Star has arrived!!

[Globaliser]

I have so much sympathy to those that went through that awful night -- and still cannot believe only one person died!!

It's a testament to how well the fire precautions and safety drills work. It may be of interest to read the Technical Fire Discussion thread about these photos.

[chasetf]

Sure, but the Pride's "open windows" were in that storm absolutely close to the water line: Anyway, it was horrible for the shipyard and my hometown (and NCL...) and I think, open windows on the Star will not be extremly(!) dangerous but dangerous enough and not really funny for the workers onboard. Have a look on the Pride:

 

http://www.ship-photo.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=996

http://www.ship-photo.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=997

http://www.ship-photo.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=998

http://www.ship-photo.de/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=999

 

Kind regards Helge

Thanks for sharing the pictures. Much better than the one I would scare up....;)

[schatje]

Thank you for the post and the pix. We are booked on her in December B2B.

[cruise7]

If you give me your email I can forward you some photos.

 

Cathy

 

 

my email adress is mrgaims@aol.com

[fg_hb]

Hello to all fans of the Star Princess,

 

yesterday I was in Bremerhaven again to see if there is a progress in the repair of the ship. On the ship it's very busy and I heard that more then 1,000 workers are employed for repairing the Princess.

 

Some photos I uploaded to http://www.essorg.de/sp to share my visions with you. I redesigned the page and I hope it's easier to see the photos.

 

Frank

[bjcanady]

Hello to all fans of the Star Princess,

 

yesterday I was in Bremerhaven again to see if there is a progress in the repair of the ship. On the ship it's very busy and I heard that more then 1,000 workers are employed for repairing the Princess.

 

Some photos I uploaded to http://www.essorg.de/sp to share my visions with you. I redesigned the page and I hope it's easier to see the photos.

 

Frank

Great pics........thanks for all the time and work u did....

What a job Princess has ahead of them.......she is a great ship!!

[RWKY]

Frank,

 

I think I can speak for everyone who is booked on the Star later this year - THANKS for posting these pictures. It would be great if you are able to update every week or so - what a great vantage point you have to watch this great lady get nursed back to health. We are certainly looking forward to our December cruise on her.

 

It was hard for me to tell - is she in dry or wet dock?

 

Princess has a huge task to get her ready in 30 days +/- - I am betting they will accomplish this task - but it is by no means a certainty - I am guessing even Princess and the Shipyard would admit to that today.

 

Thanks again Frank!

[aggieastrosfan]

Frank,

 

Thank you so much for the pictures! I'm fascinated with how they're going to repair the ship, and the work-in-progress pictures are much appreciated. Keep 'em coming!

[custompcsys]

What fabulous pics! Thanks for taking the time to photograph her and post them.

[meemeec]

I would like to add my thanks for your posting of the pictures.

It is fascinating to watch the work in progress.

Danke

[fg_hb]

Hello again an thank you for your and all the other thanks :) .

 

It was hard for me to tell - is she in dry or wet dock?

The Princess is not in a dock. It's moored at the pier of the shipyard.

I have uploaded a new picture taken Apr. 9 showing the other not damaged side of the Princess

Princess has a huge task to get her ready in 30 days +/- - I am betting they will accomplish this task - but it is by no means a certainty - I am guessing even Princess and the Shipyard would admit to that today.

It's a hard job to do for the workers but also for planning such a huge repair. But the shipyard has many experience to do such jobs.

 

Another difficulty is that Queen Elisabeth 2 is anounced for service within the next three weeks (I don' know the arriving date now). Normally the service should be done in Hamburg, but the shipyard and the dock is busy with the repair of Queen Mary 2.

 

I hope to upload some Photos of "Freedom Of The Seas" which will arrive in Hamburg next Monday.

 

Bye Frank

[WilCruise]

Thanks Frank,

 

For taking the time to go out to the yard and checking on the Star for us. The pictures are great, they give a sense of comfort to those of us departing for the Baltic this year. I am looking forward to our 6/14 sailing!

[Wicked]

Wow Frank awesome pictures!!!

 

You are making all of us feel better about her (though I'm not even booked on her!!) as we get to watch her come back to life!!!

 

Keep it up!

[Sea Day Cruiser]

Thanks for the pictures Frank. I'll be on the Star in June and it's fascinating to be able to see the work being done on her.

[Tigger B]

Great Job Frank...Thanks.

[fg_hb]

Hi again :)

 

today I went to Bremerhaven again, because I read in the Newspaper, that the Pride Of Hawaii will come for an emergency repair, because she faild the second inspection for delivery. I created a new thread in the NCL Forum. Here's the link http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=332081

 

Being there I also made some new photos of the Princess. Although the workers are busy, there is not much progress to see. But beware that the time between the photos are only two days.

 

You can find the photos of the Princess as usual at http://www.essorg.de/sp

 

Photos of the Pride Of Hawaii can be found at http://www.essorg.de/poh

 

Until the next time

 

Frank

[Hello, Newman]

Thanks for keeping us all up to date!!!

[Fuzzzy]

Thank you for the postings and pictures. It looks like she is in good hands. :)

[tbruin3235]

Great pictures, Frank. Great detail.

 

I think the links to your Apr 15 pictures are broken, though (or maybe I'm just trying to view them at the same time you're uploading:D )

[fg_hb]

Hi Terry and all other fans of the Star Princess,

 

now the pictures of Apr 15 can be seen. It was my fault to upload only the pictures and not to upload the htm-files the link is pointing to.:mad:

Now all is fixed :) Enjoy the pics.

 

Frank

[JLC@SD]

Frank, thanks for the photos and your updates....we appreciate seeing the progress of her repairs.

[schatje]

Thank you for the update!

[fg_hb]

Hello,

 

this is not the "right" board, but I want to inform you, that I was in Hamburg today to have a first look at the "Freedom Of The Seas". To look at her was tremendous although she needs some makeup.

 

I created a new thread http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=6393797 in the right board.

 

A shortcut to the pics is http://www.essorg.de/fots

 

Have fun

 

Frank

[suziehmkr]

Frank - I have been watching your posts. Thank you for the photo updates on all of the ships. How far is the distance between the two ship yards that you are traveling between?

[Laurab23]

Thank you so much for all the pictures. They are so great to look at.Keep up the good work,it is really apprieciated.

 

Laura