DECEMBER, 2019 VOLUME XXXVI, # XI THE PORT OF NEW YORK BRANCH REMEMBERS 2019 March 24: Luncheon on the NORWEGIAN ESCAPE August 18 – 25: Bermuda Cruise on the INSIGNIA September 22: Luncheon on the CARNIVAL SUNSHINE October 4: Royal Tea on the QUEEN MARY 2 (All photos by Bob Allen) MORE FUN MARITIME ACTIVITIES ARE IN THE WORKS FOR 2020. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! NEXT EVENTS: Membership meetings: January 24, “Floating Rivieras – the Great Italin Line,” by Bill Miller; February 21, March 27, 2020 - Programs TBA. ADDRESS: PO Box 384, New York, NY 10185-0384 E-MAIL:
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[email protected] or via the PONY mailing address. MEMBER PHOTO OF THE MONTH On her maiden call to New York, Saga’s SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY is docked at Manhattan’s Pier 90 on December 28, 2019. (Bob Allen) ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES SHIP FROM TO VOYAGE PASSENGER(S) DATE HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS Greenock Greenock Scotland Pat & Denise Dacey 11/19 QUEEN MARY 2 Southampton Southampton Western Europe Pat & Denise Dacey 11/19 QUEEN MARY 2 Southampton New York Transatlantic Pat & Denise Dacey 11/19 PREVIEW, JANUARY 24, 2020: FLOATING RIVIERAS – THE GREAT ITALIAN LINE By Bill Miller The great Italian Line, with its fine fleet of passenger liners, will sail once more. Created in 1932, but gone from the seas since the mid-1970’s, the Italian liners were known for their glorious warm-weather, mid-Atlantic crossings – to Genoa and Naples, to Venice and Trieste, and of course to many other Mediterranean ports.