Monarch arrives in Miami

[Cruising89143]

Monarch

 

Monarch and Freedom

 

Five ships in a rainy Miami

[Juli]

Thank you cruisingator2 for the beautiful pictures!

[IBookHePays]

Thanks for the shots, it makes me want to be there to board, rain or not!

[emmy]

Just as you promised..thanks Gordon..she looks good with her 'big sister':)

[cruiserbryce]

thanks for sharing the pics...happy for those sailing on her soon

[signman]

I remember the first time Sovereign arrived in Miami 20 years ago. She just dwarfed the other ships. Now her sister's the one being dwarfed.

[ASeaPrincess1]

Awww, she looks so teeny!

I took my daughter on Monarch last year for her very first cruise. As we were boarding, she gasped and said, "It's SO BIG!"

I will have to show her these pictures so she can see how "big" Monarch is compared to other ships:D

[maitaiguy]

Great pictures! Thanks so much. I miss Monarch.

 

I can't wait for tomorrow (Monday). My DD is coming back into Miami on Majesty from the Bud Lite Party Cruise. Only gone three days and I miss her a lot!

 

Hopefully they will have nice weather for the return!

[ChristieNJ]

Great shots, Gordon! Awww what a cute little cruiseship! hehehehe :D

[PhoenixCruiser]

Great shots, Gordon! Awww what a cute little cruiseship! hehehehe :D

 

LOL, exactly :p Even with the little dents!

 

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[The Big Booper]

We took our first cruise in 1993 on the old Dolphin SeaBreeze (RIP), out of Miami. As the cab came down the street by the pier to double back and enter the pier area, we saw the 19,000 GRT SeaBreeze dwarfed by the Majesty and Sovereign.

 

Looking at Gordon's pictures of the Freedom and Monarch, I thought how the times have changed and the former big shot is now a little squirt!

[psupa]

I remember when the Sovereign and Monarch were the newest and largest ships in the fleet. The Monarch looks small next to the Freedom.

[suezyq50]

Nice pictures. Thanks for taking the time to post. And to imagine one bigger than the Freedom!?!

[njdevil08]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but won't monarch be sailing from port canaveral? what's it doing in miami?

[Sky616]

Hard to believe that Monarch was my 1st cruise and next year we will be on Freedom for the first time. And we thought Monarch was big and beautiful which I'm sure she still is. Can't wait for Freedom though.

[critterchick]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but won't monarch be sailing from port canaveral? what's it doing in miami?

 

She just dropped off her passengers from the Panama Canal crossing and headed for drydock in Nassau. Then she'll sail from Port Canaveral, I think starting next Monday.

[Fury1995]

Too bad they couldn't get just one last appearence of the trio (Majesty, Sovereign and Monarch) together before Sovereign leaves the fleet since all three are so close to each other (for now). I would pay good money for a picture of that.;)

[Cruzin Carol]

We will sorely miss her here on the left coast!

[Cruising89143]

LOL, exactly :p Even with the little dents!

 

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It's a good thing that the Monarch is going into dry dock as her exterior starboard side that was exposed looked really bad. Streaks of rust and just dirty looking. We sailed passed her yesterday afternoon.

[KeywestK]

Too bad they couldn't get just one last appearence of the trio (Majesty, Sovereign and Monarch) together before Sovereign leaves the fleet since all three are so close to each other (for now). I would pay good money for a picture of that.;)

 

My thoughts exactly! My passion for cruising was born on the Sovereign back in 1994. We sailed on the Majesty a few years later, and will sail on the Monarch in April. I'm so glad we'll have sailed on the entire trio before they find their new homes elsewhere.

 

Karen

[Parroteers]

Welcome to your new home, Monarch!

 

We look forward to our first RCCL Cruise sailing with you in December!

 

Beautiful ship pictures! Thank you!

 

Tara & Gerard! :)

[piercetc4]

thanks for the cool pics! we have sailed sov and will have to try monarch now - hope to get on the majesty as well before they are not here anymore-

[PH8]

Thanks Gordon......................neat pics...........enjoy the rest of your week...........

[rclcruzer]

Thanks for posting these pic's..

It's so funny.......every time we arrived at port (LA) for our cruises on Monarch, we would comment on what a decent size ship she is, even after

being on Freedom and Voyager class ships. Then when I saw it next to Freedom I giggled :D:D:D

So weird to see Monarch on the other side of the country :(;) *sniff*

[rubrrick]

It's a good thing that the Monarch is going into dry dock as her exterior starboard side that was exposed looked really bad. Streaks of rust and just dirty looking. We sailed passed her yesterday afternoon.

 

 

Gordon.........we got those dirty marks off of a fender system in Puntareanus, Costa Rica. Celebrity's Infinity had the good side of the dock and we got the old tractor tire side.

 

The captain was not pleased that what looked pretty good was left looking like you see in the picture!!

 

Rick