFIC SKY, so 2 names have been made available as you suggest.

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Joe at PwC
First Class Passenger
Member # 225

posted 01-04-2000 02:48 PM

Princess would probably be out of their minds to retire the Pacific Princess any time soon, given her history as the original "Love Boat."

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geno-r
First Class Passenger
Member # 931

posted 01-04-2000 06:03 PM

Didn't Captian Binghampton sink the original loveboat?

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Viking Crown
First Class Passenger
Member # 1046

posted 01-23-2000 10:23 PM

the Brilliant Princess

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WJCdiver
First Class Passenger
Member # 946

posted 01-28-2000 09:32 PM

The Einstein Princess?

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MagnmPI
First Class Passenger
Member # 299

posted 02-01-2000 09:16 PM

Anything but signs of the Zodiac.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 02-02-2000 09:13 AM

How about 'Royal Princess' it sounds silly enough to catch on!

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Joe at PwC
First Class Passenger
Member # 225

posted 02-02-2000 12:00 PM

Malcolm, there's already a Royal Princess, and by all accounts, she's considered the nicest ship in the fleet, at least from the things I've seen posted about out here.

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 02-02-2000 03:45 PM

How about the PRINCESS VICTORIA?

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Vaccaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 465

posted 02-02-2000 04:41 PM

Not so easy to find generic names. Indeed there was already a PRINCESA VICTORIA! (ex-THE VICTORIA, ex-VICTORIA, ex-DUNNOTTAR CASTLE, 1936).
I think the "return" to the use of names of persons or regions, not already used or unused for a long time, should be more original, less confuse and would reflect the personality of the ship.
Bye.

[This message has been edited by Vaccaro (edited 02-02-2000).]

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AJL
First Class Passenger
Member # 956

posted 02-03-2000 09:45 AM

How about

Gorgeous Princess
Fabulous Princess
Magnificent Princess
Magical Princess

Diamond Princess
Silver Princess
Sapphire Princess ?

AJL

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cameron
First Class Passenger
Member # 966

posted 02-03-2000 02:25 PM

How about

Princess of Whale
Princess of York

White Princess? Since all of Princess ships are white in color.

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Joe at PwC
First Class Passenger
Member # 225

posted 02-03-2000 04:58 PM

AJL, love those last three, especially Diamond Princess. That's got a lovely ring to it. I wonder if any of the Princess execs are reading this.

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tomsteph
Just Boarded
Member # 813

posted 02-03-2000 08:57 PM

How about EMERALD PRINCESS,SAPPHIRE PRINCESS
or DIAMOND PRINCESS!

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Peter P
First Class Passenger
Member # 374

posted 02-04-2000 12:43 PM

F@bulous Princess
M@gnificent Princess
M@gical Princess
Di@mond Princess
S@pphire Princess

Who would have guts to use @ sign on ship names, would be sooo modern

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Paddy
First Class Passenger
Member # 357

posted 02-04-2000 01:27 PM

I love Diamond Princess and the other two aren't too bad. But, things like Gorgeous Princess etc. are, no offence, terrible. It make sme think of the Titanic's sister Gigantic. Now there's an idea, calling the Grand's sisters Gigantic P, Massive P, Big P, Slightly Overweight P, or even Morbidly Obese P.

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MagnmPI
First Class Passenger
Member # 299

posted 02-04-2000 01:54 PM

Peter,
Since C@rni@l's Paradise has the no smoking symbol on it, I think they have the guts to do something like that.

I'm surprised that since RCI was so bold in putting "LIKE NO VACTION ON EARTH" on the side of Voyager that next to it they didn't write "www.rccl.com"

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Joe at PwC
First Class Passenger
Member # 225

posted 02-04-2000 03:59 PM

When I saw that, it turned my stomach! That's nerve, pulling a marketing gimmick like that in such an obvious and shameless fashion. So typically '90's - in your face.

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