Lucky TGO Posted July 22, 2016 #26 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Personally I don't care for the Princess name first then the ship. :rolleyes:But thats me. :p Keith your not alone I agree with you.👍 Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted July 22, 2016 #27 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Keith your not alone I agree with you.👍Tony I was pleased to meet Keith and his lovely wife (Angie?) on a cruise. Very nice folks. (If I am mis-remembering her name please correct me! She was especially nice. :) My wife and I had a great chat with her while they were both supposed to be waiting in line for the Captain's luncheon.) We are in accord regarding the naming of the ships. I much prefer "Coral Princess" to "Princess Coral". The latter just sounds stilted and weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascol Posted July 22, 2016 Author #28 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Because they don't know the name of the ship they're going on. See, that's kind of what I think. So many of the other explanations make a bit of sense but I really think it boils down to this. Edited July 22, 2016 by Sascol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted July 22, 2016 #29 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I was pleased to meet Keith and his lovely wife (Angie?) on a cruise. Very nice folks. (If I am mis-remembering her name please correct me! She was especially nice. :) My wife and I had a great chat with her while they were both supposed to be waiting in line for the Captain's luncheon.) We are in accord regarding the naming of the ships. I much prefer "Coral Princess" to "Princess Coral". The latter just sounds stilted and weird. Are you tryin to get me shot? :eek: Haha..... You got the "ie" right. That would be Tamie. :D As long as I don't call out Angie in my sleep. :p It was great meeting you guys too. We got to chat a few times. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted July 22, 2016 #30 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Are you tryin to get me shot? :eek: Haha..... You got the "ie" right. That would be Tamie. :D As long as I don't call out Angie in my sleep. :p It was great meeting you guys too. We got to chat a few times. ;) GAH! I just tried to inform my wife that she was wrong and it turns out she was telling me the name of the another Keith's wife! D'Oh! One of my cousin's (who we just had dinner with the other night) has a son named Keith and his wife is named Angie. :eek: Sigh... Old people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin' Chick Posted July 22, 2016 #31 Share Posted July 22, 2016 These are the 2-letter abbreviations Princess uses in the URL for each ship. If you're not sure, just go to the Princess website. Main fleet: • CB - Caribbean Princess • CO - Coral Princess • KP - Crown Princess • DP - Dawn Princess • DI - Diamond Princess • EP - Emerald Princess • NP - Golden Princess • AP - Grand Princess • IP - Island Princess • GP - Regal Princess • RP - Royal Princess • RU - Ruby Princess • SA - Sapphire Princess • CP - Sea Princess • TP - Star Princess • SP - Sun Princess The Small Ships of Princess: • PA - Pacific Princess I remember saying mentioning the way to find this out on the Princess website is to go to the list of ships and then click on the name of the ship you're interested in and the abbreviation will be in the website address. Here's the one for the Caribbean Princess, for example: http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/video/gKL_rkSL_HgSiQrAYpg_33dhIl9EP9v8/jon-stewart-takes-over-colbert-s-late-show-desk/ Because they don't know the name of the ship they're going on. It's amazing to talk to someone who doesn't remember the name of a ship they've been on recently. At a kids' birthday party, I was talking to another parent who remembered they had been on an Alaskan cruise the summer before, but only remembered it was on Princess. I asked which port they left on and the day of the week and I said, oh, you were on the Diamond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kinkacruiser Posted July 22, 2016 #32 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Stewart's real name is; Piso Mojado I see him with a sign saying that all the time. Love it! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted July 23, 2016 #33 Share Posted July 23, 2016 It's amazing to talk to someone who doesn't remember the name of a ship they've been on recently. Does not surprise me at all. I know a number of people who are booked on a cruise and have no idea what the ship name will be. Usually the person's spouse made all of the arrangements and the person just did not get involved. As a teenager I worked as an usher in a movie theater. This was before the days of the multiples. Once screen. One movie. You would be surprised how many patrons after purchasing tickets and entering the theater would ask me what picture was playing that evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted July 23, 2016 #34 Share Posted July 23, 2016 It probably stands out (even annoys) us here on CC because we are familiar with a particular order. I know a fellow whose family call him one name (his middle name) but work colleagues call him his first name, it jolts when someone calls him the name I came to know him by. Probably has the same effect on us when people reverse ship names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted July 23, 2016 #35 Share Posted July 23, 2016 It probably stands out (even annoys) us here on CC because we are familiar with a particular order. I know a fellow whose family call him one name (his middle name) but work colleagues call him his first name, it jolts when someone calls him the name I came to know him by. Probably has the same effect on us when people reverse ship names. I was always called "Mike". We moved all the time so I was always the 3rd, 4th, or 5th "Mike" in every class. They usually just added my last initial to make me "Mike G" in every new school. I hated it. When I was 17 I changed schools yet again and said, "My name is Michael" and, in general, I never responded to "Mike" again. However, my few remaining family members still insist on calling me "Mike" as they are the only remaining people who knew me when I was young and it's not worth fighting about. Everybody else who knows me (or has met me in the last 45 years or so) only knows me as "Michael". (OK, geocachers actually know me as "Thrak" but that's a different story... :D) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted July 23, 2016 #36 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I was always called "Mike". We moved all the time so I was always the 3rd, 4th, or 5th "Mike" in every class. They usually just added my last initial to make me "Mike G" in every new school. I hated it. When I was 17 I changed schools yet again and said, "My name is Michael" and, in general, I never responded to "Mike" again. However, my few remaining family members still insist on calling me "Mike" as they are the only remaining people who knew me when I was young and it's not worth fighting about. Everybody else who knows me (or has met me in the last 45 years or so) only knows me as "Michael". (OK, geocachers actually know me as "Thrak" but that's a different story... :D) My name is Geoff, only two people on earth call me Geoffrey other than when I'm in trouble. Many only know me as Gut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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