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Old May 10th, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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SS France/ SS Norway

How many of you were able to sail to Europe or the USA in the 60's or 70's aboard the SS France, which later became the Norway and sailed the Caribbean? It was a huge ship and we had a great time sailing off to our adventures in Europe. It is now being scrapped in India. So sad!
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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All my life I have regreted not going on that ship. We had a month in which to travel in 1964 and we flew from California to London and back from Denmark. It just seemed like too much trouble to fly to New York and then "lose" almost a week of our precious vacation on board. Pan Am had a deal where you bought your ticket to the furthest city and you could make stops at cities in between. She was a beautiful ship from what I've seen in pictures--an Art Deco design. Very sad--I don't think that such a huge ship as the QM II can ever come close.
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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The only cruise ship I actually, and truthfully, got lost on none night. Arrival at the "beach of doom" (Alang) scheduled for 1 June unless re-sold enroute.
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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Our only cruise experience was on this ship in the Caribbean. It was a wonderful vacation even for my 8 year old. Especially exploring the passage ways under the pool! I hope I still have some of his silly souveniers.
Sad to see it go.
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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Oh Daph you missed a wonderful adventure on that ship! And it took just 4 1/2 days, I think it was, to South Hampton where some debarked at 0600 and then it crossed over to Le Havre where we debarked around noon I believe. We then caught a train to Paris. I sailed on it in Dec. 1964 and didn't see the USA again until 1967.
Amazingly enough when the purser assigned us our dinner table, my friend and I were assigned a table with other 20-something singles. We ended up staying over Christmas that year with a Swiss gal (and her family) who had been our table mate. Wonderful times!
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