The song remains much the same - Letters - Letter to the Editor

Cruise Travel, July-August, 2002 by Reuben Fuller

I would like to know what has happened to the former Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ship Song of America. We sailed on her three times over the years that she was in the RCCL fleet. We have been cruising at least once or twice each year since 1988 and have sailed on several other ships, but the Song of America still remains one of our favorite memories of cruising.

We enjoy cruising very much and intend to continue to do so as long as health permits. We have not really had the same service that the personnel on the Song of America provided us with, but that has not kept us from cruising many times, and each time has been a very good vacation for us, with many fond memories of the other ships as well.

Reuben Fuller, Lizton, IN

The 1,402-passenger/37,584-gross-registerton Song of America was built for RCCL in 1982, and entered service as the fleet's largest vessel and flagship. When she left the fleet in 1999, she was the line's smallest ship. She now sails as the Sunbird (pictured above) for British-based Airtours Sun Cruises (a member of My Travel Group PLC), wintering in the Caribbean and summering in the Mediterranean. For more information about the Sunbird's cruises, you can write to Airtours Holidays Limited (Cruise Travel Magazine), Holiday House, Sandbrook Park, Sandbrook Way, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 1SA, U.K., or log on to www.airtours.co.uk.