Star has arrived!!

[Laurab23]

Frank-again thank you so much for all the pictures. It was great seeing the progress going on.

 

Laura

[remydiva]

Three cheers for Frank and his fabulous pictures..the quality, detail and the number of times he posted them and the easy format in which to view them has been appreciated by so many, including me, on the CC family.

 

Great work.

[cruzegirl]

Frank,

I wanted to echo the sentiments of everyone here and say thanks for taking the time to take the photos of the Star as she was her way to recovery... You took alot of time to do this and that an amazing thing to do for everyone here.... I would love to sail on her one day.... And C.C. should bring you on as a correspondent..... Your dedication is amazing....

 

May those who sail on her from here out be blessed with a safe voyage and calm seas......

[drjohn4]

Looking closely at the pictures, there seem to be white boxes with wires coming out of them above the partition of every other balcony. Does anyone think these may be heat detectors?

[Sea Day Cruiser]

Thank you, Frank, for taking the time to go to the shipyard and then post these pictures. It's been so enlightening to be able to see the progress they've made on the Star. You have been so kind to all of us. Thank you!

[marlinmike]

Looking closely at the pictures, there seem to be white boxes with wires coming out of them above the partition of every other balcony. Does anyone think these may be heat detectors?

 

As reported today by Cruise News Daily:

Princess told CND today that in addition the repair work from the fire, Lloyd also installed a drencher and fire detection system on the ship's balconies as part of the fire safety measures they said earlier they were implementing. The plastic furniture on the balconies has also been replaced with metal, and many of the balcony dividers have also been replaced with noncombustible ones. (The rest will be replaced shortly.)

The same upgrades are now being scheduled for the rest of the ships in the fleet, and those will be completed during the next six months while the ships are in service.

[T&J]

Looking at the Cruise Cam and the Star is still parked in Bremerhaven and it's 12:15 pm on Saturday the 13th!!!!

 

Hope she sails as planned today?

 

Tony

:cool: :eek: :cool:

[custompcsys]

Looking at the Cruise Cam and the Star is still parked in Bremerhaven and it's 12:15 pm on Saturday the 13th!!!!

 

Hope she sails as planned today?

 

Tony

:cool: :eek: :cool:

Tony, look at the time on the bridge cam......07:43 GMT (9:43 a.m. local time in Germany). Its been stuck on that all morning so far. The cam isn't updating.

[Globaliser]

She's on the move. The best webcam at the moment appears to be this page.

[fg_hb]

Hi again,

 

as the Star Princess leaves on time and in Germany there's no speed limit on freeways :) I had the chance to see and photograph the begin of the departing of the Star Princess. Here are the photos for you:

 

http://www.essorg.de/sp

 

Because I'm in hurry I can't write mor now.

 

As I see the webcam of the Star Princess has no pictures at the moment.

 

Bye Bye

 

Frank

[Globaliser]

Thanks for those pictures, Frank! And so fast.

 

Here are the webcam pics (from the link I posted above) showing Star Princess leaving Bremerhaven this morning.

 

Because there are so many, I'm not posting the pictures directly into the thread. I didn't manage to capture every minute's image, but many of the ones I missed seem to have been while she was stationary (perhaps in the lock?).

 

To see each picture, just click on the link.

 

To download each picture, right-click on the link, left-click on Save Target As, and then give each file a suitable name (or number) in order. If you number each one with the number to the left of the link in this list, and put them all into a folder, you may be able to see them in some slideshow function that effectively animates the sequence.

 

The timestamp in the top right hand corner was about 5 minutes slow, IIRC.

 

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39 http://i2.tinypic.com/zkmm4l.jpg

40 http://i2.tinypic.com/zkmnf7.jpg

41 http://i2.tinypic.com/zkmngk.jpg

42 http://i1.tinypic.com/zkmnhs.jpg

43 http://i1.tinypic.com/zkmnis.jpg

44 http://i1.tinypic.com/zkmnmu.jpg

45 http://i1.tinypic.com/zkmnnt.jpg

46 http://i3.tinypic.com/zkmnph.jpg

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48 http://i1.tinypic.com/zkmnv4.jpg

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With thanks to http://www.tinypic.com for the free hosting space. I'm sorry that I've currently run out of space of my own.

[BLS]

A huge Mahalo (thank you!) from here in Hawaii. We have watched the Star's progreees through the photo's and viewed her sailing from Germany with a big sigh of relieve. (we sail on Sept 12 b/b on the 22nd too) So we will spend 25 days onboard and sail on her back into NY.

We all owe you a debt of gratitude. You've kept us well informed.

 

Aloha,

Bev

[Shelby Cruiser]

It was very kind of you to post all these pictures. The transformation is astounding. We are booked on her for the Baltics next July 1, 2007 & appreciate very much your efforts to keep us all informed. She looks lovely.

[Roses2]

Now, how about all the armchair "experts" that posted the negative remarks that Princess was not being open and honest about the repairs, and that the Star would never sail on time, just coming on and saying, "sorry we were wrong".

 

And another big thanks to Frank for his great photos documenting the repairs.

[Host CJSKIDS]

Now, how about all the armchair "experts" that posted the negative remarks that Princess was not being open and honest about the repairs, and that the Star would never sail on time, just coming on and saying, "sorry we were wrong".

 

And another big thanks to Frank for his great photos documenting the repairs.

 

 

I'm not an armchair expert but one who was on the Star and saw first hand the damage and I can tell you I never thought that the ship would be fixed. Our friends who were with us are also amazed. I still wonder whether or not the 79 cabins that got condemed are fully up and running but I guess if you have had people working 24/7 anything is possible.

[SomeBeach]

We don't know what the progress is on the inside as Princess has yet to release an update. I would guess that many finishing touches are being done as she sails to Copenhagen.

My only wish is that all those that sail on her enjoy their cruise. She's a beautiful ship and I am so happy that she's back out on the seas! :)

[judynorth]

Check out the beautiful view from the Star's bridgecam:

 

http://www.princessshutter.com/princesscam.htm

[SomeBeach]

Thanks for the pix Judy.

I hope the Star goes back to turning the web cam on the ship for nighttime like it was before the fire. The Star was the first to do that and some others followed but not all Prin ships turn their cameras.

[custompcsys]

Now, how about all the armchair "experts" that posted the negative remarks that Princess was not being open and honest about the repairs, and that the Star would never sail on time, just coming on and saying, "sorry we were wrong".

I was thinking the same thing this morning, then concluded "not in a million years!". I bet you will still get folks coming on and saying "there is no way she is back up to par" and will latch on to anything, no matter how trivial, anyone on Monday's cruise reports as not being up to their expectations.

 

Its actually pretty entertaining to go back through the old threads and read people swearing that the shipyard would have to cut her in half and replace the damaged sections, she'd be out of service for a year, etc., etc. :rolleyes:

[sunprincess]

Bon Voyage Star Princess

 

Frank I was so surprised to see your photos today. You really have been a gem for us all to take all the photos & post them :)

 

Globaliser thank you also for your photo links. Appreciate your work to share that with us all.

 

To all those cruising on the Star MONDAY have an awesome cruise :)

Wish I was going too.

[Nancyquilts]

Thanks all for the pictures - especially Frank - you must have better things to do with your time, but we are all very grateful for your sharing your pictures with us. (Drive carefully next time!) Nancy

[Hulagirl]

Also want to say thank you for all the pictures on the Star! It has been fascinating watching the progress each week. It truly amazes me that they were able to keep to the schedule of having the ship back into service this soon after seeing the pictures of the damage. I'm truly impressed with what we have seen from Frank's pictures. Looking forward to our cruise in December on this ship again.

 

A big thanks to Frank! What an excellent job you have done for all of us.

 

Globaliser: Also want to thank you for posting all those links. Fun to see the progression of the ship sailing out.

[naplesam]

I was thinking the same thing this morning, then concluded "not in a million years!". I bet you will still get folks coming on and saying "there is no way she is back up to par" and will latch on to anything, no matter how trivial, anyone on Monday's cruise reports as not being up to their expectations. :rolleyes:

 

They already have! :( Amazing

 

What great work must have been done. Rather than question, why not celebrate all those people who will get their cruise. Truly an amazing job was done in Germany! Bravo to Princess and to LloydWerft!

[aggieastrosfan]

Thanks again, Frank, for all your wonderful pictures! She looks beautiful, and I'm so glad to see her up and running again.

 

I'm sure the Monday cruisers are breathing a huge sigh of relief right now! Hope they enjoy their cruise. :)

[Larry502]

I was thinking the same thing this morning, then concluded "not in a million years!". I bet you will still get folks coming on and saying "there is no way she is back up to par" and will latch on to anything, no matter how trivial, anyone on Monday's cruise reports as not being up to their expectations.

 

Its actually pretty entertaining to go back through the old threads and read people swearing that the shipyard would have to cut her in half and replace the damaged sections, she'd be out of service for a year, etc., etc. :rolleyes:

 

How about the experts that said all they have to do is slide out the damaged cabins and slide in the new. They had the Star sailing in a week.