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brisbane first cruisers
November 21st, 2007, 07:41 AM
Hi Everyone,

I am sure i read somewhere that the captain of the Pacific sun is going over to the pacific Dawn. Has anyone else read anything about this? I am sure i read it but i am damned if i can find it.

Cheers,

Kirsten
Skyrules
November 21st, 2007, 07:45 AM
Hi Everyone,

I am sure i read somewhere that the captain of the Pacific sun is going over to the pacific Dawn. Has anyone else read anything about this? I am sure i read it but i am damned if i can find it.

Cheers,

Kirsten

Kirsten, that sounds about right. I know the that current Captain of Pacific Dawn is only a 'temp' until the permanent one takes up his post early in 2008...
Star-Man
November 21st, 2007, 08:24 AM
Well as long as the new captain blows the damn horn when teh ship leaves brisbane, i dont care who he is :D:D
brisbane first cruisers
November 21st, 2007, 03:33 PM
Star Man that is exactly why i was wondering. I want the horn on my cruise. There will be trouble is i leave brisbane hornless!!!

Cheers,

Kirsten
kaseyoz
November 21st, 2007, 04:43 PM
Star Man that is exactly why i was wondering. I want the horn on my cruise. There will be trouble is i leave brisbane hornless!!!

Cheers,

Kirsten

Hope you manage to get the horn on your cruise then:D :D
hornless is no way to be
Star-Man
November 21st, 2007, 05:35 PM
Star Man that is exactly why i was wondering. I want the horn on my cruise. There will be trouble is i leave brisbane hornless!!!

Cheers,

Kirsten

Best to take an air horn just in case :p
MsMinx
November 21st, 2007, 05:54 PM
Best to take an air horn just in case :p

I have air horns in my Swift :) The standard horn just wasn't loud enough hehe! Maybe I should bring it just incase we don't get a horn when I sail away LOL! :D

Hopefully whoever replaces the current captain on the Sun likes to sound his horn because the current guy leaves us Brisbaneites very disappointed :(
Legs11
November 21st, 2007, 07:16 PM
When I went on Pacific Sun the captain sounded the horn many many times!! Very cool and I hope this happens for you Queenslanders (I too would be very disapointed if I didn't get a horn):D
LizCruising2007
November 21st, 2007, 09:21 PM
Star Man that is exactly why i was wondering. I want the horn on my cruise. There will be trouble is i leave brisbane hornless!!!

Cheers,

Kirsten

Biting my tongue, biting my tongue. There are so many things I could say but I won't :D
NSWP
November 21st, 2007, 09:28 PM
Capt Andrew Froude was the Master of Regal Princess when we came over from LA to Sydney. Capt Amitrano is now temp master of PD, he took it to Singapore for refit, brought it back and is currently its Capt until February 08, when Capt Froude takes over, Froude is currently master of Pacific Sun.

We had dinner a couple of times on RP with Capt Froude (a nice pom) and his Aussie wife, due to one of our female table mates being close friends with Capt.Froude's wife Narelle. So I got to know Capt.Froude quite well, he lives on the Gold Coast.

No I am not big noting, just giving you the info you want.

Cheers..Les:cool:
kaseyoz
November 21st, 2007, 09:31 PM
Biting my tongue, biting my tongue. There are so many things I could say but I won't :Dyes you are such a good girl:p :D :D
arxcards
November 22nd, 2007, 02:22 AM
Star Man that is exactly why i was wondering. I want the horn on my cruise. There will be trouble is i leave brisbane hornless!!!

Cheers,

Kirsten

ROFLAMAO Kristen,
I would expect no less from a girl with a Paris avatar!

Cheers
Geoff
NSWP
November 22nd, 2007, 04:17 AM
Paris avatars..thought they were your passport photos, you know..the real thing!!:confused:

Now I am dissapointed...but will get over it.
brisbane first cruisers
November 23rd, 2007, 05:09 AM
LOL....................tht is my passport photo. Who told you any different!!!!:D :D :D

Cheers,

Kirsten
keoccy
November 24th, 2007, 02:32 AM
No horn on the 17th of November cruise, and we were 4 hours late getting into Noumea :(
Brushtail
November 24th, 2007, 02:38 AM
Our captain blew the horn when we sailed under the Sydney Harbour Bridge at around 6.00am yesterday morning. :eek:

What the hell, it is a work day. Time for everyone around the harbour to get up anyway. :D
karmac
November 26th, 2007, 06:19 PM
Whilst on the subject of captains, I must say Fabio didn't impress me at all. He was lousy with his "announcements" and I use that term loosely because they didn't sound like announcements. Sounded more like he was having a converstation with the fella next to him & accidentally turned the mike on. Was hard to tell if he was supposed to be talking to us.
I asked my youngest if he had his photo taken with him at the captains coketail party....the response......he wasn't there:confused: . The kids did a tour of the bridge and guess what....he wasn't there either.

Karen
jessica3152
November 26th, 2007, 06:47 PM
close friends with Capt.Froude's wife Narelle.
With a name like Narelle, I think I would have guessed she could only be Australian.

must say Fabio didn't impress me at all. He was lousy with his "announcements" and I use that term loosely because they didn't sound like announcements.
We had Fabio on the Sun in 2006 and he was pretty ordinary then too. Doesn't have a lot of warmth. On Sky in 2004 we had a Ukrainian guy (can't remember his name) as Maitre'd. He was a really engaging guy who would always come around and check if everything was OK. He also was very proud of P&O/Princess having worked for them for over 20 years and his pride came through in his attitude and in the service levels he demanded of his staff.
qld cruiser
November 26th, 2007, 06:52 PM
With a name like Narelle, I think I would have guessed she could only be Australian.


We had Fabio on the Sun in 2006 and he was pretty ordinary then too. Doesn't have a lot of warmth. On Sky in 2004 we had a Ukrainian guy (can't remember his name) as Maitre'd. He was a really engaging guy who would always come around and check if everything was OK. He also was very proud of P&O/Princess having worked for them for over 20 years and his pride came through in his attitude and in the service levels he demanded of his staff.


Hi, the Matre D' you were thinking of was Boris...He was proud .
kind regards, Lorraine:) :)
NSWP
November 26th, 2007, 11:38 PM
Yes, Narelle is an Aussie, she used to be tours officer on Sitmar and P&O, that is where she met her husband, Capt.Andrew Froude. He likes to sound the horn and will be off Pac Sun and Pac Dawn in Feb. Terrific fellow he is too.;)
cheznandy
November 26th, 2007, 11:59 PM
The captain on the Pacific Sun at the moment is Captain Graham Goodway, he is the non horn blower:(

He made an announcement in Vila that he was going to sound the horn to warn everyone, I figured he doesnt sound it as people complain, Andy was up on deck and it scared the s.....t out of him hehe, I was having a nana nap, didnt even hear it:p

Chez
xx
AuzzieCruiser
November 27th, 2007, 12:02 AM
The captain on the Pacific Sun at the moment is Captain Graham Goodway, he is the non horn blower:(

He made an announcement in Vila that he was going to sound the horn to warn everyone, I figured he doesnt sound it as people complain, Andy was up on deck and it scared the s.....t out of him hehe, I was having a nana nap, didnt even hear it:p

Chez
xx

We had Captain Goodway on our cruise. He was way too 'Horny' back then!!:p