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Oasis Handover Signing Pics

Greg — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:40:20 +0000

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 hands after the successful transfer of Oasis from STX to RCI.

At the After Party. L to R: Adam Goldstein, president and CEO, RCCL; Richard Fain, chairman and CEO, RCI.; Harri Kulovarra, EVP, Maritime (Basically my dream job).

That is One Big Boat

Greg — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:45:32 +0000

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. Check her out below from Sea Tow Boston’s controllable Harbor Cam:

Norwegian Epic Inaugural Schedule

Greg — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:19:04 +0000

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.

Oasis Back from the Sea Trials

Greg — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:20:14 +0000

Shipspotting has two photos up of the ship fresh from seatrials in Finland.

Carnival Dream Laser Show

Greg — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:40:49 +0000

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 Epic’s Spice H2O) Now that would be cool!

Picture from Carnival. Hello 1990’s neon!

From Carnival Dream’s Webcam:

Enchantment Damage

Greg — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:22:15 +0000

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:

Webcam Highlights

Greg — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:24:20 +0000

Check out these rough waves from the Crystal Symphony this morning.

No New Epic

Greg — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:16:30 +0000

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…

Oasis and Dream

Greg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:21:25 +0000

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.

A Look at Allure of the Seas

Greg — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:42:59 +0000