Royal Caribbean not the only cruise line to have Promenades???

[Texas Teen]

OMG! Color Line's Magic & Fantasy appear to have promenades, just like the Voyager & Freedom Class ships!!! Am I missing something in this video? I've never even heard of the Color Line until today! The Color Line ships are AFTER Liberty of the Seas in this Video! I thought Royal Caribbean had the only promenades!

http://www.stxeurope.com/?page=70

Scroll down to the bottom left, and click on Liberty of the Seas!

[prc]

Color Line is a passenger and vehicle service in Northern Europe. They were ther first to pioneer the concept of a "Promenade" inside their ferries quite a few years ago. RCCL was the first to use the design in a true cruise ship.

 

STX used to be Kaverner-Masa...the shipbuilding company in Finland that builds for Color Line as well as RCCL. The Promenade design was something they were very familiar with by the time RCCL started designing Voyager in 1996 or so.

[Aquahound]

Royal Caribbean is not the only cruise line to have the indoor promenades. There is another line, a Mediterranean ferry company, that has very similar promenades. In fact, they had them before RCI.

[Norwegianlatvian]

Im not sure if I am allowed to post a link, but here you can read more about Color Line and Color Fantasy:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Color_Fantasy

[Texas Teen]

So Royal Caribbean wasn't even the first cruise line to have indoor promenades??? :eek: OMG! All this time, I thought Royal Caribbean pioneered this!

[Aquahound]

Even the exterior of their ships are very similar to RCI's, especially the bow area. You can see that they were built by the same designers.

[Texas Teen]

The bow of these ships are smaller, but the front of these ships do look similar to the Voyager & Freedom Class ships!

[kauppias]

heh here in finland we have been promenading on the seas for years ;) http://www.silja.fi two ships that have been in service for awhile with promenades ;) Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony

[Florida_cruisers]

Take a look at this picture of the MS Color Magic's promenade http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1190/1417759643_40aae35c50_o.jpg

[asil621]

Wow! If I didn't know any better, the first thing I would think of would be RCCL! But then your eye catches the tapas bar, and only 2 floors of staterooms overlooking the promenade...

 

Take a look at this picture of the MS Color Magic's promenade http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1190/1417759643_40aae35c50_o.jpg

[Aquahound]

heh here in finland we have been promenading on the seas for years ;) www.silja.fi two ships that have been in service for awhile with promenades ;) Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony

 

Silja, yes, that was the line I was trying to remember. Thanks.

[Texas Teen]

Color Line is a passenger and vehicle service in Northern Europe. They were ther first to pioneer the concept of a "Promenade" inside their ferries quite a few years ago. RCCL was the first to use the design in a true cruise ship.

 

STX used to be Kaverner-Masa...the shipbuilding company in Finland that builds for Color Line as well as RCCL. The Promenade design was something they were very familiar with by the time RCCL started designing Voyager in 1996 or so.

 

Wait a minuite!... I just checked Wikipedia after seeing a video on Youtube, and it says the Color Fantasy was built in 2004, and the Color Magic was built in 2007! How could Royal Caribbean copy Color line's idea if Royal Caribbean had them before Color line? (However, I know Royal got the Promenade idea from the Silja Symphony.)

[prc]

Sorry about that, I'm mistaken on Color. Color, Silja, Tallink, and Corsica all operate RO-Ro ferries over there, and many shipe are leased back and forth between them. I believe the first two ships with a promenade actually started out under Silja's name. They were the Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony, and they were ordered in 1987, and placed in service in 1990 and 1991. I think the first one was listed as being owned by Effoa (investor in Silja) for a short time.

[John Henry on CC]

heh here in finland we have been promenading on the seas for years ;) www.silja.fi two ships that have been in service for awhile with promenades ;) Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony

 

I love the fact that there's a Real Live Finn on the boards! ;) :D

[prc]

I love the fact that there's a Real Live Finn on the boards! ;) :D

 

Absolutely! One of the best things the internet has done is reminded most of us Americans (me included!) that we have actually been "first" with very few things!!!

[croozerz]

I recently heard that Disney will be using this concept with a "Main Street USA" theme. Anyone else?

[G'ma]

OMG! Color Line's Magic & Fantasy appear to have promenades, just like the Voyager & Freedom Class ships!!! Am I missing something in this video? I've never even heard of the Color Line until today! The Color Line ships are AFTER Liberty of the Seas in this Video! I thought Royal Caribbean had the only promenades!

 

http://www.stxeurope.com/?page=70

Scroll down to the bottom left, and click on Liberty of the Seas!

 

Color line is a car ferry service with cabins. Not a cruise ship.,

 

BTW, the new Carnival Dream has a full promenade around the entire ship.......and so will her sister, the Carnival Magic

[Texas Teen]

I recently heard that Disney will be using this concept with a "Main Street USA" theme. Anyone else?

 

No, I haven't heard anything about thr Disney newbuilds.

 

Color line is a car ferry service with cabins. Not a cruise ship.' date='

 

BTW, the new Carnival Dream has a full promenade around the entire ship.......and so will her sister, the Carnival Magic[/quote']

 

We're talking about indoor promenades that are like malls, not outdoor promenades. Most ships I can think of have outdoor promenades!

[NavarreCruiser]

The Carnival Dream and Magic will have full promenades inside the ships, just like RCCl.

[G'ma]

heh here in finland we have been promenading on the seas for years ;) www.silja.fi two ships that have been in service for awhile with promenades ;) Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony

 

I love the Silja line and have used it many times on the Stockholm/Helsinki run.......what a lovely ship and an enjoyable experience.

 

For years as a Tour Director, I subcontracted to a company that offered 21 day tours of Scandinavia and Russia.....they always used the Silja ferry to/from Helsinki.......great.

[Aquahound]

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