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08-14-2007, 05:11 PM
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Hopefully Andreas will be back soon and will have his usual amazing album of photos of Gem's inside and outside as she is completed in the fitting out basin. Andreas posted his album of Pearl on here last year...incredible shots of the ship, so fingers crossed that he can return with shots of Gem soon too
 Have to say that despite not liking the hull art, Gem is quite impressive to look at.
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08-14-2007, 05:24 PM
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I'm new to these forums...just wanted to say hi and thank you for the information posted here.
Actually, this post has already helped me. On the NCL website (and looking at the deck plans)...deck 14 shows the rock climbing wall for the Pearl, but on the Gem it is not shown. Same with the bowling alley on deck 7. I was really worried that the Gem ended up leaving out / off these 2 items, which would have been very disappointing. From the pictures posted here...it's pretty obvious that the rock climbing wall was included on the Gem and I assume from the press clipping the bowling alley was included as well. Good news...thanks to all for posting the information. I am fairly confident that I'll be purchasing a cruising on the Gem in October of 2008 to the Mediterranean out of Barcelona. This will be my gift to my wife on our 5 year wedding anniversary. Good times! |
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08-14-2007, 05:29 PM
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here's hoping that you get that cruise booked.
I am sailing on the Gem on it's Shakedown cruise on 5 October. This is a test run cruise before embarking on it's scheduled itineraries.
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08-14-2007, 05:38 PM
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Here's some nice shots I found on the web
Cruise Ships from Papenburg / Germany - Norwegian Gem - August 2007 Welcome to Cruising Talk, from one fellow Pats fan to another! 
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08-17-2007, 01:10 PM
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For those of you who are interested his is a link to a video of the undocking of the Norwegian Gem last weekend.
http://gem.cruisevideos.de/gem_undocking.wmv We do not have any information regarding the film maker or indeed where the film originally came from. We would be delighted to hear from them
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08-21-2007, 04:12 PM
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This is my work and I hope you like it. Here you can find some more cruisevideos: Sellie's Cruise Video Collection I'll try to go to the river ems transit and catch some good impressions but it depends on the weather. All the best! |
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Thank you for coming forward, the video of the undocking is exceptional  We shall definately look forward to seeing more of your footage of Gem and looking through your existing material too on your site, thanks again
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The video of teh Ge was very good. If you can capture some pictures of the River Ems transit we will be more than pleased to see them. Especially myself as I will be cruising the Gem on the 6th October this year.
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08-22-2007, 02:48 PM
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Hi again,
It is always an about 2-3 hours ride from my home to Papenburg and the River Transit schedule is sometimes a little bit uncertain as you maybe remember from last year  . But on the other hand it will be the last NCL Vessel amidst impressive scenery. We are booked for the Gem Transatlantic Cruise although we had a very bumpy cruise last year on the Pearl. [ => see video ] I will keep you updated! |
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08-22-2007, 02:53 PM
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Any footage that you can get will be warmly welcomed JJ
Hopefully Gem will not blackout Europe though 
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