Rare island lady Posted April 26 #26 Share Posted April 26 18 hours ago, BillOh said: I forget was the old Legend a Soverign, or Vision class? Vision class. There were six of them. Legend was one of the first to go...sadly. Loved them all. Happy to be back on Enchantment (fondly called "enstretchment) in a few months. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted April 26 #27 Share Posted April 26 18 hours ago, Southern Dan said: It was a Vision Class. Sovereign was 3 ships, its namesake along with Monarch and Majesty. Miss those little sweeties also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted April 26 #28 Share Posted April 26 Not really impressed with reusing names. But at least I hope they won't reuse the name of sunk ships! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONECRUISER Posted April 26 #29 Share Posted April 26 18 hours ago, lovesthebeach2 said: Sovereign was our first cruise❤️ Same. First Mega-Size Cruise Ship and at time Worlds Largest Cruise Ship. Was on Sovereign 36+ yrs ago, looking down on those tiny 10-20K GT Carnival, NCL and Princess "Love Boat" size ships 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted April 26 #30 Share Posted April 26 1 hour ago, island lady said: Vision class. There were six of them. Legend was one of the first to go...sadly. Loved them all. Happy to be back on Enchantment (fondly called "enstretchment) in a few months. 🙂 I've enjoyed enchanment, I guess the numbers didn't work out for them to stretch more of this class. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted April 26 #31 Share Posted April 26 7 minutes ago, ONECRUISER said: Same. First Mega-Size Cruise Ship and at time Worlds Largest Cruise Ship. Was on Sovereign 36+ yrs ago, looking down on those tiny 10-20K GT Carnival, NCL and Princess "Love Boat" size ships We were on the original “Love Boat”, the Pacific Princess in its last year before being sold. Did 7 night NY to Bermuda…..it was the best cruise we’ve ever taken, and not because we were able to get all the way in to St George and Hamilton. It was because of the vibe on the ship and only 680 guests, we were like one big family! And the food was amazing! But that was many years ago. Very good times we had. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONECRUISER Posted April 26 #32 Share Posted April 26 21 minutes ago, lovesthebeach2 said: We were on the original “Love Boat”, the Pacific Princess in its last year before being sold. Did 7 night NY to Bermuda…..it was the best cruise we’ve ever taken, and not because we were able to get all the way in to St George and Hamilton. It was because of the vibe on the ship and only 680 guests, we were like one big family! And the food was amazing! But that was many years ago. Very good times we had. Wish I'd been on more the old Classic smaller Ships, were too expensive back in the 80's living on my US Army pay. Irony is what I pay now for 14-16nite Radiance Class Panama Canal Cruise in a Balcony Cabin is still cheaper then in 1980's on Sovereign doing a 7nite in an OV Cabin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted April 26 #33 Share Posted April 26 I like the way Holland American does it adding a number after name , I believe I sailed on Rotterdam V that was in the 1970’s pretty sure there is a # 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted April 26 #34 Share Posted April 26 1 hour ago, BillOh said: I've enjoyed enchanment, I guess the numbers didn't work out for them to stretch more of this class. Yup...it was a case of "ooops...don't need to do that again". 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HicksRA Posted April 26 #35 Share Posted April 26 17 hours ago, Biker19 said: Even Jason Liberty isn’t that much of a penny pincher where cost of the name was a factor on its use. I don’t know.. Maybe Jason found a big box of plastic keychains in the store room with Legend stamped on them and figured if he named a new ship Legend he could get some ROI out of them… 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey & Sophie Posted April 27 #36 Share Posted April 27 Legend was our first Royal ship. We had been on 5 Celebrity cruises where we were met with waiters offering champagne. It was so elegant. When we first boarded Legend they were....vacuuming. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Germancruiser Posted April 27 #37 Share Posted April 27 (edited) Legend and Rhapsody are the only Vision Class ships I did not sail. When Legend came out she was called the ship of lights- and she was, as I saw when looking at the pictuers. . As all Vision Class of ships were- and are still. Grandeur beeing my first BIG ship in 1996 got me hooked. So many wonderful views out to the sea. That is gone with the new RCI ships. My biggest was the then biggest ship in the World- Voyger of the Seas. To many lounges indoors...! Then I switched to Celebrity - returning to RCI when they brought out the Radiance Class- also ships with many glas used - wonderful class of ships. Why should they not reuse their former ships names. Cunard operates the third Queen Elisabeth currently and the second Queen Mary... ! Edited April 27 by Germancruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise1957 Posted April 27 #38 Share Posted April 27 On 4/25/2024 at 3:20 PM, lovesthebeach2 said: Sovereign was our first cruise❤️ Mine too ❤️ in 1998. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyCruiserUK Posted April 27 #39 Share Posted April 27 Interesting that people enjoy companies reusing ship names... But would people go on a cruise if the ship was named after a disaster? Such as Titanic, concordia? Or like i feel, they should not be reused and left a memorial name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGenCruiser Posted April 27 #40 Share Posted April 27 Fortunate to have sailed aboard (the original) Legend of the Seas when it repositioned from Australia to Hong Kong in 2016. As for reusing retired ship names for new builds... that could make for confusing discussions among past cruisers! E.g. 'How was the Legend's ice show?', 'Uhh... what ice show?' 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 27 #41 Share Posted April 27 Reusing Legend as the final Oasis ship would actually be quite symbolic. The last in the class that redefined what cruise ship design is all about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonTexasNY Posted April 27 #42 Share Posted April 27 On 4/26/2024 at 8:59 AM, lovesthebeach2 said: We were on the original “Love Boat”, the Pacific Princess in its last year before being sold. Did 7 night NY to Bermuda…..it was the best cruise we’ve ever taken, and not because we were able to get all the way in to St George and Hamilton. It was because of the vibe on the ship and only 680 guests, we were like one big family! And the food was amazing! But that was many years ago. Very good times we had. My friend took that same cruise many years ago out of NY. She too said it was the best cruise for the same reasons you gave. My first RCI cruise was on Majesty which I thought was HUGE but then approx 30 years ago it was! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted April 27 #43 Share Posted April 27 12 hours ago, cruise1957 said: Mine too ❤️ in 1998. Sovereign was our first rccl ship in 1988 , also got engaged on her in 1990, but did honeymoon on SS Norway in 1991. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted April 27 #44 Share Posted April 27 8 hours ago, smokeybandit said: Reusing Legend as the final Oasis ship would actually be quite symbolic. The last in the class that redefined what cruise ship design is all about. Way to far in advance for Oasis 7. It will be for Icon 3. Name ties in nicely with Icon and Star. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 27 #45 Share Posted April 27 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: Way to far in advance for Oasis 7. It will be for Icon 3. Name ties in nicely with Icon and Star. They already assigned ship code "LE" to Oasis 7. They assigned "TR" to Icon 3. When you log into your account, all the ship info (for the entire RC Group) is loaded in the background. Oasis 7 was there many months before they announced it, too. Also, the ship code for Star, "ST", was there long before they announced that name. Edited April 27 by smokeybandit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted April 27 #46 Share Posted April 27 (edited) On 4/25/2024 at 12:16 PM, lovesthebeach2 said: We were on Legend to Hawaii back in 2004….. it was our first long cruise (11 nights) and we went with a large group from our neighborhood….. loved that cruise! We did the same in August 2014, she was still sailing then. Edited April 27 by BecciBoo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Dan Posted April 28 #47 Share Posted April 28 3 hours ago, smokeybandit said: They already assigned ship code "LE" to Oasis 7. They assigned "TR" to Icon 3. Treasure? Triumph? Hmmm… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 28 #48 Share Posted April 28 5 minutes ago, Southern Dan said: Treasure? Triumph? Hmmm… Closest I could find what a trademark RC has for Intrigue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RobInMN Posted April 28 #49 Share Posted April 28 In this thread back in January, there was a list of registered names. At that time, there was an good argument for "Idol of the Seas", but obviously that doesn't work with "TR". It did correctly call that a new ship would reuse Legend. Once there is solid information, it should be posted here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RobInMN Posted April 28 #50 Share Posted April 28 Just now, RobInMN said: In this thread back in January, there was a list of registered names. At that time, there was an good argument for "Idol of the Seas", but obviously that doesn't work with "TR". I agree with @smokeybandit, in that TR would suggest "Intrigue" It did correctly call that a new ship would reuse Legend. Once there is solid information, it should be posted here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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