Aurora & Carnival Triumph in Manhattan

Dramatic scenes in New York City when Aurora visited and my friend Howard Paulman was on hand to photograph her.  I met Howard on the Queen Elizabeth 2 in June 2008 during her call in Geiranger.  He has been photographing passenger vessels in New York City and elsewhere for over thirty years.  After working in the engineering profession, he now works as a commercial photographer, contributing material to ShipPax Information and other industry publications as well as Norwegian Cruise Lines and other travel-related and tourism agencies.  Howard is also a member of and contributor to the Steamship Historical Society of America and the World Ship Society - Port of New York.  While he has never sailed on Aurora, he has sailed on Oriana and a voyage on her younger sister is on his future cruise list.  She had the 101.509grt Carnival Triumph, which debuted in 1999, for company in Pier 90.  This is Howard's report of those two days. On the 7-8Sept09 the Aurora made her annual call to New York City.  Carnival Triumph was also in New York for a Canada cruise turnaround on 7Sept09.  With Carnival Triumph entering service a year before Aurora, I headed to New York City for a few comparison photos from the New York Waterways ferry and the Intrepid Air Sea and Space Museum.

USS Growler on the north side of Pier 86 at the Intrepid Air Sea and Space Museum with Aurora berthed on the south side of Pier 88 at the Passenger Ship Terminal in New York.

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