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This type of cruise ship is for people who enjoy cruising and seeing different places rather than flow riders, zip lines and water parks. Nothing wrong with the extras that big modern cruise ships have but cruising around Greece is a pleasure in its own right. A top video.

Watching this to go down memory lane for my first cruise on Sunbird...I was 14 or 15 and visiting all the med locations was mind-blowing. I haven't cruised since being a teenager but we were definitely some of the only young people on board! However we loved the fancy meals and luxury and we certainly didn't need all the entertainment I see on modern ships. Lovely memories of my now late parents, and the amazing older couple we made friends with as a family whom we kept in touch with until their deaths X

Wow , your giving me an old education tour. I was on this ship in Sundays in Miami . 1990 I did a ship tours and a luncheon. Every Sunday , as the " song of America" I miss her, and hope her life continues. ❤️Randy Barnes San Diego CA.

Beautiful ship. It's like going back in time to the days of The Love Boat. Love it.

I was on her in 1996 and 1998 when she was Song Of America. Out of 30 cruises I have done she is still what I think of for "Cruise Ship" I have so many good memories from being on her. I'm happy to see she has aged well and is still an elegant lady of the sea. Of all the ships I have been on she is the one that I want to go on again, I'd love to do the Greek Islands on her (Last time I did Greek Islands it was on Celebrity). What a great cruise it would be, my favorite cruise itinerary on one of my Favorite ships. If Covid 19 goes away I'll cruise on her again.

Still lovely after all these years! I’m guessing that service is still nothing less than EXCELLENT!

oh my - i was on this ship in 1988 - it was only ?6? years old then. it was beautiful and fun and i'm so glad to see it's still cruising the oceans. i went on one of the more modern "resort" like cruise ships and it wasn't like being at sea at all ... and it made me miss this old ship.

Great video. Brought back memories of our first cruise back in 1995 on Song of America. My wife and I loved it. We hope it survives Covid so we can book another cruise on it. You hit all the same likes that we enjoy. Thanks again for the great video. You might enjoy the fact that back in 1995 before computers and internet RCCL gave everyone a list of all passengers and officers on the ship and the city they reside in. Lol. Talk about privacy today compared to 1995.

Thank you so much for this video!! Celestyal seems like the most complete all-inclusive cruise line that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg, and they seem the best one out there for a Greek Isles cruise, because it's an actual Greek company. I'm so glad I found this video! There aren't too many videos (especially ship tours) about Celestyal.

We love when ships have real wood on the decks ❤️

Love a ship with character and this ship has plenty! Think we would definitely like this cruise line! 😀

i cruice when a was a kid, song of america my dad worked for many years, she still looks in great shape nice video.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Hi Emma! Unfortunately, the Americans were not totally consistent and transparent with my job this year, regarding the coves and the war situation, I start my first season with this ship. Your video helped me understand a little bit about what I was talking about before I got on board! Thank you!

Super nostalgic, just watching your walk through felt like going back in time a bit, seems like it would be a lovely cruise for my wife and I.

I loved this ship , it looks stylish but comfy and a good size too . I liked the wooden decks as well . Great video x😘

I went round the Caribbean in 2010 on her and had a fantastic time 👌🏼 how time flies 🙃

Great tour Emma. The horizons bar looks lovely. Love how much space there is.

Best experience for myself and my hubby. We loved it.xoxox

Thank you for sharing this great video ❤️

Thanks for sharing the video, I sailed on this ship when she was MS sunbird in 2000. I was only 16 and she has been the only cruise ship I've sailed on, it was really nice to see what she is like now, also trying to guess and remember what each of the lounges and bars were called back then. So thanks again, I love your youtube page.

Area in the very back is the crew deck. I worked on this ship when it belonged to royal Caribbean. I was part of a small crew on its final voyage and did a handover to Sun cruises. I have lots of good fun memories on this ship

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. My first cruise was on the Song of America in 1990. It brought back great memories. I have often thought I might like to take a cruise on the Celestyal Olympia to see what it looks like now.

I've been subscribed for a while but never saw this video. Then I came across Barry Vaudrin's 1989 tour of Song of America and wanted to see how it looks today. It brought me right back around to Emma😂

I love this ship

Its called the Schooner Bar & the first one is the Viking Crown Lounge.

I also ride on her in April 2019 for 5 days. Their crew are excellent. Feel the age of the ship, especially in the room at night. But you can still see it is well upkeep. Anyway it serve the purpose hogging between islands in Greece

Hi Emma. i worked for Royal Caribbean and sailed on SOA many times. No she hasn't changed much since her days with RCI. Although the Leda dining area aft, used to be open deck space, before they enclosed that room with the fabric ceiling. There was much more aft outdoor deck space when she was SOA. The problem with SOA was the cabins, and the way the bedding was set up. You did not find many double rooms, i.s. double beds, the twin bedding in that funny format was the norm for that ship, which made SOA hard to book if you wanted particular bedding formats like on more standard ships these days. I went on to become a travel agent after RCI, and found SOA problematic for booking. She is still a beautiful ship and Celestial has done great things with her, and all of their other ships. The schooner bar, was the pirate themed bar on board, and no they haven't changed that room at all. There used to be a huge crystal clock in the reception area, that was particular to SOA, I see they have removed it from that area. The Viking Crown lounge was the last of its kind wrapped around the funnel like that. The first three RCI ships of the 1970's were all built with that feature, it was their signature mark. The newer ships have a crown lounge built into the superstructure but not wrapped around the funnel, so you do see shadows of the former RCI Viking Crown lounge in some format on the later ships these days. Greetings from Montreal. Jeremy

Hey Emma! Enjoyed this ship tour very much! Surprised how spacious the decks were and how few passengers! Everything looked tidy and clean and it was hard to tell the ship was over 30 years old. Very cool!

The ship looks in an amazing condition for her age. I worked as Second Officer Navigation in 2000 and 2001 when she was the MS Sunbird for Airtours Sun Cruises. Such a lovely ship to work on. I do hope it survives at the end of Covid19.

For anyone watching his in the future, bear in mind Celestyal contracts are not worth the paper they are written on. A group of us from Australia had fully refundable cruise booked and payed for with them in late 2018, for September 2020. The curise conditions where written as subject to Greek law. When COVID initially started we cancelled and were told (when we checked back every few weeks) that the refund was accepeted and being processed, and asked to be patient. This went on for months, then we were told the Cyprus has changed their law and the cruise line not long had to give refunds until December 2021 and instead were allowed to issue a travel voucher. Enquiries as to what Cyprus law had to do with anything, as the contract was subject to Greek law did not recieve any response. They stopped responding to emails. So they effectively changed the contract on a whim to suit themselves. It was too far down the road for a credit card charge-back, and travel insurace would not pay out because they had issued a voucher. So the ship may be nice, the crew may be fantastic, but the company that runs it are no better than thieves.

‪Purple bar 😂‬ ‪Argo bar just screams “Schooner Bar“ of RCCL days. Just a just dang minute.... €2 for a cookie?‬ ‪That was a really good tour- Thank you for making it☺️‬ ‪She looks pretty good after 38 years and a few owners.‬

Супер круиз...Благодаря ви!!!

Love it. You mentioned the many ports visited but I don't see anymore videos (?). Hope they are coming. Will love to cruise with them once all this pandemic thing is over.

My husband works on that ship.... Great ship

Reminds me of Majesty of the Seas!

One of my Favorite ships , sailed on her when she was thomson destiny ( although she was actual owned by louis cruises now Celestyal and chartered out to thomson) the buffet ws not enclosed with the windows then ....also she was looking a tad shabby so realy glad that they have spruced her up and hope she carries on sailing for quiet a while wich she may do as i think celestyal only have 2 ships in the fleet compaired to the 4 or 5 they had as louis cruises and used to charter a lot of those to thomson ;)

The Royal Caribbean expression for the "bar around the funnel" is "Viking Crown". I think that refers to the actual structure (the flying saucer) which is so signature on all but their latest ships. The bars in these structures likely have individual names (like "Olive or Twist" on Liberty) and some of the bar spaces take a much greater proportion of the structure than others.

Iv found your channel recently and really enjoy it.. iv not been watching the videos in any particular order...just whatever title catches my eye and iv enjoyed everyone...iv never been on a cruise..infact now at 50 the only holidays iv been on is good ol British camping 😀 n prob with at least half the holiday in the rain...with things like health and not being able to afford holdays, im really enjoying seeing the world through youtube..and live vicariously through youtube vids like yours ...Thankyou ........ you didnt do an English word on this vid..but if you did im sure it could be the word you used to describe things being a bit all over the place....iggeley-pigeldee 😁

This is a great tour Emma. I quite like staying on the ship when in port because I can wander around and appreciate everything that is on offer without feeling crowded. I was imagining while doing this tour with you all the different people that have sailed in her over the past 40 years and how some of them would feel watching this video. Where is this ship home ported?

My grand parents went on song of america

Nice to see how it is now. Was on it when it was Thomson Destiny. How are the cabins now? They were very very tired - stuck in the 80’s then…. And now?

It is the cruise liner

at 2:59 is that your drink (red one) bottom left? just looked like you had been stood there maybe waiting for people to leave and then decided to get a video which hasn't got anyone in it? I would just like to point out what amazing videos you create :)

I’m booked on her august 2021

Did they have any local entertainment on board?

Celestyal is actually from Cyprus. Everyone seems to get that wrong.

They don't make solid wood decks like that anymore.

I need work on board

We’re the beverages included?

Greek shipping company

Potatoes 🥔