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any photos of the new QA tea serivce?

on this note. what smaller cabins have the sofa?

what a lovely looking service 

what brand of tea do they carry? 

following 

what are those red things?

On 1/19/2024 at 10:24 AM, Despegue said:

I think that Meyer potentially wants indeed more Excellence-class orders ( sorry, Helios class is a subclass of the Excellence class and is used to identify  the Aida vessels), maybe with some minor changes or slight increase in tonnage.

 

the Fincantieri design shobe completely new.

sounds like the design was a upscaled version of the Sun Princess.

i wonder if this will prompt more extensive rennovations?

anyone have any photos of the event 🙂

as a solo experiance was there a effort to get solo goers to interact?

On 10/22/2023 at 5:19 PM, Fairsky84 said:

My understanding is that Princess’ Sphere-class shares its engineering (LNG propulsion, hull structure, mechanical systems) with Carnival’s Excel-class and Helios-class ships. Although those classes are built at Meyer shipyards in Germany and Finland, Princess saved a lot of development costs for their new class by sharing these underpinnings. 
 

I actually think Carnival Corp did a better job differentiating these ships than previous shared classes. It always bothered me that Vista-class ships for HAL, P&O, Cunard, and Costa looked almost identical. And the Sphere-class for Princess won’t be mistaken for P&O’s Iona, unlike the many Grand-class ships shared by both brands.

On 10/22/2023 at 7:05 PM, Fairsky84 said:

Right. Carnival and RCI have been doing this for decades, but I think RCI was much better at differentiating their ships for each brand. For example, the Radiance-class for Royal Caribbean and the Millennium-class for Celebrity were engineered with the same mechanicals and hull, but you’d never know that from looking at the ships or their deck plans.

 

Carnival, however, just built identical ships and changed the funnels and decor. Glad to see they’re trying a bit harder with these new LNG classes.

Hi do you have any recommendations on places to read about the technical design on the ship?

Off topic the recent twitter photos are really making this ship look incredible, 

On 10/22/2023 at 7:05 PM, Fairsky84 said:

Right. Carnival and RCI have been doing this for decades, but I think RCI was much better at differentiating their ships for each brand. For example, the Radiance-class for Royal Caribbean and the Millennium-class for Celebrity were engineered with the same mechanicals and hull, but you’d never know that from looking at the ships or their deck plans.

 

Carnival, however, just built identical ships and changed the funnels and decor. Glad to see they’re trying a bit harder with these new LNG classes.

Really appreciate the response! 

Is the Sun Princess a Project Millie Design?

On 10/21/2023 at 2:51 AM, OneSixtyToOne said:

So far Castro and Puerto Chacabuco are tender ports. 

 

by chance did you get a better photo the Hurtigrueten ship with the Octanis?

wait a moment cunard and carnival 😆 following!

yes if the ship holds a special place in your heart

i really like the funnel design. is this a project mille class?

is the cruise still on going? Would you do Ponant again? Recommend for a 40 year old?

They are preparing for a ambitious fleet renewal for the costal express by 2030. Out of curiosity do you know why the 3rd Ronald Amundsen was canceled? victim of the pandemic? 

did you do any excursions or time in a port town? Also i presume the ship is a bit on the quiter side with most in bed early?

are you able to bring food and drinks on board. i know there are limits with a standard cruise. but since this is a ferry system I figure it might be diffrent. Washington state ferry people are literally driving with costco runs

Any trends about the ships guests demographics? im 39 and my cousins who i want to go with range from 35-44. My 70 year old parents and aunts/uncles are also intrested

agreed. sounds like the ships will get repainted also.

On 9/18/2023 at 1:46 PM, KBs mum said:

No idea, probably yes, but we drink it without milk. The tea in the restaurants and lounges needs to be turned into builders tea to be drinkable 

what is builders tea?

what about coffee brand?