MS
Princesa Isabel Later: MTS Marco Polo, then Aquamarine, Odysseus
& Lucky Star
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The Wonderful MTS Odysseus
Photograph by &
© Chris Taylor
The Epirotiki cruise ship, MTS Odysseus
operated mostly 3 and 4 night cruises with a different itinerary
on each cruise, thus providing the option of the ideal 7 night
summer Aegean cruises. In addition, she also operated for several
years on seasonal cruises in South America as well as in the
However, this Page is mostly regarding Photographs that have been presen ted to me as well as a Odysseus Deck Plan, which you will find down the page.
Thus for those who have sailed on this much loved ship, the MTS Marco Polo or Epirotiki’s or Royal Olympic’s MTS Odysseus cruise ship, there will be some great memories to be found on this page! Therefore, just go and enjoy this wonderful page!
Quite some time ago I received a most welcome email from Chris Taylor, who worked aboard the Odysseus as part of the ships Entertainment staff as he was the ships DJ, for he was also the ships Comedian. However, he had one other special talent, for he was also the children entertainer, and the kids on board simply loved him. Thus, he had quite a great deal of work on board, as well as other duties during the day.
Chris was kind enough to provide me with a number of excellent photographs he took whilst on and around the Odysseus, whilst she was still with Epirotiki Cruises, which I personally feel was the ship at her very best, for once she came in the hands of the new merged company of Royal Olympic Cruises, sadly it all went downhill rapidly, thanks to a management who had no idea what they were doing!
However, Chris sailed on the Odysseus from 1990
to 1991 visiting fascinating places such as
He visited ports such as; Post Said, cruise the Suez Canal, Suez, Seychelles, Male, Fregate, Praslin, Aldabra Atoll, Comoros, Grand Comore, Anjouan, Madagascar, Nosy Be, Mozambique, Maputo and South Africa’s, Durban and obviously Piraeus of course.
Please Note:
The following images were taken by and are © Copyright Chris
Photographs may not
be copied and used for any format unless specific permission has
been obtained
I hereby wish to thank Chris Taylor and all those who have been kind enough to provide additional images to these four pages, for those images have certainly added greatly to this feature. Thank you very much indeed!
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Sent in by
supporters of ssMaritime
Unfortunately,
I seem to have lost the details of the photographer(s) Above
& below
If the
owner will would kindly contact me again in order that I can
provide full credit
I would appreciate that!
Her anchor
chains and looking towards the Bridge
INDEX:
Page One …
Princesa Isabel - Later: MTS Marco Polo, Aquamarine & Lucky
Star.
Page Two …
Odysseus - Later: Lucky Star & Lucky.
Page Three …
Odysseus Photo Page & Deck Plan.
Page Four …
Princesa Leopoldina - Later: MV Coral Princess & Millennium
Queen & Millennium.
“Blue
Water Liners sailing to the distant shores.
I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them
die.”
Where
you will discover over 700 Classic Passenger &
Passenger-Cargo Liners!
Where
the ships of the past make history & the 1914 built MV Doulos
Story