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Authored by: Peter Stevens
Charting the glittering career of Cunard's world-famous 'Green Goddess' - the RMS Caronia. Enjoy exploring an era of luxury ocean travel that's not likely to ever be repeated!
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Awarded: January 31, 2007
Rated: AS! 4, F.R.I. 4, UWSAG 5, WA 5
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A Suitable Send-off?
Dwell for a moment before climbing the gangway and imagine all the excitement, including the rousing music of an unseen band, almost drowned out by the shouts from ship to shore. There is even time to enjoy showing the visitors who came to see you off around all the wonderful art-deco features of this luxuriously appointed ship.
As you step aboard, you wonder at your new surroundings, and become immediately assured by the quiet efficiency. Before you know it, you'll be personally escorted to your stateroom by a smartly-dressed bell-boy, who has ready and enthusiastic answers to all your questions. Having been introduced to your bedroom steward or stewardess, a hot drink will be offered while you are shown round the plush new accommodation that has now become your home from home. To think that even the curtains are completely unique to your stateroom!
Then, after seeing your visitors ashore, it's time to quickly find a place up on deck to add your own streamers to the growing cat's cradle of colour, as the moment of sailing approaches. Most of all you will be enveloped by the combined feelings of excitement and anticipation; seeing the gangplank raised away; huge mooring ropes being cast off one by one, then watching this massive pale green structure, slowly and seemingly quite effortlessly, making an ever increasing gap twixt ship and shore. All this accompanied by the crowds of people on shore frantically waving you good-bye, as they stand in awe and probable envy.
As all this was going on, did the ship's hooter make you jump, or was it almost lost in a cacophony of sound from other ships bidding their own farewells? Suddenly, you become aware that you have just joined quite an exclusive club. Whether at the start of a transatlantic voyage, or a long relaxing cruise, be sure that this magical time of your first ocean liner departure will stay with you forever!
Copyright: 2004-2007 Peter Stevens.
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