The Scholar Ship Program Celebrity

[Gitte]

What ship shall be the campus for the Scholar ship from Celebrity/ RCCL?

:confused: :(

The itinerary looks great.

Location Arrive Depart

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

 

10/Jan/2007

Casablanca, Morocco

18/Jan/2007

25/Jan/2007

Buenos Aires, Argentina / Montevideo, Uruguay

06/Feb/2007

13/Feb/2007

Cape Town, South Africa

23/Feb/2007

02/Mar/2007

Fremantle (Perth), Australia

14/Mar/2007

22/Mar/2007

Singapore

28/Mar/2007

04/Apr/2007

Cochin, India

09/Apr/2007

16/Apr/2007

Larnaca, Cyprus

25/Apr/2007

27/Apr/2007

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

01/May/2007

Itinerary is subject to change

 

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[Gitte]

The link to the article:

 

http://www.celebritycruises.com/aboutceleb/heroSingleTxt.do;jsessionid=0000-Jhun1Vhzw547AJ9vydNnWT:1051tg60i?pagename=the_scholarship_program

 

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[lysolqn]

Can't imagine X pulling one of its ships out of "routine" service for sixteen weeks to serve as a floating campus for the program. With an already reduced fleet that leaves some gaps in X's itinerary offerings about which many are complaining, I wonder if X will be using a ship other than one of its own.

[dkjretired]

Below is a link to the Campus profile which explains they haven't decided yet.

 

http://thescholarship.com/campus/

 

I hate to say it but unless their using one of the xpedition ships, the Zenith would be a logical candidate as well as a couple of RCIs. smaller ships.

[lysolqn]

The link answered the question; apparently it isn't going to be an X ship but rather a vessel "previously operated as a luxury ocean-going passenger liner."

[Leela]

From the web site:

Campus Profile

 

Note: Backed by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., we are currently making a final decision on which ship will become The Scholar Ship campus. Stay tuned!

As for the passenger "liner" remark, in this day and age where nautical terminology is often confused or just falls by the wayside, it could mean anything.

 

Doesn't RCCL also have controlling interests in Island Village, too? So it could be one of their ships that gets used, too.

 

Also, this "Scholar Ship" thing has been around for a while, even though the web site claims that the "inaugural" voyage will be in January of 2007. I recall about 5 years ago reading about another one of these programs, called "Semester at Sea." They talked about how it was basically a 16-week-long party-at-sea-for-college-credit.

[dkjretired]

The link answered the question; apparently it isn't going to be an X ship but rather a vessel "previously operated as a luxury ocean-going passenger liner."

 

My point was they could pull the Zenith as they did the Horizon and then it would fit the term "previously operated as a luxury ocean-going passenger liner." Under those circumstances it certainly could be a Celebrity ship.