Rare Host Sharon Posted December 12, 2009 #3151 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Have a good time on Balmoral Dave. Photos of the Canary Islands cruise on Arcadia here if anyone is interested! http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sharonp40/CruiseOnArcadiaToCanaries# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapricorn Posted December 12, 2009 #3152 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Photos of the Canary Islands cruise on Arcadia here if anyone is interested! Now, these pictures show places with colour, personality and history, unlike the cold antiseptic modernity of Dubai. Great photographs! Donald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted December 12, 2009 #3153 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Great group of photos - thanks for the share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saga Ruby Posted December 16, 2009 Author #3154 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I heard on BBC that, if the 12-day strike happens on the 22nd, prices for transatlantic flights will be over the moon. One news bit says the cheapest price right now for that time period for a UK-US flight is $4,700. Do you think the strike will actually happen? From December 22 into January 2010 - what a terrible possibility for all the holiday travelers. And, of course, that is entirely the point. Ruby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted December 16, 2009 #3155 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Associated Press is reporting that there are "emergency talks" underway, and that management is seeking a court injunction against the strike. Your guess is good as mine. Reference fares, we paid approx. $1,050 per person, last August, United coach, Sacramento CA to London Heathrow, round trip. Edited December 16, 2009 by Druke I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted December 16, 2009 #3156 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Personally I suspect the strikes will go ahead, which is stupid in today's climate. I just feel lucky to have a job at all at the moment. And BA staff are paid about three times as much as Virgin and other flight crews. I seriously doubt they will get any public sympathy. Unless they can get a court injuction to declare the strike illegal of course. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8415370.stm Edited December 16, 2009 by ships cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted December 17, 2009 #3157 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re British Airways threatened Holiday strike, code sharing has Qantas and a number of other airlines involved. Ships Cat - enjoyed your beautiful photos of your Arcadia Canary Island cruise. How many passengers does it carry? I agree it looks small beside that other big "of the seas" ship. The bright tropical colours of buildings, boats and plants of the Canary Islands must be food for the soul for those who come from cold and rainy climates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted December 17, 2009 #3158 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Ships Cat - enjoyed your beautiful photos of your Arcadia Canary Island cruise. How many passengers does it carry? I agree it looks small beside that other big "of the seas" ship. The bright tropical colours of buildings, boats and plants of the Canary Islands must be food for the soul for those who come from cold and rainy climates. They sure were! Arcadia is just over 83,000 with 2000 passengers. I haven't got round to uploading photos of the ship yet but will soon. She is virtually the same as Queen Victoria. I liked her quite a lot - lovely wrap-around teak prom. deck, open deck space up top etc, but I found the decor very brown! She is supposed to be "a modern, contemporary ship in feel" but the cream or fawn walls and upholstery in shades of brown and fawn I found a bit dull. Not that I want glitz of "wow", but I thought she needed a bit more variation in colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted December 17, 2009 #3159 Share Posted December 17, 2009 They sure were! Arcadia is just over 83,000 with 2000 passengers. I haven't got round to uploading photos of the ship yet but will soon. She is virtually the same as Queen Victoria. I liked her quite a lot - lovely wrap-around teak prom. deck, open deck space up top etc, but I found the decor very brown! She is supposed to be "a modern, contemporary ship in feel" but the cream or fawn walls and upholstery in shades of brown and fawn I found a bit dull. Not that I want glitz of "wow", but I thought she needed a bit more variation in colours. Sounds a good size ship. I also love wrap around teak prom. decks, which are getting rarer. I agree with your comments re the use of fawn and brown being dull. When we visited the beautiful Observatory Hotel in Sydney last weekend, we all commented that it was too dark, being decorated in an elegant old world English style, which was too heavy for our bright sunny climate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted December 17, 2009 #3160 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Photos of Arcadia here http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sharonp40/CruiseShipsArcadia# Even the Christmas decorations were shades of bronze and brown!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted December 17, 2009 #3161 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Photos of Arcadia here http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sharonp40/CruiseShipsArcadia# Even the Christmas decorations were shades of bronze and brown!! Thanks for the photos. Would have been dull decor without the Christmas decorations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapricorn Posted December 17, 2009 #3162 Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) That's for sure - would have been dull without the decorations. I never forgot the time when I visited a couple who had just bought a home. The original owners had brown everything throughout the place - carpets, linoleum, walls, cabinets, etc. Even the master bedroom had rough wood boards nailed on the wall around the room. I don't understand this obsession with brown. (I meant to type "d'brown" in the subject line, but somehow my post got posted). Donald. Edited December 17, 2009 by Kapricorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted December 17, 2009 #3163 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I have to admit I cannot see what is "modern and contemporary" about the colours! Especially for those of us who remember the obsession with brown from the 1970s! But aside from that I did like the ship and she rode the rough seas remarkably well IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted December 17, 2009 #3164 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I have to admit I cannot see what is "modern and contemporary" about the colours! Especially for those of us who remember the obsession with brown from the 1970s! But aside from that I did like the ship and she rode the rough seas remarkably well IMO. "Modern and Contemporary" is just another way of saying "plain". The most important thing is that you liked the ship and that it rode rough seas well. I get a bit worried about some of these huge ships that look like a block of flats crossing the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans in rough seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted December 19, 2009 #3165 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Wishing members of this thread all the joys of Christmas, good health, and wonderful cruising in the New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapricorn Posted December 19, 2009 #3166 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Wishing members of this thread all the joys of Christmas, good health, and wonderful cruising in the New Year. The same to you, Marion and Berry and everyone else! Donald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted December 20, 2009 #3167 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Wishing members of this thread all the joys of Christmas, good health, and wonderful cruising in the New Year. And the same from me too ! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted December 20, 2009 #3168 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I'll chime in also with best wishes for a Happy Holiday Season, and a great New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saga Ruby Posted December 20, 2009 Author #3169 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I add my wishes for a joyous Christmas and a happy new year full of peace, good health, and happiness. Here's hoping 2010 is your best year ever. All the best, y'all! Ruby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapricorn Posted December 20, 2009 #3170 Share Posted December 20, 2009 My friend in Nassau sent me a photograph of cruise ships in the harbour. My goodness, the apartment mega-barge Oasis of the Seas overwhelmingly dominated the other ships! My friend also said that cruise ships now have Christmas lights festooned around them, and it is a pretty sight in the night when they depart from Nassau. Donald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted December 20, 2009 #3171 Share Posted December 20, 2009 My friend in Nassau sent me a photograph of cruise ships in the harbour. My goodness, the apartment mega-barge Oasis of the Seas overwhelmingly dominated the other ships! My friend also said that cruise ships now have Christmas lights festooned around them, and it is a pretty sight in the night when they depart from Nassau. Donald. WOW What a great photo, Donald. Does your friend know what the other ships were for size comparison? "Oasis of the Seas" - I wonder if the intention was that the ship would be such an oasis that you wouldn't want to get off in port. A destination in its own right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapricorn Posted December 20, 2009 #3172 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Does your friend know what the other ships were for size comparison? The ship immediately in front of Oasis would be one of the 85,000-ton Disney ships. Isn't it amazing how she looks pathetically small in the picture? Donald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted December 20, 2009 #3173 Share Posted December 20, 2009 (edited) The ship immediately in front of Oasis would be one of the 85,000-ton Disney ships. Isn't it amazing how she looks pathetically small in the picture? Donald. Thanks Donald. I can see Mickey's Ears now that you mention it. Yes, very small. Imagine being in the Disney Ship overlooking the Oasis. No view, like looking into a block of apartments. It is amazing that she is able to berth at a regular wharf, instead of a container wharf which is often the case overseas. Edited December 20, 2009 by MMDown Under Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted December 24, 2009 #3174 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Wow - great picture. I would certainly not want to be on a ship berthed next to that monster though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted December 24, 2009 #3175 Share Posted December 24, 2009 http://www.cruisenewsdaily.com reports that 19,000 passengers were at St. Maarten when Oasis and 5 other ships were in port! No thanks to the megaships! I'll stick to the small 30,000 tonners, although I am looking forward to Oceania's new Marina, at 60,000+ tons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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