How did or Why did Celebrity become X?

[lcds1]

Just curious. Going in less than two weeks so Im researching ALL things X!

[FrankinPA]

Understand that the family name of the original founder (a Greek) started with X. Maybe I heard wrong.

[trabeler]

Celebrity Cruises was originally started by the Chandris group in Greece. The X is for the greek letter Chi, which stands for Chandris.

 

The Greek history of the cruise line is also why many of the senior officers are Greek.

[ORDMan]

Look up Chandris Line on Wikipedia and it will tell you all about it, with a good bit of history.

[Dizney]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandris_Line

[ORDMan]

How did you embed a URL? I thought this website blocked URLs in posts?

[RosieCanberra]

And here I thought it was because they had a big X on the ship's funnel:D

[gmros]

Interesting, nice to know

[gmros]

How did you embed a URL? I thought this website blocked URLs in posts?

 

There are certain sites that are allowed I believe.

[boogs]

How did you embed a URL? I thought this website blocked URLs in posts?

 

When drafting your post, use the "Insert Link" button at the top of the text window. It's directly under the smiley face icon. A popup window will appear. Just paste the URL you want to link to in the box and submit your post.

 

[dmwnc1959]

Here are some pictures I recently posted that I have taken of some of the early 'X' ships....

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1596241

 

[dmwnc1959]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandris_Line

 

And one on Celebrity Cruises

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Cruises#History

 

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[gmros]

Here are some pictures I recently posted that I have taken of some of the early 'X' ships....

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1596241

 

 

Your photos are awesome! Thank you for sharing!

 

 

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[dmwnc1959]

Your photos are awesome! Thank you for sharing!

 

Back when ships looked like ships, and not a floating apartment block. But hey, we do love our balconies and the choices and options these new ships give us. A hard trade off for the die hard fan of the old ships, but one I'm willing to make. ;)

[Esprit]

Here are some pictures I recently posted that I have taken of some of the early 'X' ships....

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1596241

 

 

This ship looks very similar to SS Fiorita another Chandris cruise ship that I went on as a kid back in the early 70's. It was 5,000 tonnes and able to transit the Corinth canal.

[Dizney]

How did you embed a URL? I thought this website blocked URLs in posts?

 

Copied and pasted. :-)

 

 

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[dkjretired]

The SS Galileo Galilei was turned into Celebrity's first ship, the Meridian. It served for several years and after the merger was sold and became the Sun Vista. In 1999, it caught fire and sunk. It was a beautiful ship.

 

Here is a short history from Wikepedia which is pretty accurate.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Galileo_Galilei

[clipper110A]

I think it is more like "X" became "Celebrity" ....Chandris Greek letter Chi "X"...around for many years before Celebrity....We remember when Christina Chandris selected the art for some of the ships...certainly very expensive, but we didn't quite have the palette of appreciation for it...some very weird stuff for us...

[LeftcoastBC]

all of that other stuff is true but it's really because of forums like this,. X is way quicker to type. :p

[TeaBag]

The Meridian was the first Celebrity ship we sailed on and we were blown away by the food!

[boogs]

all of that other stuff is true but it's really because of forums like this,. X is way quicker to type. :p

 

So, if you post a review of a Celebrity ship, is it X rated? :D

[Dizney]

So, if you post a review of a Celebrity ship, is it X rated? :D

 

Lolololololol!! :-D

 

 

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[kenevenpar]

So, if you post a review of a Celebrity ship, is it X rated? :D

 

 

No, but if you discuss Connie's Innie it might be:D

[sloopsailor]

So, if you post a review of a Celebrity ship, is it X rated? :D

 

Apparently it was on the recent Summit cruise to Dominica, according to a couple of recent posts :eek:

[Dizney]

Apparently it was on the recent Summit cruise to Dominica, according to a couple of recent posts :eek:

 

Careful, you'll get censored! :p