Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted September 7, 2022 #1 Share Posted September 7, 2022 New French Cruise Line: Compagnie Française de Croisières launches with former Holland America Maasdam: https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/new-french-cruise-line-cfc-revive-long-sea-voyages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdee3636 Posted September 9, 2022 #2 Share Posted September 9, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 6:48 PM, Host Jazzbeau said: New French Cruise Line: Compagnie Française de Croisières launches with former Holland America Maasdam: https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/new-french-cruise-line-cfc-revive-long-sea-voyages I'm a fan of those smaller HAL ships, and I like what the French company is planning. But you'd better be fluent in French (or close to fluent) if you want to enjoy one of their cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RW75 Posted September 22, 2022 #3 Share Posted September 22, 2022 100 solo cabins with nil supplement is quite stunning. if only I spoke more French, I’m limited to where is the swimming pool/town hall/first class lounge. Fortunately the French are much better in general with languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_london Posted September 23, 2022 #4 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Their "new" webite has gone live: https://www.cfc-croisieres.fr/ I say new in inverted commas because it is just the old CMV website with a different logo. The content might be slightly different but the entire website layout and look and feel is a carbon copy of the old CMV site. https://web.archive.org/web/20191115053717/http://cruiseandmaritime.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted October 3, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Announcement about the extensive upgrades planned for Renaissance (ex-Maasdam): Compagnie Française de Croisières taps Damen Yards for Renaissance renovation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted December 30, 2022 Author #6 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Supply chain issues and the invasion of Ukraine strike again: CFC Delays Cruise Start-up to May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi-Cruiser Posted March 16 #7 Share Posted March 16 On 9/22/2022 at 7:55 AM, RW75 said: 100 solo cabins with nil supplement is quite stunning. if only I spoke more French, I’m limited to where is the swimming pool/town hall/first class lounge. Fortunately the French are much better in general with languages. I was thinking the same thing, why I didn't learn more French in school. I like the idea of 100 solo cabins. I would love to know more about how a bad French speaking passenger would get along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showingdiva Posted May 31 #8 Share Posted May 31 On 3/16/2024 at 6:00 PM, Rudi-Cruiser said: I was thinking the same thing, why I didn't learn more French in school. I like the idea of 100 solo cabins. I would love to know more about how a bad French speaking passenger would get along. I am a local port guide in the UK and have worked on this ship multiple times. Words fail me how much I love this ship. Eccentric and slightly crazy. Yes, she's an older ship, but CFC did a good job of her upgrade prior to her entering service for them. Now, the language. I speak French on board to the passengers. The crew speak English and French. All the announcements are in French. Essentially, the bullet points here are that this is a French speaking ship with an almost exclusive French passenger base. Would you get on okay with only a token amount of the language? Yes, you would probably be fine. Conversation at dinner on a mixed table, if you are a solo passenger, might be interesting through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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