wrigley80 Posted January 11, 2012 #1 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Whatever happened to the Nordic Empress???? The Nordic Empress was a small ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet. We went on her in 2004 for my first cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseclues Posted January 11, 2012 #2 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Nordic Empress was officially renamed Empress of the Seas May 8,*2004. Empress of the Seas left the RCI fleet in early 2008.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downdie Posted January 12, 2012 #3 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Now sailing as the Empress for RCCL's Spanish line Pullmantur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 13, 2012 Author #4 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Now sailing as the Empress for RCCL's Spanish line Pullmantur. Thanks. Good to know what happened to the first cruise ship I went on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harleybob Posted January 21, 2012 #5 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Our first cruise ship was Nortic Empress also. I loved that ship, the following year we went on it again and then the next year we took out 2 teenagers and a friend for them and we all loved it!!! We are going on the Freedom of the seas this year and I am just not sure about it. To big!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geduffer Posted February 14, 2012 #6 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Our first cruise ship was Nortic Empress also. I loved that ship, the following year we went on it again and then the next year we took out 2 teenagers and a friend for them and we all loved it!!! We are going on the Freedom of the seas this year and I am just not sure about it. To big!!! I've sailed on Adventure of the Seas which is one step smaller. All you need to do is ignore the areas you're not interested in and that shrinks the ship in your mind. Otherwise you can get overwhelmed. Seriously, after a day or so to get the lay of the land, so the speak, you'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geduffer Posted February 14, 2012 #7 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Now sailing as the Empress for RCCL's Spanish line Pullmantur. Along with Sovereign (formerly RCCL's Sovereign of the Seas) and Zenith and Horizon formerly of Celebrity Cruises. Not a bad little second-hand fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downdie Posted February 15, 2012 #8 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Along with Sovereign (formerly RCCL's Sovereign of the Seas) and Zenith and Horizon formerly of Celebrity Cruises. Not a bad little second-hand fleet. I couldn't agree more. After sailing three times on Pullmantur, including the Horizon (2010) and Zenith (2011) I'm amazed more of the people who claimed to have loved these ships have not given them a try with Pullmantur. Easy to book in North America, a lack of Spanish is absolutely no problem, and good food, great service, and all-included booze. What more could one want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly Steve Posted March 11, 2012 #9 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I always thought Empress was the perfect size ship for us. A "mini-mega" with a Centrum and Viking Crown Lounge. We cruised Nordic Empress and EOS three times; southern Caribbean and Bermuda. She was small enough to cruise "the cut" into St. George, Bermuda but big enough in that you could find your own space. The rock climbing wall added in later years by RCI did little for her appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decpl Posted March 23, 2012 #10 Share Posted March 23, 2012 The Wife and I took her last cruise, before she left the fleet. Wife and I loved the little ship. Very friendly crew and easy to get around Kand J :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffy116 Posted April 9, 2012 #11 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Sailed Nordic Empress, but have also sailed on Freedom. We have loved and enjoyed each and every RCI ship we've sailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac66 Posted February 5, 2013 #12 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Ha, revive and old thread. The Empress was our third cruise in 1994, just a quick three day one. I still have chip from the casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Veendam06 Posted February 5, 2013 #13 Share Posted February 5, 2013 We cruised on her 4 times 2 4 day cruise from FLA. And one 7 day cruise to Bermuda . and an 12 day cruise out of San Juan PR !! Loved that ship !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flute Player Posted March 21, 2013 #14 Share Posted March 21, 2013 we went on our honeymoon in 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxersmama Posted March 22, 2013 #15 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Took our first cruise on Nordic Empress too. Went to Bermuda it was great. Know she's a small ship but for us being the first cruise ship we ever saw we thought she was massive. I can still remember driving into NY and seeing her we were blown away, and when we boarded Oh My she took our breath away. Great memories!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjc1111 Posted August 16, 2013 #16 Share Posted August 16, 2013 My wife and I honeymooned on her in 1999. Nice little (by today's standards) ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bross2410 Posted September 1, 2013 #17 Share Posted September 1, 2013 She was my first cruise in 1992, 4 day Bahamas (Freeport, Nassau, Coco Cay). I remember rolling up to the Port of Miami and I couldn't get over how HUGE she was. A ship from the Dolphin lined followed us on the same itinerary - that just made the Empress look bigger. I followed up that cruise with cruises on the Majesty, Monarch and Sovereign. In 1997 when I was on the Sovereign the final morning in Miami waiting to disembark and the Captain announced that the newest member of the RCCL fleet would be entering the port of Miami for the first time. I don't remember which ship is was (although I'm sure if I searched long enough I'd find my old camcorder videos), it would have been Vision Class, but I was amazed at how much bigger the new ship was as it sailed by us (with all the waterworks...very cool). I hadn't been on a cruise since then until February of this year when I was on the Liberty of the Seas - wow how times have changed!! I can't even fathom what Quantum is going to be like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyDog08 Posted September 13, 2013 #18 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Just found a cruise catalogue from the '93-'94 season that features her - complete with deck plans, pricing itineraries...it's awesome to look back and remember when.... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_journeyman Posted September 20, 2013 #19 Share Posted September 20, 2013 The Nordic was my first cruise, 1996. It was a 4-night Bahamas cruise. Funny thing was, I thought it was HUGE since I had never seen a cruise ship before. JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikat77 Posted January 9, 2014 #20 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Resurrecting this old thread - we just booked Quantum for Christmas, and the last time we sailed RCCL was on the Nordic Empress in 1994 for our honeymoon! I wanted to see if I could still get our C&A membership and benefits based on our 20-year old cruise, so I pulled out our scrapbook and I still have our cruise cards and Cruise Compasses. I even have the "Sweet Dreams" cards they left every night with the date, sunset / sunrise, and temps typed in on a typewriter. Amazingly, just called C&A and they already had us in their database, albeit with my maiden name. Too many great memories of this little ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCONN Women Rule Posted February 2, 2014 #21 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Resurrecting this old thread - we just booked Quantum for Christmas, and the last time we sailed RCCL was on the Nordic Empress in 1994 for our honeymoon! I wanted to see if I could still get our C&A membership and benefits based on our 20-year old cruise, so I pulled out our scrapbook and I still have our cruise cards and Cruise Compasses. I even have the "Sweet Dreams" cards they left every night with the date, sunset / sunrise, and temps typed in on a typewriter. Amazingly, just called C&A and they already had us in their database, albeit with my maiden name. Too many great memories of this little ship. Do you remember the itinerary for Empress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrobo Posted March 2, 2014 #22 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Ship taken in 2003 in Cozumel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WINEMANVISALIA Posted March 9, 2014 #23 Share Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) Ship taken in 2003 in Cozumel https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/116190315107492683472/albums/5427758313305800353 Edited March 9, 2014 by WINEMANVISALIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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