Floating Paradise Lost: M.V. ENRICO COSTA To Norway and the U.K. 1993
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Join Peter Knego on his 1993 cruise from Amsterdam to Norway and Tilbury on Costa Line's classic 1951-built ENRICO COSTA. The ship was built in 1951 as the French liner PROVENCE and purchased by Costa Line in 1965, becoming their ENRICO C for Genoa to Buenos Aires line voyages and part time cruising. She became ENRICO COSTA in 1984 and was completely rebuilt and re-engined with diesels in 1989. She was sold to Star Lauro/MSC Cruises a year after this video was shot, becoming the SYMPHONY in 1994. She next became the AEGEAN SPIRIT and then the OCEAN GLORY I. After being arrested at Dover for numerous safety violations, she was sold for scrapping at Alang, arriving there in 2001. Other ships Knego takes you aboard during this voyage include Chandris Fantasy Cruises S.S. AMERIKANIS (ex KENYA CASTLE 1952) and Mercy Ships M.V. ANASTASIS (ex VICTORIA 1953). Also seen in passing are Hapag-Lloyd's 1981-built EUROPA, Royal Caribbean's SUN VIKING and Holland America's then brand new STATENDAM (1993). This is a full length feature at 32 minutes and change, so grab a snack and something to drink and enjoy! And PLEASE don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already and if you like, please click the tab and make a comment if you are so inclined. Thank you! #enricocosta #costacruise #halcruises #mercyships #chandrisfantasycruises #ssamerikanis #alang #classiccruiseships #oceanliners
What a beautiful memory! In 94 me and my family did a cruise on this same ship! Great memories
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it. How nice to have sailed in that quirky, charming old lady.
Thank you Peter for this latest sentimental "appreciation." Without your video's we'd be hard pressed to continue to enjoy the ships we all love so much.
Thanks so much for watching, Alan! Glad to finally be using all the footage I shot all those years ago. Now, if I could only go back and re shoot everything with better skills and cameras. :)
BRAVO PETER!, you have again managed to catapult one into another enchanting world for half an hour. Thank you again
Thanks for joining us, Frank! Appreciate your watching and commenting. :)
Perfectly put.
Once again Peter you do not disappoint, another great video. Continue to look forward to more!
Awesome, thank you! :)
Great video! Yes, we ship geeks are a funny lot. Only we can be so preoccupied with a ship sighting that the experience of a port of call is almost lost on us.
And the scattering of your fathers ashes even brought me a few tears. What a beautiful way to put him to rest.
Thank you. That means a lot to me. :)
Fantastic this trip to the past. Thank you
Thank you very much, Nelson, for joining us and for posting. :)
Peter, I can only echo Alan's sentiment, films like your keep the memories of proper ships alive. With todays cruise ships I find my interest waning. Back to those late summer days of 1993 and our paths were so nearly crossing. I had travelled down to Tilbury to see Enrico Costa on 23 July and I was there again to see Statendam on 28 August. Then a little over a week later I was again in Tilbury but this time to board Enrico Costa for a short cruise to Amsterdam and Rouen. Your film brought back so many memories of that cruise, good and bad. We had the worst cabin I have ever had the misfortune to stay in and Costa's food was unremarkable. However, the ship had great charm and I am pleased to have sailed aboard her.
Thank you, dear Clive! We were hovering over the same ships just at slightly different intervals for so many years, weren't we? ENRICO was charming but you are right, the food was unmemorable at best, setting a low bar for us when we did ACHILLE LAURO the following year, only to find that her food was fantastic. What a difference a chef makes. Thanks so much for posting. I'm honored you watch these videos. :)
Thank you again Peter
Fascinating video. The officers' mess is actually the most beautiful room on board because it's the most original. Eighties fabrics did fifties liners few favours!
SO true on both counts! Those chairs and awful panels in the Tavernetta were the worst. Thanks for watching and posting. :)
Thank you Peter for posting this video of Enrico Costa. I had the privilege to cruise on my holidays in 1986. I was 10 y/o and fantastic memories came back after remembering all areas of this ship watching this video.😀. The whole trip was (Santos - Rio de Janeiro - Salvador and Buenos Aires).
Peter, I think this is your best video yet. Thank you for taking us along and also for the privilege of allowing us to participate with you in honoring your father, a beautiful and meaningful occasion.
What a pleasure to see those liners from the 50's, working vessels with visible machinery along with their beautiful interiors,
I'm also interested in the story of Anne Boleyn. You may know of the British author Norah Lofts who wrote a great deal of well-researched historical fiction. One of her books is "The Concubine", a novel about Anne Boleyn. Mrs. Lofts also wrote a biography of Anne Boleyn and I highly recommend both books!
Thank you so much, Andrew! I learn something new each time I put one of these videos, especially the longer ones, together. Oh, yes! Norah Lofts. I've read one or two of her books on Anne Boleyn, who is quite possibly my favorite historical figure. I think her story was tragic and fascinating. Thank you again. :)
What a beauty she was! Thank you Peter!
She was, Umberto. I hadn't realized how much her refit was similar to the ITALIA PRIMA, which was done by DeJorio a couple years later. I prefer the Zoncada interiors or the original French ones, but DeJorio did what was needed to make the ship function better. Thanks for watching and posting.
@@midshipcinema The Zoncada interiors were better, I agree! Never undertood why they choose an Art Nouveau style for the 1989 refit,. It looks great and elegant, but it's not something very italian. The neoclassical style chosen for the original fitting of Costa Classica in 1991, on the contrary, was very very italian.
@@umbertodealexandris So agree, Art Nouveau was a strange choice but it was different, at least. The CLASSICA was quite stunning and parts of her still are today.
@@midshipcinema Yes, at least the beautiful mosaics by Emilio Tadini are still there in the theatre!
Another outstanding video documentation of a lost treasure.
Aww. Thank you! I caught so many of them just in the nick of time. Appreciate your watching and posting here.
Grazie Peter per il bellissimo filmato, ho viaggiato su questa nave magnifica quando era ancora Provence, nei 1964 dal Venezueia, porto La Guaira, in Italia porto di Napoli. Probabilmente tra gli ultimi viaggi. I miei genitori italiani tornavano in Italia dopo 15 anni di lavoro, io avevo 7 anni ed ho visto per la prima volta l Italia dal ponte della Provence. Non sapevo che poi fosse rinominata Enrico Costa ed ero rammaricata di non averla più rivista. Grazie per questo video che mi ha consolata, mi sono commossa quando ho risentito la sua sirena. Ho bei ricordi ed ho delle foto di quel viaggio. Grazie per il video ci tenevo a conoscere il suo destino.
Grazie Loredana, for your wonderful comments. I'm so glad you enjoyed my little tribute to the ENRICO COSTA! :)
@@midshipcinema tank you so much!
I love this ship
Thanks Peter
Thanks for watching and commenting, Frank. :)
Another wonderful video on a long gone classic liner. Also a touching tribute to your father.
Thank you. I appreciate that. :)
Ahhh .... the pleasures of throwing darts and retiring to the wonderful Riviera lounge! I must say that outdoor furniture and sun lounger quality has improved vastly over ensuing years.
LOL, yes, the outdoor furniture. I'm surprised it didn't blow off the ship that day but I guess it is easily replaced. Thanks, Grant! :)
So glad you salvaged that very beautiful ship's chair. Did you also consider an offer on the ship's yellow funnel (and horn)?
It would have made an absolutely stunning pool side cabana?
Wow, this footage is incredible, I wish more teens like me would love this era of cruising
Thank you. Perhaps they will one day. :)
@@midshipcinema I really hope so! I wish I could have lived on those old cruising days, new era isnt bad but now at days newer cruise ships dont look like ships, but at least some are halfway between what we call a ship, and one of the newer floating resort, we did our first cruise on the costa firenze (July 22) and we loved her as shes halfway through ship and resort, we are looking foward to sail on the lovely celestial crystal! So excited lol, keep this content up! Cheers!
@@aslavdogg Even more cool that CELESTYAL CRYSTAL is CELESTYAL OLYMPIA. She's almost a "real ship" and certainly one of the oldest in service now. Have a fantastic time and please keep watching. :)
, great video Peter , when ships had character and where magestic
Agree. At least they were beautiful to look at. ENRICO had her share of issues and was full of cigarette smoke but she definitely had character and charm. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Amazing video! Thank you so much Peter! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you so much, Bernard! So glad you enjoyed it. :)
Excellent, excellent presentation Peter! Stunningly beautiful ships! Thanks so much!
Thanks so very much, David! :)
Peter your Video's are priceless, In September I get to sail once again but although I love the New Ships, however remembering those intimate spaces I am so lucky I had the chance to enjoy them oh the glimpse of the Statendam, I sailed on Her twice to Hawaii and wonderful Memories again Thank you
Thank you, Bud! Today's ships will be the realm of many nostalgic romps in the future, although many of the ships themselves are a bit too big and crowded for my personal taste. STATENDAM was brand new then, before the ugly additions. At least she is still sailing today.
Another well produced video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for watching and posting.
Dear Peter, thank you very much for another great video sparkling with maritime enthusiasm. I discovered my love for older ships only later in my life and so I am very thankful that you share your experiences of beautiful shipbuilding of the past with your followers. As always it was not only a pleasure to see the ships but also your elaborate vocabulary to describe your enthusiasm and the beauty of the vessels. Thank you also for sharing your very personal moment of scattering the ashes of your father. Wishing you my very best and looking forward to future video experiences of the past.
Dear Christoph, once again, I'm so honored and flattered by your kind words. Thank you so much for coming along on the cruise with us vicariously and for commenting. Hope to see you soon!
Peter, as always great work, keep it up, thank you. Felix
Aww, thanks so much, Felix! :)
Amazing video again, Peter! Thank you very much 👌🏼
Thank you very much, Frank! It was fun to relive, except for the seasick part, lol. :)
Thanks for this wonderful video. I so love seeing these beautiful ships and also getting to enjoy you shore excursions was a real treat.
Thank you so much, Rob. I'm glad you enjoyed the excursion part, as well. It really is part of the story and provides a nice backdrop for the ship. :)
My late husband's sister -in-law has relatives in Dubrovnik. It was very touching seeing you dumping some of your father's ashes.😔😔 I'm glad you got to visit the ANASTASIS, she looked very nice. I really enjoyed the waterfalls, very relaxing. The whole video was fantastic. I am looking forward to the Decked feature of the ENRICO C. A shame you didn't get to visit the AMERIKANIS except for having lunch in the Silver Carte Dining Room, that's where we had our meals on our only trip on her in 1983.
Thanks so much, Deborah. I'm so happy you enjoyed this latest adventure. I will probably do a Decked! of ENRICO when she was SYMPHONY at some point but not in the near future. I'm finding the Decked! features of the classic ships are not getting many views (CONSTITUTION bombed but the cruise post on her was a big hit), so in this one I combined some Decked! elements with the cruise part. I documented all of AMERIKANIS but to keep the video of a watchable length, did not show the whole ship. I will also probably do a feature on her with the footage shot in Amsterdam combined with footage of her laid up in Greece. ANASTASIS was a treasure ship and thankfully much of her lives on here in my home. Thanks again. :)
@@midshipcinema you're very welcome. It's a shame most don't appreciate the Decked Feature. For me it's special as I didn't get to go roaming around the ships we sailed on early in the 1980s. Thankfully we got to sail the DOLPHIN three times and I was able to get photos of her interiors and exteriors. I wish I could have done that with FLAVIA, EMERALD SEAS, CARNIVALE, SONG OF NORWAY, COSTA RIVIERA.....
@@mrslinarcos Thanks, Deborah. Yeah, they did well at first but when CONSTITUTION tanked, I thought I'd hold back for a while. I do plan to do a Decked! of my next cruise ship, the STAR CLIPPER. The new ships get more consistent support and viewership.
Thank you for sharing this lovely video,
I very much appreciate and enjoy your knowledge of cruise ships/ocean liners.
(3:19 is not Amsterdam city hall its paleis op de Dam. Royal Palace)
Thanks so much, Bart! I'm so happy you enjoyed this one and appreciate the correction. Mea culpa on that. :)
Thank you Peter
Great work you have done! Amazing Video 👍
I'm already looking forward to the next video….
Sincerely yours
Miguel
Thank you so very much, Miguel! I hope you enjoy the next one, too! I should have another Sailing Day video up on Saturday, if all goes as planned. :)
Interesting video Peter! You have definitely captured a piece of maritime history.
Thank you, Matthew for watching and commenting. Yes, she is part of a large mosaic of maritime history I was fortunate to experience and document over the years. :)
It’s so beautiful to see the love you have for classic ocean liners, doing what you love and loving what you do. Thank you for letting me into your world.
Dear Ringo, well I can certainly say the same for you. Appreciate all of your work and enthusiasm in preserving the memories of these great ladies of the sea. Wishing you a fantastic 2023!
19:32 very cool horn
Excelente video sempre bom rever os antigos navios
Thank you, Cyro! :)
Wonderful video, as always. Thank you for documenting this wonderful old ship. What a gem. I look forward to the video on Amerikanis and Anastasis. I was on Amerikanis in 1971 or so, and dont remember much of it. She was favorite of mine when she was in NYC.
Thank you! Yes, so many ships, so little time! I hope I live long enough to do proper features on all the deserving ships I've documented. One at a time, LOL. :)
another smasher , thanks peter , loved it
Great Video
Thank you my little brother and comrade in ships!
belissimo video
Grazie! :)
Incredible video Peter
Thank you very kindly. :)
I began to laugh when you mentioned Royal Caribbean and her monster looking balcony ships. To me they are shopping malls. I live in West Palm Beach Florida and are lucky enough to have the original Costa Classica. Although rebranded as the Margaritaville at Sea Paradise she still has her wonderful fittings. The chapel is still intact, her theater still has the Pinocchio tile scenes on the wall, and the most beautiful white marble floor to wall in her centrum. Even though she is a little on the campy side because of her branding, her owners have kept her in pristine condition. You should visit her.
Thanks so much, Marylou. I'm so glad the mosaics and other bits of the COSTA CLASSICA weren't removed or damaged in the latest refit. I sailed on her maiden voyage as GRAND CLASSICA and was worried they would mess up all the nice Italian craftsmanship for the Margaritaville venture. Thanks for watching and posting.
Wow. I've just had a lovely trip back to my own cruise ship days as a musician aboard the RCCL ships and Commodore trips 1973-78. Obviously they were tiny compared to the majestic Norway but I could relate to much of the memories shown in the excellent film. Congratulations on your awesome movie and narration. Thank you for having the foresight, desire and capability to document this wonderful ship. Did you ever document any of the mid 70s cruise ships? Thanks again. Huge fan.
Hi VIncent! Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words. They are the fuel I need for these projects and are appreciated so much! I documented most of the mid-70s ships, including the RCCL, NCL and RVL trios and the Princess duo during port visits, some more successfully than others. I hope to get to some of them at some point as there are probably 2,000 hours of footage to sort through. I didn't used to appreciate them much but now think they were fantastic. Again, thank you for those kind comments.
@@midshipcinema It was a lovely half hour of reminiscing about my time in the Caribbean. I was a drummer but also a keen amateur photographer (Nikkormat) but I didn't have your foresight to really document the entire ship even with slide film as you did with your camera. Oh well. I'm just glad to be able to enjoy your foresight and I look forward to seeing what you produce on RCCL. Thanks again for a happy cruise down a memory shipping lane!
I was 22 that year you took the Costa Enrique Cruise
I wasn’t on the Statendam on that cruise but I was one of the others on her European Capitals cruise.
And at least she still exists today. I didn't care much for her then but she seems like a classic now and I'd love to sail in her. Great teak decks, too. :)
Great video Peter. She was a ship I always regretted not sailing on. I wonder where the Flandre panels are now? I would think Costa removed them when she was sold and they are in storage somewhere.
Thanks so much, David. I'd guess the same as you, that the FLANDRE panels are stowed away somewhere with a lot of other treasures. I'm hoping Costa removed the glass dining room panel, too. I'll have to check my footage from my visit in Genoa in 1998 when she was SYMPHONY. Thanks for posting.
Ah, the now long vanished era of the lovable, characterful old tubs, indeed the now equally disappeared hobby of travelling around the world "collecting" them before they went. Back in 1993, you also got to experience Costa when it was vaguely still Italian and not Carnival with Filipinos speaking Italian. Lots of memories rekindled by this and gosh, it's not even 30 years ago. Please tell me you didn't try to save all those beige sectional sofas, though....
So happy you watched and commented, Peter. Honored. And you are so right about the "collecting". All the work and fun of studying itineraries and schedules, hoping to run into something with history and character and planning how to visit. Glad I was able to do it when some former liners still existed. Thanks for posting here. Oh, the only things I got from the ex ENRICO were ten chairs and an OCEAN GLORY I lifering just because it was on a pile of stuff about to be trashed. I DID get a couple of those identical settees from the SOLARIS, which I ended up giving away or selling at a loss, only to find out one of the dealers I sold them to made a fortune off them when he had them redone in a more appealing fabric. As for what I wished I rescued, that PROVENCE glass panel in the dining room is haunting me. I hope Costa removed it before they sold her, otherwise, I fear it ended up getting destroyed.
The last time I saw the anastasis was in Cardiff docks
She was a great beauty. Thanks for posting. :)
Great vid as always!
though not my favorite cruise ship, the Enrico certainly has her charm! (especially the Promenade)
also random fun fact about the 1981 Europa, it was Originally going to have a "Canberra Style" set of funnels, but seemingly last minute they decided instead to go for what she had as seen in the video, I have a 1978 article page showing a Model and a profile with those funnels and I think they looked quite neat!
Oh, how cool to know about EUROPA with uptakes. Thanks as always for the nice bits of info you share here. :)
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Lot of people today don't realize that chandor's is still around it's called celebrity
Chandris sold Celebrity to Royal Caribbean many years ago, so there is very little connection to Chandris other than the X on the funnels.
Anytime in the 80s you saw a picture of a train in the Soviet Union sort of look like the one you were riding on on this excursion
Interesting. Thanks. :)
You look your dad, you lost mega weight, from throwing yp at sea . V good more please
Hah! Well, I didn't have much to lose back then, lol. Thanks for watching and posting. :)
Looks like imperial majesty cruise ship
Imperial Majesty's lovely old REGAL EMPRESS (1953) and OCEANBREEZE (1955) were a year or two newer but fellow classics, nonetheless. :)
Have you noticed in the financial recession of 08 a lot of the ships from that time in history were scrapped and then in the covid-19 crisis the cruise ships from the 80s and early 90s got scrap? Seems like every time there's a financial some sort of planetary catastrophe we lose a generation of cruise ships
Very true. Or an international incident like ACHILLE LAURO being hijacked or 9-11.
I bet your home is museum of artifacts from Maritime history
It should only take a few hours to get back to Amsterdam from Tilbury England
Correct.
You and I are about the same and I know the motion sickness medicine is sold over-the-counter back and I watched your Shanghai video and seasickness happened again a little motion sickness medicine would have helped your comfort out a lot
Yes, but you have to take it before you get sick. And it makes you very drowsy. There is no good way out of it.
One-time looked up the history of Costa Cruise lines and Costa Concordia is not the first stupid mistake they met that ended up costing them a ship
Yes, Costa had a lot of casualties with its ships in the past.
The canals look so dirty almost looks like every toilet in Amsterdam flushes into them
I know you know a lot about they sold themselves to Royal Caribbean which is correct celebrity is chandor's is celebrity
Have you been on Eugenio C?
Visited her in 1978 when she came to Los Angeles on her world cruise. And then again twice at Freeport as BIG RED BOAT III and finally at Alang when she was being broken up. Made a video about her called "The Sands Of Alang". The download is on the MidShipCentury.com site. She was magnificent and several of her art panels and some of her fittings live on here.
So that was a French liner at one time?
Built as PROVENCE, yes.
This is before carnival bought Costa Cruise lines?
Yes.
Rather Distracting is PK for fugly!
Hah, yes! Good "between the lines" read, lol. Thanks for watching and posting.
Yan modern-day Costa ships have you seen the interior's they're quite atrocious
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