WildWillie Posted August 23, 2007 #1 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Can someone help identify this ship? It's docked in San Diego right now, and looks like a Princess style funnel. CruiseCal and the port show no scheduled stops for anyone today. Just curious.... http://live6.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?zoom=7.0&imagemap.x=284&imagemap.y=277&name=%2Fecodb%2F1amnorth%2Fcamera1&skin=default&pan=-96.112335&panfov=8.620973&tiltfov=6.719559&tilt=-10.607699&oldimage=1187856149619091&width=640&height=480&oldscale=0.75&useapplet=false&vfadjust=0.44444445 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berliner Posted August 23, 2007 #2 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Can someone help identify this ship? It's docked in San Diego right now, and looks like a Princess style funnel. CruiseCal and the port show no scheduled stops for anyone today. Just curious.... http://live6.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?zoom=7.0&imagemap.x=284&imagemap.y=277&name=%2Fecodb%2F1amnorth%2Fcamera1&skin=default&pan=-96.112335&panfov=8.620973&tiltfov=6.719559&tilt=-10.607699&oldimage=1187856149619091&width=640&height=480&oldscale=0.75&useapplet=false&vfadjust=0.44444445 looks more like HAL to me. don't know any Princess ship with dark body... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted August 23, 2007 #3 Share Posted August 23, 2007 It certainly is not Princess - not with dark blue hull. Does not appear to be a ship from HAL either. It's small, with only three boats on each side, puts her down under 20,000GRT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWillie Posted August 23, 2007 Author #4 Share Posted August 23, 2007 It certainly is not Princess - not with dark blue hull. Does not appear to be a ship from HAL either. It's small, with only three boats on each side, puts her down under 20,000GRT. It was the funnel that made me think it was an old Princess ship. Thanks for your help, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janabug Posted August 23, 2007 #5 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Pretty sure I found it. Royal Olympic Voyager http://www.travelmasti.com/cruises/royal_voyager.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janabug Posted August 23, 2007 #6 Share Posted August 23, 2007 oops, double post :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted August 23, 2007 #7 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Certainly looks like the same ship. They put her at 25,000GRT, so my guestimate was a tad low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berliner Posted August 23, 2007 #8 Share Posted August 23, 2007 good job jana,looks like a decent ship :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janabug Posted August 23, 2007 #9 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Is it new? Royal Olympic Cruises website is pretty crappy and doesn't even list it as a ship? I found it by pure luck thinking it looked like a greek ship I had once seen. Berliner, haven't seen you in our roll call in quite some time! We've set up a meet and greet, have you added your name to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWillie Posted August 23, 2007 Author #10 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Looks like that's it!!! Thanks. Wondering what it's doing at San Diego?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii Posted August 23, 2007 #11 Share Posted August 23, 2007 This subject peaked my curiosity so did a search on Royal Olympic and they have been joined by a company named Cruise West. So did that search and one of the stops on the west coast is San Diego. Maybe that is why it is there. Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalon1025 Posted August 23, 2007 #12 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Its the Semester at Sea ship, Explorer, a former Royal Olympic ship, but that line no longer exists. The ship is a floating university now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii Posted August 24, 2007 #13 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Its the Semester at Sea ship, Explorer, a former Royal Olympic ship, but that line no longer exists. The ship is a floating university now Thanks for that info. We sure have some knowledgable cruisers on this site. Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWillie Posted August 24, 2007 Author #14 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I knew we'd get to the bottom of this! :D Thanks to all for the fine detective work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusin Karen Posted August 24, 2007 #15 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Isn't that the ship that was caught in that typhoon that has gotten everyone sick when watching on YouTube? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyss Posted August 24, 2007 #16 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Yes, this is the ship that is used for the "semester at sea" program. Here is the link to their website: http://www.semesteratsea.com/index.html According to the website, it looks like the ship will be in San Diego for a few days with some special events going on. We are quite familiar with this ship. We were scheduled in Dec of 2003 to go on a roundtrip 10 day cruise from Los Angeles to Hawaii. Just days before we were to depart we received a phone call that Royal Olympic Cruises had filed bankruptcy. So no cruise for us! The ship was anchored then in Long Beach harbor for about six months until the ship was auctioned off. We live in Long Beach so every time we would go by the harbor, we would see her sitting there - a sad reminder. For history on this ship, go to this website. The ship is listed under "Olympia Voyager" http://www.maritimematters.com/mall_video8_pk.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserbryce Posted August 24, 2007 #17 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I have always been intrigued by this...I think it would be an interesting experience...I will be downtown tomorrow and curiosity is getting the best of me...I may go have a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLC@SD Posted August 24, 2007 #18 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Yes, this is the ship that is used for the "semester at sea" program.Here is the link to their website: http://www.semesteratsea.com/index.html According to the website, it looks like the ship will be in San Diego for a few days with some special events going on. We are quite familiar with this ship. We were scheduled in Dec of 2003 to go on a roundtrip 10 day cruise from Los Angeles to Hawaii. Just days before we were to depart we received a phone call that Royal Olympic Cruises had filed bankruptcy. So no cruise for us! The ship was anchored then in Long Beach harbor for about six months until the ship was auctioned off. We live in Long Beach so every time we would go by the harbor, we would see her sitting there - a sad reminder. For history on this ship, go to this website. The ship is listed under "Olympia Voyager" http://www.maritimematters.com/mall_video8_pk.html Here is her itinerary......she departs Ensenada on August 27th. Probably provisioning in SD now and will pick up students in Ensenada (so she doen't violate the "Jones Act"). http://www.semesteratsea.com/voyages/fall2007/fa2007_itinerary.html August 27th, 2007 - December 7th, 2007 (As of June 11, 2007) DestinationArrive Depart Day DateTimeEnsenada, Mexico Depart Monday 27 August 1700 Honolulu, Hawaii Arrive Depart Sunday Sunday 02 September 02 September 0700 2300 (Cross International Dateline; Lose one day)Yokohama, Japan Arrive Depart Wednesday Thursday 12 September 13 September 0800 2400 Kobe, JapanArrive Depart Saturday Sunday 15 September 16 September 0700 2200 Qingdao, China Arrive Depart Wednesday Thursday 19 September 20 September 0800 2300 Hong KongArrive Depart Sunday Monday 23 September 24 September 0800 2300 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamArrive Depart Thursday Tuesday 27 September 02 October 0800 0600 (On-ship time is 2300 on Monday, 01 October.)Bangkok, ThailandArrive Depart Thursday Monday 04 October 08 October 0800 2300 Chennai, India Arrive Depart Monday Friday 15 October 19 October 0800 2300 (Transit Suez Canal on Tuesday, 30 October)Alexandria, Egypt Arrive Depart Wednesday Sunday 31 October 04 November 0800 2300 Istanbul, Turkey Arrive Depart Wednesday Sunday 07 November 11 November 0800 2300 Dubrovnik, Croatia Arrive Depart Wednesday Sunday 14 November 18 November 0800 2200 Cadiz, SpainArrive Depart Friday Tuesday 23 November 27 November 0800 2300 Miami, FloridaArrive Friday 07 December 0800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLC@SD Posted August 24, 2007 #19 Share Posted August 24, 2007 What is interesting about her is that she and her sister were built for speed....both were amoung the fastest cruise ships built. Olympic Voyager was the first of a pair of high speed cruise ships built for Royal Olympic by Blohm+Voss in 2000. She was intended to run a high speed "Three Continents" itinerary, but unrest in the Middle East prevented this. She was renamed Olympia Voyager after difficulties with the International Olympic Organisation. The alternative itinerary was not economic, and the Royal Olympic subsidiary which owned Olympia Voyager filed for bankruptcy, ultimately bringing down the whole group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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