Why is it called the Lido Deck?
Paul Jaffe
Does anyone know why most ships, regardless of the cruise line, have a
Lido Deck? The Lido Deck is usually where the buffet is served, but is
not necessarily the pool deck. An example of the latter is the new Sun
Princess.
Any historical background on this would be appreciated.
RudyFr
Lido Deck
Comes from the Lido Beach area in Venice. An Italian ship was first to use
it as the area around the pool for sunning, etc.. The first ship eludes me
at the moment but will find it out and post it.
Rudy
Nora Rivkis
Paul Jaffe <pau...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
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> Does anyone know why most ships, regardless of the cruise line,
have a
> Lido Deck? The Lido Deck is usually where the buffet is served, but
is
> not necessarily the pool deck. An example of the latter is the new
Sun
> Princess.
They've generally got a Lido everything else, too! A Lido cafe, a
Lido whatever. A lot of resorts have them too. What does this word
mean??
> Any historical background on this would be appreciated.
Ditto!
-Naomi
Don Carpenter
>Does anyone know why most ships, regardless of the cruise line, have a
>Lido Deck? The Lido Deck is usually where the buffet is served, but is
>not necessarily the pool deck. An example of the latter is the new Sun
>Princess.
Lido decks were originated by Italian ocean liners sailing the sunny
warmer southern Atlantic crossing to the USA. Since they orignated
the Lido deck idea, it sort of became the traditional name for the sun
deck. Not sure what Lido means in Italian though.
Don Carpenter
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Fred Lanyard
My guess is that it's French for people with a lot of money who can
afford to stay at the Lido Beaches or take the cruises when they were
only for the affluent. The origin would be: Those are the people with
"Le Dough".
Fred (Thinking this might be one of his best)
pau...@ix.netcom.com (Paul Jaffe) wrote:
>Does anyone know why most ships, regardless of the cruise line, have a
>Lido Deck? The Lido Deck is usually where the buffet is served, but is
>not necessarily the pool deck. An example of the latter is the new Sun
>Princess.
Fred Lanyard
Living on your western shore, saw summer sunsets, asked for more...
Mary Claire Smith
Hi, Fred,
Chuckle, Chuckle Much better than the local radio joke of the day.
MCS - on the way to pick my new formal (:-)!
Steve Legault
Fred Lanyard wrote:
>
> My guess is that it's French for people with a lot of money who can
> afford to stay at the Lido Beaches or take the cruises when they were
> only for the affluent. The origin would be: Those are the people with
> "Le Dough".
>
> Fred (Thinking this might be one of his best)
>
LOL...
Actually, in French, Lido sounds like "lit d'eau", which means
"waterbed"??? There must be another explanation! :)
Steve...-> Lido is also the name of a "cabaret" where they present
shows of "French cancan"! But that's another story! ;)
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Carrie in Houston
Fred Lanyard wrote:
>
> My guess is that it's French for people with a lot of money who can
> afford to stay at the Lido Beaches or take the cruises when they were
> only for the affluent. The origin would be: Those are the people with
> "Le Dough".
>
> Fred (Thinking this might be one of his best)
>
Fred,
Have you ever seen coffee come out of someone's nose? Too funny.
Carrie in Houston, writing herself a note to not read Fred's posts after
taking a big swig of coffee.
Fred Lanyard
Carrie in Houston <carr...@aol.com> wrote:
Dear Carrie,
Would you be interested in some slightly used and plagiarized Deep
Thoughts next?
I guess this would preclude us from ever sharing a table on a cruise
because I can't think of any line where coffee coming out of one's
nose is apropo, even on casual nites.
Keep smilin'
Fred
>Have you ever seen coffee come out of someone's nose? Too funny.
>
>Carrie in Houston, writing herself a note to not read Fred's posts after
>taking a big swig of coffee.
Fred Lanyard
Ray Goldenberg
fredl...@worldnet.att.net (Fred Lanyard) wrote:
> Those are the people with
>"Le Dough".
>Fred (Thinking this might be one of his best)
Hi Fred,
Very good but it shows that you are spending way too much time inside
at the computer. You need to head south and take a cruise. I hear
they have casinos on the newer ships. <;-{}
Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
Andrea Costa
The name of the ship I think was Eugenio "C" from Costa Cruises; later:
Eugenio Costa.
RudyFr <rud...@aol.com> wrote in article
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RudyFr
Believe I posted first ship to have a "lido deck" was REX.1932.
RudyFr
Gordon E. Peterson II
j...@netrax.net (Don Carpenter) wrote:
>>Does anyone know why most ships, regardless of the cruise line, have a
>>Lido Deck? The Lido Deck is usually where the buffet is served, but is
>>not necessarily the pool deck. An example of the latter is the new Sun
>>Princess.
>Lido decks were originated by Italian ocean liners sailing the sunny
>warmer southern Atlantic crossing to the USA. Since they orignated
>the Lido deck idea, it sort of became the traditional name for the sun
>deck. Not sure what Lido means in Italian though.
I think it may be related to the fact that the beach/resort area just
off Venice (in Italy) is called the "Lido". So it would make sense
that the sun/beach/sand area on ships would have an area of that name?
Gordon Peterson
http://www.computek.net/public/gep2/
RudyFr
For weather reasons, the Italians were first to use this concept, Lido,
first on REX in 1932, followed by Conte di Savoia
Robert C. White Jr.
Actually, it's just corrupted English for:
Lido dining room alone and eat up here!
Sorry ;-)
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