{"id":25115,"date":"2015-08-14T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=25115"},"modified":"2015-08-14T01:00:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T08:00:32","slug":"friday-file-norwegians-hulls-of-a-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=25115","title":{"rendered":"Friday File: Norwegian\u2019s Hulls Of A Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

They weren’t always so, well, outlandish. But the more unusual they became, the more the hull art on Norwegian’s<\/a> ships started to look like a competition where the next one had to be more jaw-dropping or eye-catching than the last. That brings us to the Norwegian Escape, the 14th and newest ship in the fleet, come October 25. Below is the hull art applied this month to the ship’s bow — on both sides — from artist Guy Harvey,<\/a> followed by the more for your perusal and assessment (the eight ships here are arranged chronologically, from newest to oldest)…<\/p>\n

\"S693_Escape_Guy<\/a><\/p>\n

Thumbs-up from the artist, accompanied by Norwegian President Andy Stuart at the shipyard where the <\/i><\/b>Escape<\/i><\/b><\/a> is being finished.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"2014-Getaway\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The <\/i><\/b>Getaway<\/i><\/b><\/a> is Miami’s ship, a connection that well-known Cuban-American artist David La Batard painted in his impressionistic style.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"2013-Breakaway-Peter-Max\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2013, famous New York artist Peter Max was commissioned to dress up the <\/i><\/b>Breakaway<\/i><\/b><\/a>, unmistakably New York’s ship.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"2010-Epic\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When the <\/i><\/b>Epic<\/i><\/b><\/a> arrived in 2010, its hull art was decidedly non-descript, which its critics (we are not among them) say is appropriate.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"2007-Gem\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While it might take some imagination to figure out the ship’s name by its art, the <\/i><\/b>Gem<\/i><\/b><\/a> in 2007 was the flagship, status that lasted three years.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"2005-Pride\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruising exclusively around Hawaii, <\/i><\/b>Pride of America<\/i><\/b><\/a> sports all the trappings of flag-waving as the world’s only U.S.-registered cruise ship.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"2001-Sun\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One of three ships in the fleet that didn’t have hull at birth, the <\/i><\/b>Sun<\/i><\/b><\/a> was decorated in its bright colors in 2004, three years after its maiden cruise.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"2002-Dawn\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is where it all began, with the new <\/i><\/b>Norwegian Dawn <\/i><\/b><\/a>in 2004, when she was christened in Manhattan by actress Kim Cattrall.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

• Norwegian Cruise Holdings signs unprecedented 15-year lease with Port of Seattle
\n\t• No changes yet in Mariner of the Seas departure from Tianjin port after explosions
\n\t• Cruise Lines International Association President\/CEO resigns after five weeks<\/span><\/p>\n

Today<\/strong><\/em><\/span> at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: First Carnival readings of new Seuss book<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Costa Mediterranea<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tNovember 13, 2015
\n\tVenice<\/a> (return): Trieste<\/a>, Split<\/a>, Kotor<\/a>, Argostoli<\/a>, Corfu<\/a>, Dubrovnik<\/a>
\n\tInside: $449
\n\tCost per day: $79<\/strong>
\n\twww.costacruise.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They weren’t always so, well, outlandish. But the more unusual they became, the more the hull art on Norwegian’s ships started to look like a competition where the next one had to be more jaw-dropping or eye-catching than the last. That brings us to the Norwegian Escape, the 14th and newest ship in the fleet, come… Continue reading Friday File: Norwegian\u2019s Hulls Of A Show<\/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":[16,32,1893,19],"tags":[1005,2057,912,72,819,1888,86,35,30,126,721,225,1139,1553,424,722,367,26,27,420],"class_list":["post-25115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-photos","category-ships","tag-costa-cruises","tag-costa-mediterranea","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-photos","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-mediterranean-cruise","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-breakaway","tag-norwegian-dawn","tag-norwegian-epic","tag-norwegian-escape","tag-norwegian-gem","tag-norwegian-getaway","tag-norwegian-sun","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-pride-of-america","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25115","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=25115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}