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is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Royal Caribbean
Cruise Line ship Song
of America,
later the Sunbird. After increasing capacity
on two of their three ships through lengthening, Royal Caribbean
decided to build their first new ship in ten years. The Song of America was delivered from Wartsila
in Helsinki (builders of their first three ships) in 1982. Song of America was larger than her
predecessors, at 37584 gross tons and 1414 berths (1575 maximum).
She pioneered a layout where cabin decks were stacked at the
front of the ship, furthest from the engines, with public rooms
further aft. Although common on large car ferries, this layout
has not been repeated much on cruise ships. The Sky Lounge was
even more prominent than before, completely encircling the funnel.
Song
of America
initially operated the company's busiest 7-day itinerary from
Miami to Nassau, San Juan and St Thomas. Displaced by larger
tonnage, she was sold to Airtours, becoming their Sunbird in 1999. Unlike previous
sales to Airtours, the Sky Lounge was not removed. In later years
she received MyTravel livery. From 2005, Sunbird operated as Thomson Destiny in the Thomson fleet, owned and managed
by Louis
Cruise Lines.
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- Song
of America
- Royal Caribbean: 1982-1999
- Sunbird - Sun Cruises (Airtours/MyTravel):
1999-2004
- Thomson
Destiny
- Thomson Cruises: 2005-
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- Song
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- Song of America
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1982-1999)
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- After increasing
capacity on two of their three ships through lengthening, Royal
Caribbean decided to build their first new ship in ten years.
The Song of America was delivered from Wartsila in Helsinki
(builders of their first three ships) in 1982. Song of America
was larger than her predecessors, at 37584 gross tons and 1414
berths (1575 maximum). She pioneered a layout where cabin decks
were stacked at the front of the ship, furthest from the engines,
with public rooms further aft. Although common on large car ferries,
this layout has not been repeated much on cruise ships. The Sky
Lounge was even more prominent than before, completely encircling
the funnel. Song of America initially operated the company's
busiest 7-day itinerary from Miami to Nassau, San Juan and St
Thomas. Displaced by larger tonnage, she was sold to Airtours, becoming their Sunbird
in 1999. Unlike previous sales to Airtours, the Sky Lounge was
not removed. A complete postcard history of this ship is available
on
this link.
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- Official
RCCL postcard P42072 (Astral Graphics?).
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- P.Asenjo
postcard A.200 of Song of America.
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- Bermuda
Prints postcard 305 of Song of America.
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- Photolaminados
(Puerto Rico) postcard #6 of Song of America passing El
Morro.
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- John
Hinde (Dublin) postcard 2BH 97 of Song of America's bow
in the Bahamas.
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- An
unusual postcard 08-095/15 of Song of America - part of
a set of cards illustrating different types of merchant ship.
- Published
by Vydavatelstvo of Bratislava.
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- Chantry
Classics CC/S67 of Song of America
- Photo:
A.O.Wilhelmi 3rd.
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- CT
publishing No.030, issued 1993, of Song of America
- Photo:
Richard I.Weiss, leaving Miami, 14/01/1990
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- Virgin
Islands Postcard Company (serial 2US VI 95) of Song of America,
Rhapsody (Paquet) and Festivale (Carnival) (right-to-left).
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- Sunbird
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Cruises: 1999-2004)
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- Sunbird was built in 1982 as
the Royal
Caribbean
cruise ship Song
of America.
Unlike the previous two purchases from RCI, the 'Sky Lounge' around the funnel
was not removed when acquired in 1999. In later years she received
MyTravel livery. From 2005, Sunbird
operated as Thomson
Destiny
in the Thomson fleet, managed, and
later owned, by Louis
Cruise Lines.
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- Official
Sun Cruises card of Sunbird (no serial number).
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- An
enlargement of the ship from the card above.
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- Official
Sun Cruises card of Sunbird (no serial number).
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- Postcard of Sunbird in MyTravel
colours at Madeira.
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- Thomson Destiny
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Cruises: 2005- )
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- From 2005,
Sunbird operated as Thomson
Destiny in the Thomson fleet, managed and later
owned, by Louis
Cruise Lines.
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- Thomson
Destiny
postcard
- Scan:
Juan Freitas
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- Thomson
Destiny
postcard
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Juan Freitas
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- Photograph
of Thomson Destiny at Villefranche, 11/06/2005.
- Photo:
© Lars Helge Isdahl - Scan: Fakta om
Fartyg.
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- Photograph
of Thomson Destiny.
- Image
supplied by Mary Bland.
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- Thomson
Destiny
at Gran Canaria
- Photo:
© Ian Donald, 12th January 2007
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