RIP Lorraine Artz

[Cruisin' Grandma]

RIP Lorraine Artz, Princess most travelled passenger has passed away.

 

Lola in Hamilton

[CRUZGAL53]

So sorry to hear that...she was a very nice lady and we enjoyed sailing with her many times.

She is finally with her husband Joe again.

[Colo Cruiser]

May she RIP.

[paul929207]

It is sad to hear this. She was a lovely lady. We had the honor to sail with her once.

[Pam in CA]

I'm so sorry to hear this! I met her a number of times. She was a lovely lady, as Paul says, and very approachable. She ate in the buffet for lunch along with the rest of the passengers and on the cruises we took with her onboard, my sister enjoyed having coffee with her in the mornings in the Patisserie or Lobby Bar, depending on the ship.

[partybarbie]

DH and I had the pleasure of meeting her on the Royal - 2. Such a gracious lady. She will be missed by many.

[DougH]

So sad to hear this. I sailed with her a couple of times and she was very nice to talk to.

[COMBOY]

Sorry to hear this. She and her husband would spend 10 months out of the year cruising on Princess. You can Google "Lorraine Arzt" and there are various articles about her as well as a Youtube video where she speaks candidly about her love for cruising.

[Astro Flyer]

Sorry to hear this. She and her husband would spend 10 months out of the year cruising on Princess. You can Google "Lorraine Arzt" and there are various articles about her as well as a Youtube video where she speaks candidly about her love for cruising.

I never had the pleasure of meeting Loraine & thanks for your YouTube suggestion to see an interview with her & that she was the godmother for Royal Princess II in 2007.

 

Edited May 12, 2014 by Astro Flyer

[Northender]

I sailed with Loraine once. What a wonderful woman.

Very sorry to hear she passed.

[bdjam]

Sorry to hear of her passing...I never met her myself but I always aspired to be her :) From people who knew her I heard stories of a generous and fun loving woman. Hopefully she's enjoying her afterlife on board her favorite old Princess ship....

[Cruisin' Chick]

I have never met her either. Someone on Facebook posted a link to a blog obit about her and was very impressed, especially after reading many of your comments about how nice she was in person. Hopefully she will be enjoying an eternity of happy cruises up there with her husband.

[luvcdays]

We are sad we never got to sail with her, but heard many great things about her over the years. Hopefully she is now cruising in heaven :)

[TwoBadKnees]

Ishe will be enjoying an eternity of happy cruises up there with her husband.

 

+1

 

Something a lot of us wish for ourselves.

[CRUZGAL53]

Lorraine told me years ago after her husband passed away that his headstone said "I'd rather be Cruising" and hers will say "Me Too!"

I will always remember that and now they are "Cruising for Eternity" :)

[TracieABD]

She is truly a legend in the cruising world! May she rest in peace.

[silverbird]

We were with Miss Lorraine on the naming cruise in the Mediterranean for the "old" Royal Princess. She was quite a character. I hope I can emulate her to the end.

 

Just know that she was one of the best ambassadors that Princess ever had.

 

RIP Dear Lady.

[queensquared]

We had the pleasure of sailing with Lorraine on a Canada/New England cruise a few years back. She was classy, gracious, and she ignited in us the desire to spend more days at sea. May her memory be blessed and her soul ever cruising.

[Waynetor]

Our first Princess cruise was a B2B in 2002. When we went to the past passenger event for the second part she earned the most travelled passenger prize but passed on it. Don't remember the number of days but even then it seemed mind boggling.

Anybody know what her final number was?

[Woobstr112G]

I never had a chance to sail with her but I heard she was a very gracious lady.....

 

Bob

[cdngrl]

a princess legend...may she rest in peace.

[Thrak]

Does anyone know her final talley of days at sea with Princess?

[CPWhittingham]

A truly wonderful lady. She will be missed. We met her when we were aboard the Royal in 2010. We was loved by passengers and crew alike. Rest in Peace.

[Princess Cruiser27]

I never had the chance to meet/cruise with Mrs. Artz. May she RIP.

[Pia1913]

We sailed with Lorraine and Joe many times on the original Royal Princess, going back to 1984. Wonderful down to earth people who knew how to enjoy life. They were an inspiration, and we learned to love cruising as much as they did.

 

RIP Lorraine, whom I considered a dear friend.