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Thanks Biker 19. where is that thread please?

I believe that this is a rendering of RCI next ship "Icon Of The Seas":

The new "Ambassador" cruise line have delayed the maiden season of their second ship "Ambition" in 2023.

Some eleven cruises are cancelled.

The reason is NOT technical, it is somewhat surprising, to me anyway.

The official statement and some comments are, here;

Ambassador’s “Ambition” Inaugural Season Delayed | Malcolm Oliver's WaterWorld (wordpress.com)

There is another review here, of Ambience's maiden cruise.

It's NOT all good! 

Ambience Ship Review – Maiden Cruise (Ambassador Cruise Line) | Malcolm Oliver's WaterWorld (wordpress.com)

On 5/8/2022 at 6:31 AM, tim_london0 said:

So what are these samples then?

 

The normal everyday dinner?

The formal dinner?

Random samples of individual dishes just presented as a single menu 

or an actual single menu?

 

Personally, it all looks rather fussy to me and I just abhor having a set meal with zero choice.

 

Evening formal means in the main dining room.

Ambassador's 'Ambience' has nine lifts. Their décor is rather unique, in my experience:

Here is a very comprehensive review of the maiden voyage:

Ambience Ship Review – Maiden Cruise (Ambassador Cruise Line) | Malcolm Oliver's WaterWorld (wordpress.com)

The new Ambassador Cruise Line’s first ship “Ambience”, set sail on her maiden voyage from Tilbury to Hamburg, Germany, on the Wednesday 20th April and returned today.

Ambassador is the first new British cruise line to be launched for a decade.

The maiden cruise had already been rescheduled from the 6^th April, due to “supply chain problems” (fuel not being available at the Croatia dock, where the ship was being re-fitted).

Experienced cruisers on-board (and most were) expected some teething problems from a maiden voyage. However, some passengers experienced bigger issues than they bargained for.

Everyone that I spoke to was impressed with the range and quality of public rooms. The main restaurant’s food and service got better after day one and reached a very good standard. However the buffet was good from the very outset.  The various forms of on-board entertainment were also very good.

However, the issues were:

• The embarkation computer system, went down during boarding, causing some delays.
• A large number of cabins lost all hot water and had freezing air-conditioning, that could not be stopped, for at least a day and evening. (I needed extra blankets and a woolly hat to sleep).
• Alternatively, some cabins were far too hot, which also could not be adjusted by the passengers.
• Several cabins became flooded.
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One passenger complained to me about a very rattly cabin ceiling. They had to be moved twice.

Some resurfacing work and maintenance was taking place on the pool deck and in other parts of the ship. The deck crew appeared to be working around the clock on this.   I heard very loud drilling at 4.00am one morning. Brand colours were being painted to deck metal.

The reception desk struggled at times, to cope with passengers’ complaints or needs for information.

One passenger said to me: “This ship needed to stay in the dockyard for a few weeks more”

However, some of the issues were successfully resolved before we disembarked. I’m sure that all the others issues will also be resolved, in the coming weeks.

I think most passengers left the ship, feeling very positive about this new cruise line and ship. In fact many made repeat bookings whilst on-board.

Wrong slide show, see:

Above are some images in a slide-show.

This whole story appears to be "Fake News". Europa is around 205, 000 GT.

Mind you Wikipedia and MSC's own web site had it wrong!

Carnival Cruise has announced that two more ships would leave its fleet, as the company will say farewell to the Sensation and Ecstasy. 

Interiors (of former AIDAmira) here:

New Ship...

18 hours ago, BaumD said:

Interesting design. A few initial thoughts;

1. It appears to be a catamaran design, but deck #1 is at the same level as the twin hulls. Not sure it can be a true catamaran.

They are calling it a "hybrid" catamaran.

Nice an intimate!

Thanks ocdb6r, so which figure is correct?

Different MSC web sites have different figures!

The internet give figures of 205,000 and 153,000. Do we have a definitive answer?

I think it has shrunk!  See other post.

205,000 GT carrying 6,774 passengers: Dec, 2021- MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique today celebrated two significant newbuild milestones for the construction of the line’s next generation of environmentally advanced vessels. The new MSC World Europa was floated out, while the coin ceremony was held for the MSC Euribia. Of note, MSC also confirmed the World Europa will have a fuel cell onboard. The MSC World Europa and MSC Euribia will become the first LNG-powered vessels to join the MSC fleet next year representing an investment of €3 billion in Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) ships with the construction on MSC World Europa II due to commence in early 2023, according to a statement. (Images/Text courtesy MSC)

The new Norwegian Prima was recently floated out at Fincantieri's Marghera shipyard in Venice, the first of six in a class of newbuilds for the Miami-based cruise line.

A ship’s float out is always a significant milestone, but this one is particularly special”, said Harry Sommer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Norwegian Cruise Line. “Our eighteenth ship, Norwegian Prima represents an exciting new chapter for our Brand and the first vessel to be delivered in our ground-breaking new Prima Class.

(NCL)