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A big ship Rhapsody

NO one could ever
accuse Royal Caribbean
International (RCI) of
not thinking big. -
Ie was the first line to
stretch a ship by cutting it in
two and inserting an 85-ft.
; wedge, increasing passenger
capacity on the Soriy of
“Norway from 700 to just over

1,000. That was in 1978. Two

. years later the Nordic Prince

was stretched. And in 1982." -
- ‘the first of anew generation of
=" larger cruise ships, the 1400-
_--passenger Song of America,

- entered service.
~The term mega-ship ,
arrived with the Soverciqn of
the Seas in 1988, a 2,300-pas- ©

_ Senger vessel that soon roved

~ bigger could be better.
“were not too many people a8
critics feared, rather lots more

‘space and facilities for them to to-.
nt cruise industry was _ .

2 ‘evolving to offer Passengers

“.- more’than a floating hotel.

" RCTI’s new ships were to win
_ fave reviews as floatin, resorts
. with activities ae all

» Cruise Line) now a public ne
company and celebrating its,

“ "gut in pre-Alaska inaugural
Rt

and the biggest to transit the .

Photo submitted

TRUE to the “bigger Is better” spirit, Royal Caribbean .

tnternational’s Rhapsody of the Sess (pictured above
in San Francisco Bay) is the largest cruise ship ever

’ to visit Vancouver. She can be seen on Saturdays at.

Canada Place.

25th anniversary, the Legend of Panama Canal — Captain Tor
‘the Sens entered service. The Stangeland told me he had
69,000-ton, 1,800-passenger — * five-and-a-half inches of water
vessel was the first of six Vision . under the keel at one point in
class ships, and I went toSt =. the canal.
Nazaire ir: France to see the It is 915-ft. long, which
vessel’s final fitting out in‘a means that if Tiger Woods had
yard close to the Second to hit his average 306-yard
World War U-boat pens. Masters average drive from the
Legend is currently cruising bow it would just barely clear
Alaska for the summer season _ the vessel’s aft rail. ‘Tiger has
and you can see it every not got round to doing this
_ Sunday at Ballarityne Pier. yet, but if he ever did visit a
Over at Canada Place on cruise ship it would likely be -
Sap Rea » meanwhile, is is sister- one of the RCI ficet because

Rap of te Seas, it's the only cruise line that
», wii the six-vessel "takes shore olf seriously,

~ Vision class which I checked offering golf land packages in
Hawaii and the Cari ;
fast ii paaenget
decks and comes with glass-
front clevators so agers

out of San Francisco. ©
Ribapeody is a hefty 78,491
tons, the biggest ship ever to
visit Vancouver, the t on
the Alaska run this summer,

can ride up an atrium area and

See Big page 92.

Asia/Australia Expert
Now in Ambleside!

Travel Experts is pleased to
announce the addition of
Matthew Yeung to its team of
professional travel counsellors,
Matthew brings with him a
wealth of experience and looks
forward to greeting old friends
and clients at his new location.

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