I heard on the local news that The Philadelphia Belle had just ceased operations on Penns Landing and something inside me said I had to go down there and photograph this beautiful vessel before she sails away. I had seen this type of ship before in New Orleans over a decade ago and I had always thought it was such a beauty. Surely enough when I arrived, Belle was empty and so was the parking lot but she was still there as though she knew I was coming to photograph her.
Up til now, I had not heard of Belle's operations which apparently had be going on since December of 2010, a bad time to start such an endeaveor in the middle of winter.
I know for certain that Philadelphia can support this type of cruise with a starting package price of just under 30$ if it had been better marketted. I'm expecting a better marketting company will will soon replace this because the Spirit of Philadephia alone cannot support the needs of the fifth largest city in the nation...
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