Cruise ships and Manhattan skyline

[Edward]

Cruise ship Zenith of Celebrity Cruises passes skyscrapers of downtown Manhattan (http://www.wirednewyork.com/manhattan/default.htm) on its way to Bermuda. September 2002.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/piers/nypst/nypst_celebrity_cruises_manhattan_28sept02.jpg


Cruise ship Pacific Princess on the way to Bermuda, with downtown Manhattan (http://www.wirednewyork.com/manhattan/default.htm) and World Financial Center (http://www.wirednewyork.com/wfc/default.htm) in the background.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/piers/nypst/pacific_princess_wfc_22sept02.jpg


Cruise ship Nordic Empress (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/royal_caribbean/default.htm) leaves the port of New York (http://www.wirednewyork.com/piers/nypst/default.htm) for Bermuda. May 2002.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/manhattan/images/cruise_ship_nordic_empress_manhattan_5may02.jpg

[Fabb]

I like the first one best.
If only JP Morgan didn't block my favourite downtown building...

[NYatKNIGHT]

Yup, #1's the best. Taken from Ellis Island?

Seems like I've been seeing more cruise ships lately than ever before....

[Edward]

The first picture is taken from Liberty State Park (http://www.state.nj.us/dep/forestry/parks/liberty.htm), the second from the schooner Adirondak (http://www.scaranoboat.com/excursions.html), and the third from Jersey City.

[Fabb]

The second and third ones are too depressing.
I'll have to get used to the new skyline, but do I want to ?

[Edward]

The Hapag-Lloyd cruise ship C. Columbus on the background of midtown Manhattan with Empire State Building (http://www.wirednewyork.com/landmarks/esb/default.htm).

http://www.wirednewyork.com/piers/nypst/hapag_lloyd_columbus_cruise_hoboken_27oct02.jpg

[Edward]

The cruise ship Norwegian Sea (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/default.htm) is going to be in New York on April 27, 2003 for the 13 Day Colonial America cruise with stops in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Saint John, New Brunswick; Boston, Massachusetts; Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts; Norfolk, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Charleston, South Carolina; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The cruise ship Norwegian Sea (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/default.htm) at the shores of Belize.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/norwegian_sea_belize_19march03.jpg



Norwegian Dawn (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/default.htm) will come to the port of New York from Miami on May 17th, 2003. Next day the ship will depart for the 7 day Bahamas cruise. Nordic Empress (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/royal_caribbean/default.htm) will be in New York every Sunday starting May 4th, until October.

The cruise ships Norwegian Dawn (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/default.htm) and Nordic Empress (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/royal_caribbean/default.htm) in Cozumel, Mexico.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/norwegian_dawn_nordic_empress_cozumel_20march03.jp g (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/default.htm)



The cruise ship Nordic Empress (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/royal_caribbean/default.htm) and Manhattan skyline.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/royal_caribbean/nordic_empress_royal_caribbean_5may02.jpg

[Edward]

Norwegian Dawn (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/default.htm) is leaving the port of New York on the way to week-long Bahamas cruise.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/norwegian_dawn_ncl_nypst_25may03.jpg (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/norwegian/default.htm)

[Edward]

The cruise ship Nordic Empress (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/royal_caribbean/default.htm) is passing Intrepid and Pier 84 on the way to Bermuda. 27 July 2003.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/royal_caribbean/nordic_empress_intrepid_pier84_27july03.jpg (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/royal_caribbean/default.htm)

[sirhcman]

I have been looking for a good shot of of this part of the skyline for awhile now! THANKS!!!!!!!

Quote: from Edward on 8:53 pm on Oct. 6, 2002
Cruise ship Nordic Empress (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/royal_caribbean/default.htm) leaves the port of New York (http://www.wirednewyork.com/piers/nypst/default.htm) for Bermuda. May 2002.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/manhattan/images/cruise_ship_nordic_empress_manhattan_5may02.jpg



(Edited by sirhcman at 7:06 pm on July 27, 2003)

[Edward]

New Yorkers enjoying a nice day at Hudson River Park's Pier 45, with the cruise ship Carnival Victory leaving the port of New York. In front, the remains of Pier 42.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/carnival/carnival_victory_pier45_hudson_26july03.jpg

[longshoreman]

i work on the piers in manhattan and i work on all those ships when they come in its a good job

[TLOZ Link5]

Do they check all that luggage for 3,000 people? I've heard that cruise ships have the lowest proportional security measures of any other form of travel.

[Edward]

Cruise ship Zenith (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/celebrity/default.htm) leaves New York for Bermuda, with New York Water Taxi (http://www.wirednewyork.com/waterfront/ferries/water_taxi.htm) leaving Pier 63.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/waterfront/ferries/zenith_celebrity_water_taxi_1may04.jpg (http://www.wirednewyork.com/cruises/celebrity/default.htm)

[longshoreman]

Do they check all that luggage for 3,000 people? I've heard that cruise ships have the lowest proportional security measures of any other form of travel.

yea every bag goes through x-ray its not that bad but the worst ship is the dawn because they make us sort it out by number and that ship holds 2600 passengers so you figure theres about 4k-5k bags it really sucks had to do that yesterday as a favor for my boss..but theres like 4 guys doing it so

[Edward]

Very unusual ship berthed today at Pier 88. Anyone knows what ship is this? I can only see L14, or is it LI4?

http://www.wirednewyork.com/piers/nypst/nypst_pier88.jpg (http://www.wirednewyork.com/piers/nypst/default.htm)

[Gulcrapek]

It looks like an old military transport or medical ship...

[ZippyTheChimp]

Royal Navy HMS Albion.

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/content.php3?page=8197

[Edward]

Carnival Victory leaving the port of New York.

http://static.flickr.com/94/245993971_f1f1c92cac_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sudentas/245993971/)

[Edward]

Carnival Miracle going up Hudson River on 19 April 2007.


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/467874300_82c2a8b892_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sudentas/)

[lofter1]

Could the launch of the Celebrity Solstice been more poorly timed?

Her inaugural date (http://www.celebritycruises.com/plancruise/ships/ship.do?shipCode=SL) is November 23, 2008

On November 30 she sets sail on her maiden Trans-Atlantic voyage (http://www.celebritycruises.com/search/vacationSearchResults.do;jsessionid=00003so5iDr_Q2 d7opkEzbbC-ji:12hdbcuh7?dest=T.ATL&date=ANY&port=ANY&ship=SL&x=11&y=10),
traveling from Rome (Civitavecchia) and arriving 13 days later in Fort Lauderdale.

Mind the gap!
The world's biggest cruise ship squeezes out of dock and sets sail

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/29/article-1063793-02D4D67900000578-436_634x422.jpg
People watch the cruiser 'Celebrity Solstice' dragged through the watergate of
the Meyer Dockyard in Papenburg

Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1063793/Mind-gap-The-worlds-biggest-cruise-ship-squeezes-dock-sets-sail.html)
By Eddie Wrenn
29th September 2008

It might be time for the phrase: 'We're gonna need a bigger boat' to enter retirement.

For this mighty vessel, the largest ever passenger ship, dwarfs all that stands next to it, making the thousands of spectators which came to see it's launch look little more than ants as they waved the graceful ship out of the port.

The 315m-long ship is so wide it barely squeezed out of the Papenberg watergates, but ably helped by two tug-boats it escaped on it's to the North sea, where it will head to Denmark.

She is one of five Solstice ships launching between now and 2012, and can carry nearly 3,000 passengers.

And, after thousands of years, landlubbers might be able to escape their phobia of the sea ...

This cruiser is the first one to boast an authentic grass lawn on its top deck.

The ship is 'virtually complete' - 98 per cent, to be exact - and is on track for it's November debut, when it will begin life as a U.S. cruise ship.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/29/article-1063793-02D4295A00000578-947_634x467.jpg
Celebrity Solstice is the most widely heralded ship to enter the cruise industry this year

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/29/article-1063793-02D42D4C00000578-941_634x841.jpg
Giant: The ship dwarfs the dock as it is tugged out to sea

© 2008 Associated Newspapers Ltd

[ZippyTheChimp]

Ugg-ly.

[lofter1]

Doesn't seem that theere are plans for it to sail into NY harbor. Perhaps we don't have adequate dockage?

[brianac]

Celebrity Solstice.

Ship Facts
Occupancy: 2,850
Tonnage: 122,000
Length: 1,033 ft
Beam: 121 ft
Draught: 27 ft
Cruise Speed: 24 kts
Inaugural Date: Nov 23, 2008


QM2

Gross Tonnage150,000 tons (approx.)
Length1132 feet (345 metres)
Beam135 feet (41 metres)
Beam at Bridge147 feet 6 inches (45 metres)
Draft32 feet 8 inches (10 metres)
Height236 feet 2 inches (72 metres)
Passengers2,620 (3,090 max)
Decks19 (17 pax)

http://www.qm2.org.uk/images/NewYork.jpg
New York, 25-Apr-2004

[brianac]

http://img.breitbart.com/images/2006/5/12/D8HIEF100/D8HIEF100.jpg
Freedom of the Seas.

Largest Passenger Ships

1996 MS Carnival Destiny (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Destiny) 101,509 BRZ Carnival Cruise Line (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Cruise_Line) Inc.United States
1997 MS Grand Princess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Princess) 108,865 BRZ P & O Princess Cruises Ltd. United Kingdom/United States
1999 MS Voyager of the Seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_of_the_Seas) 137,276 BRT Royal Caribbean International (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Caribbean_International) Norway/United States
2000 MS Explorer of the Seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_of_the_Seas) 137,308 BRT Royal Caribbean InternationalNorway/United States
2004 RMS Queen Mary2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2) 148,528 BRT Cunard Line Ltd.United Kingdom
2006 MS Freedom of the Seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_Seas_(ship)) 154,407 GT Royal Caribbean InternationalNorway/United States
2007 MS Liberty of the Seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_of_the_Seas)
and MS Freedom of the Seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_Seas_(ship)) 154,407 GT Royal Caribbean InternationalNorway/United States
2008 MS Independence of the Seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_the_Seas) 154,407 GT Royal Caribbean InternationalNorway/United States
2009 MS "Oasis of the Seas" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_of_the_Seas) 220,000 GT Royal Caribbean InternationalNorway/United States