Kiwi Kruzer Posted December 1, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted December 1, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I would have loved to have gone in to see her today but I dont think i could have talked garry into ship stalking 2 weekends in a row... we will be sailing on her in 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted December 1, 2012 #3 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Thanks for the pics David, lovely little ships the R Class. Have been on Ocean Princess when she was Tahitian Princess and also on sister ship Pacific Princess. You do a 30 day cruise on one of those ships and you get to meet just about all of the 600 odd pax on board. Very friendly ! Garry and Jo (Packetau), ship stalking eh, one thing I miss about living in Sydney, we are now too far away for 'Ship stalking.!' We have to rely on the pics on here from David, Sutho etc for our fix. I note your cruise on Ocean Princess in 2014is Sydney to UK via Capetown, we did the similar adventure on Arcadia this year, you will love it, especially Capetown ! Arcadia was docked there for 2 days, so we could do a Game Park visit as well as Table Mountain etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted December 2, 2012 Author #4 Share Posted December 2, 2012 We did a 30 day Pacific Princess cruise from Bangkok to Capetown and finished with 3 days in Capetown. It was fantastic. Lots to see and do in Capetown . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalty X Posted December 2, 2012 #5 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Where's Sutho when you need him? Tony, did you get down to Sydney to see Ocean Princess when she was in? Looking forward to pics if you did...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutho Posted December 2, 2012 #6 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Just got home 40 minutes ago. Glad I went and the weather was kind to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diy dave Posted December 2, 2012 #7 Share Posted December 2, 2012 thought you had your photo size problem sorted Sutho, check your settings, you said that the size is good when sent from your laptop, so theres a setting still not right on your desktop. Only trying to help dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted December 2, 2012 Author #8 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Thank you for more great shots. She's a great little ship.... especially the Mini Suites on deck 8.:):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutho Posted December 2, 2012 #9 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I will do some on the laptop soon. The desktop is much quicker. Next week I will do Celebrity Solstice from Sydney as I will stay down to watch it sail. This shot here is at full zoom with a 400mm lens on the camera from the pylon lookout. Could recognise the faces of people 450m away and they would not know their photo is being taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutho Posted December 2, 2012 #10 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper133 Posted December 2, 2012 #11 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Hey Sutho Many thanks for all these...hard keeping up with all the posts... I am sure thare are many on here (myself included) who are looking forward to seeing the Solstice.....in Brisbane next Friday and then in Sydney on Sunday... Love your work cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6andy6 Posted December 2, 2012 #12 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Anyone know why a ship like this has a crane built into its front deck area? I mean such cranes where regular on most liners uo until the end of the 60's when many ships had large cargo holds for cargo loading and unloading. Is this a hangover from its Tahiti days..did it have provision for shipping cargo around the islands or was it loading its own supplies onto the ship in ports without such cranes? Just intrigued to see it so far forward on a ship these days - can't be for the gangway as its not big enough to put in place further back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suexxx Posted December 2, 2012 #13 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Hi Sutho. Love your larger photos. Good for people like me with bad eyes. Any chance you could get some of Pacific Pearl sometime? Keep up the good work. Suexxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted December 2, 2012 #14 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Sutho, well done, you are on fire with these photos mate. Look forward to the Solstice ones next weekend. Hail thee Sutho, Australian & NZ CC resident photo guru ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted December 2, 2012 Author #15 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Anyone know why a ship like this has a crane built into its front deck area? I mean such cranes where regular on most liners uo until the end of the 60's when many ships had large cargo holds for cargo loading and unloading. Is this a hangover from its Tahiti days..did it have provision for shipping cargo around the islands or was it loading its own supplies onto the ship in ports without such cranes? Just intrigued to see it so far forward on a ship these days - can't be for the gangway as its not big enough to put in place further back. One reason could be that the original 8 , identical ships , were designed to go to exotic ports of call that other larger cruise ships could not go to , and thus had to be prepared for anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutho Posted December 2, 2012 #16 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Hi Sutho. Love your larger photos. Good for people like me with bad eyes. Any chance you could get some of Pacific Pearl sometime? Keep up the good work. Suexxx I have a public album here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150348863184037.355813.519959036&type=1&l=958d305e0d Thanks for the comments. The Sydney business people must be loving me with all the money I am spending on the Pylon Lookout, Ferry wharf tickets, Opera House Car Parks etc. I spare no expense for my cruise ship photos. Been doing this since I was 15! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted December 2, 2012 #17 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Thanks for the pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalty X Posted December 2, 2012 #18 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Love it! Thanks for these Sutho! Great pics as always! And she's a beautiful looking ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugbypopsie Posted December 2, 2012 #19 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Cant wait to get onboard her in Honolulu...roll on March! Thanks for photos.:) Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckl001 Posted December 2, 2012 #20 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Gee great photos!. They bring back great memories. I was Ocean Princess in April this year in a suite on deck 7 at the back of the ship. It is indeed a geat little ship. I wish I was back on her! chez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavallo Posted December 3, 2012 #21 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Thanks for the pics David, lovely little ships the R Class. Have been on Ocean Princess when she was Tahitian Princess and also on sister ship Pacific Princess. You do a 30 day cruise on one of those ships and you get to meet just about all of the 600 odd pax on board. Very friendly ! Love the R Class ships, we did an Alaska cruise on Royal Princess just before she went to P&O UK. Your photos are great Sutho, makes you feel you are on the ship. If only :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted December 3, 2012 #22 Share Posted December 3, 2012 oh look at her she so cute... so tiny..... gosh if we when up onto the pylon to see her like we did the voyager she would look like a manly ferry LOL..... we can't wait for our West African Cruise there is a group of around 12 from last years world cruise going on her.... ha with only 600 pax we will be the majority LOL.... Thanks Sutho!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted December 3, 2012 #23 Share Posted December 3, 2012 oh look at her she so cute... so tiny..... gosh if we when up onto the pylon to see her like we did the voyager she would look like a manly ferry LOL..... we can't wait for our West African Cruise there is a group of around 12 from last years world cruise going on her.... ha with only 600 pax we will be the majority LOL.... Thanks Sutho!! Actually VOS uses some R Class ships like Ocean Princess as lifeboats, sorry tenders, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest012 Posted December 3, 2012 #24 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Actually VOS uses some R Class ships like Ocean Princess as lifeboats, sorry tenders, LOL. :D:D:D:D Good one Les...... from observations of our latest cruises we rate VOS a people carrier and Ocean Princess a private country club......lurve her to pieces...be looking for some cruises on her or her sister in 2014 cheers Shiona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greensteam Posted December 3, 2012 #25 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Great photos. Love the one of the Pearl too. Cheers, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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