{"id":17420,"date":"2013-05-07T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=17420"},"modified":"2013-05-07T01:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T08:00:32","slug":"tuesday-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=17420","title":{"rendered":"Ships Becoming Sound Specific"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Royal Princess<\/a> makes its grand entrance next month in Southampton<\/a>, the ship's horn will play the theme song from The Love Boat<\/em>…and if you don't know the tune you weren't watching TV in the '70s.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Princess calls it "a whimsical decision." Until now, to the best of our knowledge Disney<\/a> was the only cruise line to play "the horn" with any regularity — you can hear When You Wish <\/em><\/span>\"\"<\/a>Upon A Star<\/em> whenever a Disney ship is leaving a port. Some Princess<\/a> ships have played The Love Boat<\/em> theme after the original "Love Boat" (Pacific Princess) left the fleet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Could this become a trend?<\/span><\/p>\n

Think about it…<\/span><\/p>\n

The Norwegian Breakaway<\/a> has a wide choice of artists: Art Garfunkel, Kelly Clarkson, Kris Kristofferson, The Beach Boys and Donna Summer all recorded songs called Breakaway<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrity's Reflection<\/a> happens to belong to a company based in Miami<\/a>, home of Christina Aguilera. whose song of that title was her first single to chart in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Cunard's<\/a> three ships, we could be listening to We Three Queens<\/em>…even when it's not Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Carnival Glory<\/a> could play a few bars from Glory<\/em>, a rap song which Jay-Z calls his “greatest creation” written after little Blue Ivy Carter made parents of him and Beyonce.<\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Caribbean's "Rhapsody" of the Seas<\/a> is a natural for Queen's signature song, even if the passengers aren't Bohemenian<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

If Princess tires of hearing its Love Boat<\/em> music, there's always a Frankie Valli song for the "Dawn<\/em>" Princess<\/a>, and a Kenny Rogers favorite for the "Ruby<\/em>" Princess.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And then there's the Carnival "Ecstasy<\/em>"<\/a>…but we really don't want to go there.<\/span><\/p>\n

(photo credit: Jean-Philippe Boulet)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tNorwegian Gem<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tNovember 25, 2013
\n\tNew York<\/a> (return): San Juan<\/a>, Philipsburg<\/a>, St. Thomas<\/a>, Samana
\n\tInside: $679
\n\tCost per day: $97<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.ncl.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the Royal Princess makes its grand entrance next month in Southampton, the ship's horn will play the theme song from The Love Boat…and if you don't know the tune you weren't watching TV in the '70s. Princess calls it "a whimsical decision." Until now, to the best of our knowledge Disney was the only… Continue reading Ships Becoming Sound Specific<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,36,19,15],"tags":[137,154,660,138,809,912,72,35,150,1240,1115,126,721,424,64,241,242,268,683,33,829,549],"class_list":["post-17420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-reviews","category-ships","category-stories","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-glory","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-celebrity-reflection","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","tag-cunard","tag-dawn-princess","tag-disney-cruises","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-breakaway","tag-norwegian-gem","tag-princess-cruise","tag-queen-elizabeth","tag-queen-mary-2","tag-queen-victoria","tag-rhapsody-of-the-seas","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-ruby-princess","tag-the-love-boat","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}