We are still hearing reports of Norwegian Cruise Lines being a part of the Olympics offering up accomodations. This is not true. It is official, this ship was cancelled as of Monday.
The 1,108-room luxury liner chartered by Edmonton-based Newwest Special Projects was supposed to leave Los Angeles Saturday and arrive Feb. 10 in Burrard Inlet. But a lack of bookings and rising costs forced Newwest to sink the plan. Refunds, according to a news release, would be issued “in a timely manner.”
The ship was supposed to stay at the Kinder Morgan industrial dock in North Vancouver until March 2.
Not is all lost as Vancouver's loss is Victoria's gain. The ship will now be visiting the capital city for a re-fit in the Esquimalt ship yards. Great news as this will create over 200 much needed jobs for the local economy. Apparently it just made sense financially to re-direct it to Victoria from Vancouver for the work seeing as it was in the area anyways.
Fototrips - February 10, 2010
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