Here is the actual signing of the documents that transfer $1.4 Billion to STX Yards and a little ship called Oasis of the Seas to RCI. L to R (at table): Martin Landtman, CEO, STX Finland; Richard Fain, chairman and CEO, RCI.; Adam Goldstein, president and CEO, RCCL.
Martin Landtman (left), and Richard Fain (right), shake [...]
Taken Thursday morning from the Crystal Symphony. She is sailing on an 11-night Fall Jubilee voyage from New York to Montreal. Today is the second day of her stay at the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal in Boston. Joining her is Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, which is towering over everything in the port today. [...]
The Norwegian Epics Inaugural Schedule can be found here. CruiseInd’s Norwegian Epic Page
Nothing too surprising except for the overnight stays. She pretty much goes from one port to another. Some even while cruising. Whereas Freedom stayed in ports for 1-2 nights sometimes.
Shipspotting has two photos up of the ship fresh from seatrials in Finland.
These photos come from carnival, showcasing their Laser show. Nightly shows around the main pool area show off laser and smoke shows. SO may better things that could be done there. I hope these don’t last too long and it would be better if they combined the laser/outdoor/music into a giant outdoor nightclub. (i.e. NCL [...]
From the collision last week, here is the damage do the Enchantment. Notice the red paint! These images come from InletCam. Very good site by the way. Good webcam too!
Enlargement of the damage:
Well you can’t fault me for trying at least. I am having the hardest time trying to find any new photos of the Epic. My epic page is getting lonely…
I update some of CruiseInd’s ship pages:
The Carnival Dream page now has photos of her pulling into Venice while still on her maiden voyage.
The Oasis of the Seas page now has some external shots of her departing Turku Finland at the commencement of her 2nd seatrials.
