Rare twangster Posted September 3, 2020 #551 Share Posted September 3, 2020 In other news... I booked yet another cruise on Empress this past weekend. Seemed wise to convert an existing cruise into a B2B, time will tell. This makes 3 new cruises booked on her since this thread started. Only time will tell. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted September 3, 2020 #552 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Not sure it means much, but both her and Majesty are now docked in Souda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipeeinthepool Posted September 3, 2020 #553 Share Posted September 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Biker19 said: Not sure it means much, but both her and Majesty are now docked in Souda. Perhaps they are unloading the last of the valuables before they go to the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted September 3, 2020 #554 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) Empress on the move. Perhaps they needed to shift provisions between ships. Edited September 3, 2020 by twangster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKBob Posted September 3, 2020 #555 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Decided to hope for the best. Booked suite on Empress for May 31, 2021 to Bermuda. If it doesn't make it there is always Oceania in July with the same itinerary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeMissSeaView Posted September 3, 2020 #556 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Empress has returned to her waiting area by the island. Majesty has now sailed and it looks like she will join the Empress in the waiting area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted September 3, 2020 #557 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Looks like Empress spent ~7 hours at the pier. She has since returned to the general area she was last anchored near. As of ~ 20 minutes ago it appears she was getting her anchor set. Majesty is presumably joining her at anchor. Approaching 6pm local time as I write this. Sunset in ~ 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 3, 2020 #558 Share Posted September 3, 2020 8 hours ago, twangster said: In other news... I booked yet another cruise on Empress this past weekend. Seemed wise to convert an existing cruise into a B2B, time will tell. This makes 3 new cruises booked on her since this thread started. Only time will tell. I've booked two, but shifted them already 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 3, 2020 #559 Share Posted September 3, 2020 5 hours ago, ipeeinthepool said: Perhaps they are unloading the last of the valuables before they go to the beach. That should take about an hour😉 Don't forget the Gloria Estefan portrait 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipeeinthepool Posted September 3, 2020 #560 Share Posted September 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: Don't forget the Gloria Estefan portrait Priceless !!! I hope they can find a spot on one of the new builds for Gloria's portrait. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 3, 2020 #561 Share Posted September 3, 2020 11 minutes ago, ipeeinthepool said: Priceless !!! I hope they can find a spot on one of the new builds for Gloria's portrait. 😉 3rd times the charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachDiva101 Posted September 3, 2020 #562 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I wonder if the cruise lines notify the godmothers/godfathers of ships when they are scrapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 3, 2020 #563 Share Posted September 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, BeachDiva101 said: I wonder if the cruise lines notify the godmothers/godfathers of ships when they are scrapped. I wonder if they lose their annual free cruise when sold or scrapped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notmyrealnameoremail Posted September 3, 2020 #564 Share Posted September 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: I wonder if they lose their annual free cruise when sold or scrapped? Ok, new rule. You can't scrap a ship while the ship's godmother/godfather is still alive. End result, all future ship godmothers/godfathers will be at least 80. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted September 3, 2020 #565 Share Posted September 3, 2020 20 minutes ago, BeachDiva101 said: I wonder if the cruise lines notify the godmothers/godfathers of ships when they are scrapped. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 3, 2020 #566 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, notmyrealnameoremail said: Ok, new rule. You can't scrap a ship while the ship's godmother/godfather is still alive. End result, all future ship godmothers/godfathers will be at least 80. 🙂 MJ's godmother is 86 now. Queen Sonja of Norway. Sovereign was Rosalyn Carter Monarch was Lauren Bacall Edited September 3, 2020 by John&LaLa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted September 3, 2020 #567 Share Posted September 3, 2020 36 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: MJ's godmother is 86 now. Queen Sonja of Norway. Sovereign was Rosalyn Carter Monarch was Lauren Bacall Sailed with the whole Carter family on a New Years eve cruise out of Tampa on Jewel a few years back. The President and Ms. Carter had a JS about four doors down from our suite. Got to say hi to President Carter when he was out for a stroll on the pool deck with his secret service detail. BTW, Roselyn is now 93 and still going strong. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 3, 2020 #568 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, orville99 said: Sailed with the whole Carter family on a New Years eve cruise out of Tampa on Jewel a few years back. The President and Ms. Carter had a JS about four doors down from our suite. Got to say hi to President Carter when he was out for a stroll on the pool deck with his secret service detail. BTW, Roselyn is now 93 and still going strong. Laura met him a couple times on Delta flights from Atlanta to DC. said he was very outgoing Edited September 3, 2020 by John&LaLa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeck Posted September 3, 2020 #569 Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 hours ago, John&LaLa said: I wonder if they lose their annual free cruise when sold or scrapped? Do they get invited to the funeral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Germancruiser Posted September 4, 2020 #570 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Oh that new rule would have saved many a ship. H.M. the Queen was godmother to a good many ships. Maybe that´s the reason they did not dare to scrape the old QE2. LOL . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising89143 Posted September 4, 2020 #571 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Empress and Majesty currently anchored in Greece. Photo credit: John V White and Souda port. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeMissSeaView Posted September 4, 2020 #572 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Here they are side by side at Key West in August 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaefell Posted September 4, 2020 #573 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Interested to see a cruise news video on YouTube today claiming that most cruise companies are planning to restart in November,curious to see Cunard shown as not planning to start cruising again until April 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXA350 Posted September 4, 2020 #574 Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 8/29/2020 at 1:33 AM, John&LaLa said: And the stock could return to $30 in the near term. 😉 Should we get back to 30 and assuming RCL will survive this, which we all belive in here I guess, then this would be a big buy 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted September 4, 2020 #575 Share Posted September 4, 2020 3 hours ago, cruisingator2 said: Empress and Majesty currently anchored in Greece. Photo credit: John V White and Souda port. I wonder why the Diehl sailed between the two cruise ships on her way out of port. Seems like an unusual route to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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