NCL Doing OK without Pride of America

NCL reports heavy booking of Hawaii cruises in 2004:

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/s...80.html?f=et71

Aloha

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:35:29 -1000, (Mark O. Polo)
wrote:

NCL reports heavy booking of Hawaii cruises in 2004:

Hi Mark,

The news report is accurate in terms of bookings for the Pride of
Aloha. Many sailings have no or very few cabins available. I don't
think the report that repairs are progressing on the Pride of America
are accurate. The last reports I saw said that NCL has not even
selected a yard to do the repairs. BTW, I hope I am wrong about this.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com

Hi Ray,

The local NCL manager here in the islands has said that the Pride of
America may not be ready until spring or summer of 2005 and that is a
stretch from earlier reports of the ship being back in operation by
October of this year. I think that is a reasonable period even if a
number of new fabrications have to be undertaken. Time will tell.

Aloha

NCL could have lived without the bad press concerning a cruise on Norwegian
Crown out of Philadelphia.

Several people had gastrointestinal distress and there were complaints about
the smell of diesel fuel in many cabins.

An NCL spokesperson here in Philly wrote off the Norwalk-like problems as
something the PAX brought onboard, but a Google search ion Norwegian Crown
produced the following story from a month ago.

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/surv/out...rwegianCrown.h
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--
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ



"Mark O. Polo" wrote in message
...
Hi Ray,

The local NCL manager here in the islands has said that the Pride of
America may not be ready until spring or summer of 2005 and that is a
stretch from earlier reports of the ship being back in operation by
October of this year. I think that is a reasonable period even if a
number of new fabrications have to be undertaken. Time will tell.

Aloha

I have tracked Norwalk on the Crown since March 7th... a long time for
a ship to have this problem.

Here are links to the Royal Gazette from Bermuda concerning the 4/25
voyage of the Crown.

Looks like NCL needs to get it together.

PMitchell
http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/...NEWS/104300082

http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/...NEWS/105010068