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Re: Saga Rose (ex Sagafjord, ex Gripsholm)
« Reply #195 on: Apr 30, 2020, 06:28 PM »
A super video, from 1986

The Sagafjord - A Very Personal Story - Cunard 1986

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Re: Saga Rose (ex Sagafjord, ex Gripsholm)
« Reply #196 on: Jul 06, 2020, 12:34 PM »
taken in cape town

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« Reply #197 on: Jul 16, 2020, 04:13 PM »
That is one beautiful ship! I only saw her once, in Dublin port, from a taxi which I was sharing with my Director, who allowed a brief stop, as we were on our way to the airport...

Thank you for the photos!

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Re: Saga Rose (ex Sagafjord, ex Gripsholm)
« Reply #198 on: Jul 17, 2020, 01:15 PM »
I was watching a TV show about the Panama Canal the other day and the good old Saga made a suprise appearance.... :) :)

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Re: Saga Rose (ex Sagafjord, ex Gripsholm)
« Reply #199 on: Jun 10, 2021, 09:29 PM »
The first part in series of videos from this couple's cruise on Sagafjord. I have just discovered their YouTube channel and it is a treasure trove with wonderful footage of now gone ships among others, also capturing the onboard sounds without being overlaid with music as is often the case.

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Re: Saga Rose (ex Sagafjord, ex Gripsholm)
« Reply #200 on: Jun 14, 2021, 04:03 PM »
The first part in series of videos from this couple's cruise on Sagafjord. I have just discovered their YouTube channel and it is a treasure trove with wonderful footage of now gone ships among others, also capturing the onboard sounds without being overlaid with music as is often the case.


Wonderful - and you're SO right about the sounds!
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Re: Saga Rose (ex Sagafjord, ex Gripsholm)
« Reply #201 on: Jun 14, 2021, 10:32 PM »
Not forgetting at one stage she  Sagafjord was the Number 1 rated cruise ship in the world .
From the moment you first glimpsed the Queen,
 you just knew you were in for a very special time ahead.!

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Re: Saga Rose (ex Sagafjord, ex Gripsholm)
« Reply #202 on: Jun 20, 2021, 08:07 PM »
Nice one Thomas, never met her, but lucky to have sailed wit her sister as Ruby, the similarities are something else, brings back so many memories & as the say the sounds,  why do ships have to die??