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Dream Designs Colchester Confirms Visit Aboard Costa Pacifica at Harwich International Port

27/4/2013

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Costa Pacifica at sea
We're very happy to share with you yet more exciting news and inform you that we have confirmed yet another ship visit, to take place very soon!

On April 29th 2013, Dream Designs Colchester are to visit the Costa Pacifica at Harwich International Port.

The vessel is the largest cruise ship ever to visit Harwich International Port, weighing in at 114,500 tonnes.

Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester will be joined by his father, Brian Cotterill.

Costa Pacifica first visited Harwich International Port on May 16th 2011 and we where there to watch the ship arrive. We also took the opportunity to especially assign a drawing of Costa Pacifica and it was kindly presented aboard by a member of staff from the Cruise Terminal. Unfortunately we did not receive a response from the Captain or Costa Cruises, but we did see the drawing being opened on the bridge from the quayside before the ship departed.
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester and his mother Diane Cotterill photographed together with our especially assigned drawing of Costa Pacifica at Harwich International Port on May 16th 2011
We have been able to organise and confirm this visit aboard Costa Pacifica due to our personal correspondence with another Costa Cruises' Captain, which we met in September 2012, during a previous drawing presentation at Harwich International Port.
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Our especially assigned drawing of Costa Pacifica which was presented aboard the ship to the Captain on May 16th 2011, on our behalf by a member of staff from Harwich International Port
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester, said:

"It was a great surprise to confirm yet another ship visit this week and we are very much looking forward to visiting Costa Pacifica during her visit to Harwich International Port on April 29th 2013."
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Dream Designs Colchester to visit MSC Magnificia & Officially Present New Drawing to Captain at Harwich International Port

25/4/2013

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MSC Cruises' MSC Magnifica at sea
At Dream Designs Colchester we are very proud to inform you of our latest forthcoming ship visit and drawing presentation, just a day before the visit and presentation takes place.

Tomorrow, Friday 26th April 2013, Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester and his father, Brian Cotterill will visit MSC Magnifica during her maiden call at Harwich International Port.

Harry and his father will be joining a number of other visitors for the visit to MSC Magnifica and will be embarking the vessel at 11:00. 

A complete tour of the ship's passenger facilities will take place, followed by lunch, before disembarking at 14:00.

Very recently we took the opportunity to especially assigned a drawing of MSC Magnifica and we are very pleased to announce that MSC Cruises has confirmed that Harry will have the opportunity to meet personally with the Captain during the visit to officially present his drawing.
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Our brand new especially assigned drawing of MSC Cruises' MSC Magnifica which is due to be officially presented to the Captain during our visit aboard the vessel at Harwich International Port on April 26th 2013
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We are very proud to be working with MSC Cruises again following our visit to MSC Lirica last year at Harwich International Port, where we had the opportunity to officially presented our especially assigned drawing to the Captain in the atrium during our visit aboard on April 13th 2012.
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester officially presents his especially assigned drawing of MSC Lirica to the Captain on April 13th 2012, during his visit at Hariwch International Port joined by his parents, Diane & Brian Cotterill
Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester, said:

" We are very happy to be working with MSC Cruises again and are thoroughly looking forward to our visit aboard MSC Cruises' beautiful MSC Magnifica tomorrow at Harwich International Port."

He added:

" We are particularly excited about meeting the Captain and delighted to be offered the opportunity to officially presented our brand new drawing of MSC Magnifica."
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Dream Designs Colchester to visit Norwegian Breakaway in Southampton on April 30th 2013

22/4/2013

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Norwegian Cruise Line's brand new Norwegian Breakaway
At Dream Designs Colchester we are truly delighted to announce one of our latest and most exciting forthcoming ship visits.

After an awful lot of hard work and effort over many weeks, we have finally been successfully and been able to secure a visit aboard the brand new Norwegian Breakaway, during her visit to Southampton later this month.

Thanks to our personal correspondence with Captain Evans Hoyt himself, Norwegian Cruise Line has extended a lunch invitation to Harry Cotterill on April 30th, who is likely to be joined aboard by his father, Brian Cotterill.

At present we do not have yet have many details about our visit and lunch invitation. Many of you will be aware that earlier this month we especially assigned a drawing of Norwegian Breakaway, which we will endeavor to present during our time aboard.

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Our brand new especially assigned drawing of Norwegian Breakaway which we endeavor to present during our visit aboard the ship on April 30th 2013 in Southampton
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester, said:

“ We are so very excited to be visiting the brand new and breath-taking Norwegian Breakaway during her inaugural visit to Southampton and can’t wait to step aboard! Our hand work and persistence paid off and we are very thankfully to Norwegian Cruise Line for this special invitation to visit their newest ship.”
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester

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Azura Cruise Report - COMING SOON!

19/4/2013

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Hello everyone!

We wanted to take a moment to let you all know that Harry and Gavin arrived home safely yesterday lunchtime, following their visit to Southampton and 2 night cruise aboard P&O Cruises’ Azura.

They both had a very enjoyable time aboard Azura, despite the weather and sea conditions which prevented them from visit Guernsey and instead spent the entire cruise at sea.

Harry will be working on a Special Blog for his cruise on Azura and time in Southampton, which we hope to publish shortly. 

Please do be with us, as we have many countless photographs to go through and choose the best ones to share with you!!!

Please stay tuned for more updates concerning the forthcoming Special Cruise Report Blog.

Thank you!


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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester

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Azura - Bon Voyage!

15/4/2013

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Harry Cotterill, Gavin Pamment & P&O Cruises' Azura
Later today (April 15th 2013), Harry Cotterill and Gavin Pamment will leave Colchester as they travel to Southampton where they will be staying overnight, before their 2 night cruise aboard P&O Cruises' Azura.

On April 16th 2013, at around 11:00 - 11:45 they will embark aboard Azura at Ocean Terminal in Southampton, before departing at approximately 16:30. Azura will arrive back on April 18th 2013.

Be sure to follow the cruise, using the various pages and links below, including the ship's webcam as well as other useful pages too! You can also wish them "Bon Voyage!" or send them a personal message.

You can follow our 2 night cruise aboard P&O Cruises' Azura by using the various different pages in the section below!!!

Azura Tracking

Track Azura's location during our cruise aboard, via the P&O Cruises website ship tracker
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You can follow our cruise via CruiseLineFans in the 'Observation Lounge' forum

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You can view Azura's regularly updated webcam and follow our cruise via the P&O Cruises webcam
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Follow our Azura cruise via Harry Cotterill's personal profile and wish him and Gavin Pamment, Bon Voyage!

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Dream Designs Colchester to attempt to get new Azura Drawing to Ship's Godmother, Darcey Bussell

12/4/2013

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P&O Cruises' Azura's Godmother, Darcey Bussell, CBE
At Dream Designs Colchester we are very proud of the close connections and friendships which we have with many of the world's leading cruise lines.

We are particularly proud of our close friendship with P&O Cruises, which began in 2008, following our invitation to visit the then newly built Ventura.

Since then our drawings have been presented aboard 5 of the 7 ships which currently make up the P&O Cruises' fleet, including Azura, Aurora, Arcadia, Oceana and recently Oriana.

We felt particularly privileged when we were invited to the official Naming Ceremony Celebrations of Azura on April 10th 2010 in Southampton.

Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester and his father Brian Cotterill attended the event, but unfortunately Harry's mother Diane Cotterill was unable to attend.

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The official invitation sent from Carol Marlow, President & Managing Director, P&O Cruises requesting the company of Harry Cotterill and his parents Diane & Brian Cotterill at the Naming Celebrations of Azura
Leading up to the celebrations, we especially assigned 3 drawings of Azura. Upon boarding Azura on April 10th 2010 before the Official Naming Ceremony took place, Harry Cotterill and his father, Brian, were given the opportunity to meet with Carol Marlow, President & Managing Director, P&O Cruises.

The 3 drawings were presented to her, one which was for Carol Marlow, one for the Master of Azura, Captain Keith Dowds and the third was for Mickey Arison, CEO & Chairman Carnival Corporation PLC.
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester and his father Brian Cotterill, meet with Carol Marlow, President & Managing Director, P&O Cruise on board Azura on April 10th 2010, prior to the Official Naming Ceremony Celebrations
We are sure as many of you will be aware Harry Cotterill will be joined by Gavin Pamment, Chief Photographer, Pamment Photography, aboard Azura on April 16th 2013, on their very own 2 night cruise. As a result earlier this month we assigned a brand new drawing of Azura.
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Our especially assigned drawing of P&O Cruises' Azura which we will attempt to get to the ship's Godmother, Darcey Bussell, CBE, to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the Official Naming Ceremony Celebrations
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We have now taken the decision to attempt to get the drawing presented or sent to Azura's Godmother, Darcey Bussell, CBE as a gift and to mark the 3rd anniversary of the Naming Ceremony Celebrations on April 10th 2010. Unfortunately this will not be an easy task and we will be communicating our plans with P&O Cruises shortly.
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester and Gavin Pamment, Chief Photographer, Pamment Photography together with our especially assigned drawing of Azura which is due to be sent to the ship's Godmother, Darcey Bussell, CBE
Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester, said:

" We are very excited to be sailing aboard P&O Cruises' Azura, particularly after witnessing the ship being officially named by her Godmother, Darcey Bussell, CBE on April 10th 2010. We have therefore decided to offer our new drawing of Azura as a commemorative gift to Darcey Bussell. "

You can learn more from the Official Naming Ceremony of Azura in the 'Our History' section on our 'April 10th 2010' page!

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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester

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Carnival Victory Drawing Sets Sail

10/4/2013

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Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Victory at sea
Earlier today, April 10th 2013, one of our newest drawings left Dream Designs Colchester, setting sail on its very own adventure.

The new drawing of Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Victory, will make its way to Kansas City in the United States, where it is expected to arrive later this month.

Our Volunteers @ Sea, Debbie & Earl will then have procession of our especially assigned drawing of Carnival Victory.

They will be presenting the drawing to the Captain on behalf of Dream Designs Colchester during their very own 5 night cruise aboard the vessel later in 2013.

The forthcoming official drawing presentation aboard Carnival Victory will be the forth drawing presentation which Debbie & Earl have taken part in on behalf of Dream Designs Colchester. Previously they have presented our drawings aboard Carnival Dream, Carnival Freedom and Carnival Liberty.
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Our especially assigned drawing of Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Victory, which is due to be presented to the Captain of the vessel on our behalf by our Volunteers @ Sea, Debbie & Earl during their cruise later in 2013
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester, said:

"We're very happy to be working with our Volunteers @ Sea, Debbie & Earl again, for their forth drawing presentation on behalf of Dream Designs Colchester. We are confident they will do a great job once again! "
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester

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Metro Newspaper: 'The buoy wonder: Ship-mad teen makes waves with drawings of liners'

8/4/2013

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Metro Newspaper Logo
Today, April 8th 2013, Dream Designs Colchester and Harry Cotterill were featured in the Metro Newspaper.

The article was printed in the newspaper together with an online article on the Metro website. Some 3.3 million people read the newspaper every weekday.

We are very thankful for the help and support from Metro and appreciate their efforts to help raise awareness of Dream Designs Colchester, whilst also helping to further celebrating our recent 50th Milestone.

Online Article

Simply click on the link below to read the online article which was featured on the Metro website. http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/07/the-buoy-wonder-ship-mad-teen-makes-waves-with-drawings-of-liners-3586780/

Print Article

Below is a copy of the print version of the article which was featured in the Metro newspaper on page 27. Simply click on the image and it will then appear larger, making it slightly easier for you to read.
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester

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Record Breaking Website Views: March 2013

6/4/2013

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At Dream Designs Colchester we would like to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" to each and everyone of you who visited the Dream Designs Colchester website during March 2013.

We received exceptionally high page views and unique visitors and this resulted in our highest monthly recordings yet. This broke the previous record from September 2012, when we recorded 12,488 page views and 8,131 unique visitors.

March 2013 smashed all previous records. Dream Designs Colchester recorded an impressive total of 15,382 page views, resulting in an average of  496 page views per day. Some 11,852 unique visitors visited the Dream Designs Colchester website, an average of 382 visitors per day.

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Milestone March: Dream Designs Colchester receive a total of 15,382 page views and some 11,852 unique visitors in a single month
Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester, said:

" It was delightful to see such popularity of the Dream Designs Colchester website, in March 2013, resulting in our new record breaking recordings. This is perfect evidence of the continued growth of our website and company."
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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester

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SPECIAL BLOG: 50th MILESTONE CELEBRATIONS

4/4/2013

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50th Milestone Celebrations - Dream Designs Colchester
Welcome to this very Special Blog, celebrating our 50th Milestone!

We are very proud to have now had our drawings presented aboard 50 different ships, all over the world.

We have put together this Special Blog to celebrate this momentous milestone and look back at the drawings and of course the presentations aboard the 50 ships too!

This significant milestone would not have been possible with out the help of our loyal website supporters, Volunteers @ Sea and our many cruise line connections.

We therefore feel it is vitally important that we take this opportunity to say "Thank you!" to everyone who has supported Dream Designs Colchester and enabled us to grow and develop and reach this milestone.

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Oriana

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Carnival Spirit

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Celebrity Summit

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Golden Princess

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Carnival Freedom

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Carnival Liberty

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Seabourn Sojourn

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Costa neoRomantica

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Grand Mistral

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Albatros

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MSC Lirica

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Oosterdam

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Pacific Dawn

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Oceana

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Freedom of the Seas

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Norwegian Star

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Arcadia

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Hebridean Princess

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Balmoral

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Disney Magic

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Crystal Serenity

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Norwegian Pearl

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Astor

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Costa Pacifica

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Carnival Dream

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Emma Maersk

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Sapphire Princess

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Aurora

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Grand Princess

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Thomson Dream

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Queen Elizabeth

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Ruby Princess

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Celebrity Solstice

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Black Watch

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Norwegian Epic

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Costa Deliziosa

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Azura

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Oasis of the Seas

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Queen Victoria

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Discovery

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Thomson Spirit

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Celebrity Constellation

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Jewel of the Seas

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Saga Ruby

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Ocean Majesty

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Queen Mary 2

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Costa Luminosa

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Costa Atlantica

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Costa Magica

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Eurodam

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Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester, said:

“I am exceptionally proud to be able to celebrate this momentous milestone and to have now had our drawings presented aboard 50 different ships right across the world. This milestone is a truly astonishing achievement for Dream Designs Colchester.”

He added:

“We uphold great appreciation and thanks to everyone who has helped us achieve this milestone, including our loyal website supporters, our Volunteer @ Sea and our cruise line connections and we only wish that we could acknowledge each and every one of you individually.”

He continued:

“As Dream Designs Colchester continues to grow and develop further over the coming years, we can only look forward to the next significant milestone, when our drawings have been presented aboard 100 ships! What a celebration that will be!”

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Dream Designs Colchester want you to help mark this momentous milestone!

At Dream Designs Colchester we want to celebrate this momentous milestone as much as possible and to do this we would like your help and support. Below you can learn more and help us celebrate.

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