P&O Cruise Ship Artemis (ex Royal Princess)

[misterfact100]

The following reads from the bottom up

[misterfact100]

finally

This ship has had poor maintainance for a long time! Just about everyone on the world cruise in 2000 became violently ill due to poor ventillation in the crew quarters which spread to the passengers.

The de-mineralization equipment of the ships water system was always in dis-repair.

P @ O cruises and the present owners have been well aware of my posts since 2000 regarding this ship. misterfact@yahoo.com

[misterfact100]

I doubt things have improved on the Artemis! They advertised a $10 million refurbish but in my view: "once a rustbucket, always a rust bucket!" The safety staff, maintainance staff and crew

accomodations officer- totally incompetent in 2000!

I shudder to think that those people are still in charge of other ships.

[misterfact100]

That's is just for starters. I sent photos and horror stories to the

Coast Guard. Never heard back from them. Princess was and still is the "McDonalds"

of cruises. Poor maintainance of EVERYTHING on the ship: water drains,

decks, etc. They don't remove rust from deck rails and other metal

parts on upper decks. THEY JUST PUT WHITE PAINT OVER THE RUST!

[misterfact100]

7. Lint and paper trash (fire hazard) behind the clothes dryers in laundry rooms. 8. Every two or three days- the smell of sewer gas throughout the

ship! 9. NO LIFEBUOYS ON UPPER 2 DECKS! No floatation devices,

what-so-ever on those decks! If someone fell overboard from the ship

or from another ship while at port- you have to run 400' to either end

of the ship and dowm 2 flights of stairs to get to a lifebuoy or anything that might float!

[misterfact100]

All that bacteria-ladden water is probably sloshing around at the bottom of the ship ready to rust out the hull and let sea water in!!

5. Leaking rusted water pipes in the ceiling corridors. 6. Food with no flavor. con't

[misterfact100]

4. Washing machines that leaked- causing 8" of water in the laundry

room: (with no water drain in the floor) a common occurance. The ship was made in Finland and some idiot there in charge decided that a laundry room has no need for a water drain in the floor. I guess he figured that every maintainance staff in the future would replace worn out water hoses in the washing machines in a timely manner! WRONG !!!

[misterfact100]

All I can say is that I was a crew member on the Royal Princess (now the Artemis) in 2000 and what I saw was:

1. Overflowing toilets 2. Plugged shower drains (overflowing showers)

 3. Loose upper deck floorboards (tripping hazzard)

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[quack10]

It's hard to believe this is an OLD ship. My father worked for Princess from the early 70's til the mid 90's. I must have sailed on her 12 times. I LOVE this ship. I know it lacks a lot of the amenities that passengers want now. But she was one of a kind. Built in 1984....All outside cabins. Two decks of balconies. This ship was a standard setter. Watching this video brings back so many memories. Especially seeing what was the Horizon room. That was the "disco" back in the day. Long may she sail

[trentos10]

good video old ship

[braveycolin]

Came off this ship end of March. Thoroughly enjoyed our cruise (section 5 of Grand Asiatic - Singapore to Cape Twon). Lovely ship and great atmosphere. Have been on Azurra, Ventura, Oceana, Arcadia etc but this one was one of the best. Small can be good! Smashing video brought back some happy memories. Shame the ship is going over to the Germans now.

[RensterUK]

I never knew Artemis was formerly Royal Princess. Guessing it's no coincidence that the ship due to replace her soon, Adonia, is currently sailing under the name of .... ?!?!

[nibby1971]

It will always be the Royal Princess! My old ship!

[haraheta1]

@mrMaurosoru

ciao Mauro,non mi ricordo di averti conosciuto,come chef ho avuto Cerede,Marzi e Allegra,se mi puoi dare più informazioni ti ringrazio!

Ciao ed auguroni per un grande 2011!

[MrMaurosoru]

@haraheta1 si, anche io ho lavorato con loro, primo imbarco sulla Sea Princess con Allegra, poi è sbarcato e l'ha sostituito Cereda, il secondo e terzo imbarco sulla Royal con Marzi, Allegra e la Maria, ero in partita con Michele Cozzoli ai pesci e in entrometeria, poi sono tornato sulla Sea per l'ultimo imbarco, sbarcai a Suva con il perone fratturato dopo una partita di calcio a auckland, conobbi mia moglie e decisi di non imbarcarmi più e di fermarmi a Carbonia (Cagliari), come ti chiami?

[haraheta1]

i worked in the galley during the maiden voyage to South Pacific and Asia

in 1987,no doubt that at the time the MV Royal Princess was the best

cruise ship in the world!i spent two years of my life there and no

regret at all!hard work of course but lot of fun!

Best regards to all the former crew of Royal Princess!

[MrMaurosoru]

@haraheta1 - i, my name is Mauro Soru and i worked on Royal Princess in the same time as second cook, i worked also on the sea princess and i spent about 3 years between those two ships, beautiful time impossible to forget

[RyaanM123]

Are all P&O ships like this? I'm going on a school trip and we're driving down to Hull and then going from there to Zeebrugge. Will mine be like this?

[TheMichaelbenji]

I was on the Artemis when it was the last cruise with Princess when it used to be the Royal Princess. You know this little ship used to be the biggest ship in the world in 1989?

[wazzawazza73]

My dad was the First Officer on this ship before retiring in the early 90's. What a job

[Mrveendam]

She was also used on the TV show Love boat a few times !!!

[Mrveendam]

She was the best of all the early 80's new build cruise ships by far .The others being the Carnival Tropical Home lines Atlantic Sitmar Fair Shy

[gotnowt]

I can see why P&O have sold this ship. She is very dated compaired to a modern vessel.

[holdenpwr]

so nice lovely nice ship really my second nicest first ventura

[fozylad]

great video going on artemis in april 09 looking even more forward to it now thanks. p.s was it done before the refit??

[ColemanHeald]

Yes it was. We are going again in July so a first hand report of the changes would be great. Have Fun!

[rrrrrrrrrrrrrrroo]

Looks pretty sweet. Looks very formal too... If one was looking to take a cruise for the night life (women :) and some all night bar action is it a good option? You hear so many bad reports about P&O its hard to get a good idea if youv'e never been. Ive heard bars close early, bad food, and not enough seating in most areas if ship is booked. Also heard bad things about cabin noise and vibration.

[myrtlexxx]

Just came back from a wonderful cruise to Bruges, Artemis is a beautiful ship, the pools are gorgeous and the people are so lovely and can't do enough!!! booking our next cruise tomorrow on Arcadia, but Artemis really was a classy ship, having a balcony too made the trip even better! very good video,well made!

[lampost1]

nightmare down stairs in the engine room. Too old.

[TRWolf]

Why would you go to the engine room?

[lampost1]

To earn money. I'm a marine engineer. Ships dont run themselves lol

[statue7]

I worked in that ship back in the 90's, it was still P&O Royal Princess. I had a real good time round Europe, Baltic and Acapulco-Sn Juan.

It sure was kind of a thing to get used to sleep on E-Deck, can't imagine the engine room.

[perky26hughes]

I went on the Artemis last month for a 15 night transatlantic cruise to the Eastern Caribbean. Its a great traditional ship with the huge added bonus of it being a child- free ship. Its a shame that P&O have sold it. I hope the replacement ship lives up to the Artemis!!

[TheBlackParade01x]

Hi! I reaaaaaally want to go on a cruise. Me and my mum (im 12) really want to go on Ventura on a meditteranean cruise but my dad says no :( its looks so cool!

[hoppy82]

Nice video, well put together

[supercruiser24]

i had my first cruise on this ship when she was Royal Princess on a cruise to Norway in 2003. is great that some1 has made a proper film of this beautiful ship THANX :)