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Old July 4th, 2006, 03:32 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Hi Everyone,

I thought this Chinese newspaper article discussing Royal Caribbean
and the proposed new Hong Kong Cruise Terminal would be of interest.
http://tinyurl.com/moydd
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Old July 5th, 2006, 03:47 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Default Royal Caribbean & New Hong Kong Terminal!

Ray Goldenberg wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I thought this Chinese newspaper article discussing Royal Caribbean
and the proposed new Hong Kong Cruise Terminal would be of interest.
http://tinyurl.com/moydd

Ray, how much do they need to spend for other facilities to support the
terminal? Are they going to bus people to the tourist areas once they
arrived? Is the existing terminal not enough? If RCCL made stops at Hong
Kong before 9/11, why do they need the new terminal before they will
resume their cruises there?
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Old July 6th, 2006, 06:01 AM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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newbie wrote:
Ray Goldenberg wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I thought this Chinese newspaper article discussing Royal Caribbean
and the proposed new Hong Kong Cruise Terminal would be of interest.
http://tinyurl.com/moydd


Ray knows as much about Hong Kong as he knows about the Manhattan
Pier for the Princess cruises -- ZILCH!

Ray, how much do they need to spend for other facilities to support the
terminal?


The cruise ship piers are now next to the Star Ferry in Kowloon -- a
short
bus or taxi ride to many sightseeing places in Kowloon; and a HK$2
(about
25 cents USD) ferry will take one to the Central city of Hong Kong.

To build a cruiseship pier near the airport? The cruiseships will
probably
charge passengers $100 USD for the transportation to Hong Kong or
Kowloon, rather than a fraction of the cost to take the airport train.
Either case, it's like proposing to build a Manhattan cruiseship pier
in
New Haven, Conn, and have the passengers take the commuter train
to Manhattan.

Forget about other questions.

Ray has accomplished what HE wanted -- just another piece of junk
mail posted to get his AD for his Travel Agency in.

-- Reef Fish Bob.

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Old July 6th, 2006, 03:48 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Default Royal Caribbean & New Hong Kong Terminal!

Reef Fish wrote:
newbie wrote:
Ray Goldenberg wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I thought this Chinese newspaper article discussing Royal Caribbean
and the proposed new Hong Kong Cruise Terminal would be of interest.
http://tinyurl.com/moydd


Ray knows as much about Hong Kong as he knows about the Manhattan
Pier for the Princess cruises -- ZILCH!

Ray, how much do they need to spend for other facilities to support the
terminal?


The cruise ship piers are now next to the Star Ferry in Kowloon -- a
short
bus or taxi ride to many sightseeing places in Kowloon; and a HK$2
(about
25 cents USD) ferry will take one to the Central city of Hong Kong.

To build a cruiseship pier near the airport? The cruiseships will
probably
charge passengers $100 USD for the transportation to Hong Kong or
Kowloon, rather than a fraction of the cost to take the airport train.
Either case, it's like proposing to build a Manhattan cruiseship pier
in
New Haven, Conn, and have the passengers take the commuter train
to Manhattan.

Forget about other questions.

Ray has accomplished what HE wanted -- just another piece of junk
mail posted to get his AD for his Travel Agency in.

-- Reef Fish Bob.


I believe they want to build the cruise terminal at the old airport and
not the current one. As I recall, there is nothing for tourist to do/see
around the old airport. It shouldn't cost much to take a taxi from there
to central part of Hong Kong but with 1000's of PAX all at once???
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Old July 6th, 2006, 08:36 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Default Royal Caribbean & New Hong Kong Terminal!

newbie wrote:

I believe they want to build the cruise terminal at the old airport and
not the current one. As I recall, there is nothing for tourist to do/see
around the old airport. It shouldn't cost much to take a taxi from there
to central part of Hong Kong but with 1000's of PAX all at once???



I am showing my ignorance here, but wasn't the Kai Tak airport out on
the Kowloon peninsula? As of a few months ago, it was a bitch to get
from Kowloon City to the shopping areas of MonKok on/around Nathan as
the MTR goes all around the old airport, but not to it. Of course, I
could be mistaken as I really wasn't all that interested in going out to
the old airport.

I think the current drop point at TsimShaTsui is a FAR more convenient
spot ... walking distance to LOTS of fun stuff!

Just my $.02

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Old July 6th, 2006, 09:24 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Ray wrote:
newbie wrote:

I believe they want to build the cruise terminal at the old airport
and not the current one. As I recall, there is nothing for tourist to
do/see around the old airport. It shouldn't cost much to take a taxi
from there to central part of Hong Kong but with 1000's of PAX all at
once???



I am showing my ignorance here, but wasn't the Kai Tak airport out on
the Kowloon peninsula? As of a few months ago, it was a bitch to get
from Kowloon City to the shopping areas of MonKok on/around Nathan as
the MTR goes all around the old airport, but not to it. Of course, I
could be mistaken as I really wasn't all that interested in going out to
the old airport.

I think the current drop point at TsimShaTsui is a FAR more convenient
spot ... walking distance to LOTS of fun stuff!

Just my $.02

I have not been to Hong Kong for years but I agree with you. The current
cruise terminal (Ocean Terminal) is nicely located. They may be able to
build a new terminal at the old airport in 5 years but will take much
longer to have everything else built for the tourists.
 




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