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My home for this January trip in 2020 is cabin no. And of course, nothing can beat the sight of a sun-lit Norwegian fjord in the morning hours just after breakfast!Ĭolor_Fantasy_Oceanic_Restaurant09_2020_Kai_Ortel In both cities, the passenger terminals are within walking distance from the city centre, another fact contributing to the popularity of the service as a mini-cruise option. They link the port of Kiel, the capital of Germany’s federal county of Schleswig-Holstein, with the Norwegian capital Oslo. Founded by Anders Jahre’s Jahre Line, the route has seen two incarnations each of ferries named Kronprins Harald (19) and Prinsesse Ragnhild (19) before the Color Fantasy and Color Magic were introduced at the beginning of the new millennium. Her Norwegian operator Color Line has introduced the two giant cruise ferries in 20 respectively, but their predecessors date back to overnight ferries that have been sailing on the same route since 1961. The reason is that the two ships are so modern, big and comfortable that a three-day roundtrip including two nights onboard (and a four hour stay in port) is rightly being marketed as a mini-cruise. By definition, she is a large car ferry, but the writing on her hull reads “ Color Line Cruises”. Together with her slightly younger sister vessel Color Magic, she is plying the 20 h overnight ferry route between Kiel and Oslo. Color Fantasy: the Norwegian Cruise FerryĪt 15 years, the Color Fantasy perhaps is in the right age for a passenger ship.