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RICHARD CHUDY
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posted 11-08-2000 06:45 PM      Profile for RICHARD CHUDY   Email RICHARD CHUDY   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Has any one seen this? Am I the only one laughing? I mean LOL, LOL, LOL!!!! http://www.freedomship.com/index.html

Posts: 195 | From: Singal Hill, CA 90755 In sight of The Queen Mary | Registered: May 2000  |  IP: Logged
Chalk Dust
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posted 11-08-2000 07:02 PM      Profile for Chalk Dust     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
It shows that almost anything can be built on a web page. Now the real thing is a bit more difficult...
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sympatico
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posted 11-08-2000 08:12 PM      Profile for sympatico     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Richard - no you are not the only one laughing. Who dreams up these things? It looks like a paper aeroplane that kids make or the deck of an aircraft carrier.

I just looked at the deck plans for residential and commercial and it states that the "red sections" are sold. There were no red sections on the plans!!!
Is this a gimmick?

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K&K
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posted 11-09-2000 09:49 AM      Profile for K&K   Email K&K   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Some friends of ours whom we cruise with live in Pittsburgh. She sent us an article from the post gazette on May 7, 2000. It talked about this ship. The caption at the top of the article read.

"Mile-Long ship to take 40,000 around the globe". In the article the measurements mentioned are nearly a mile long, 725 feet wide and 340 feet tall. I thought it was a joke that is why I did not mention it here.
Kevin

Also it was being built in Honduras?

[This message has been edited by K&K (edited 11-09-2000).]


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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 11-09-2000 11:07 AM      Profile for Malcolm @ cruisepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Yes, it is so much easier to build a web site, than a ship!

If they made a ship long enough they could call it a 'bridge' - it would never need to sail. The stern could be at the departure point and the bow at the destination!

However, I bet if you showed Bruce Ismay a picture of 'Explorer of the Seas'he would be equally shocked!


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Cunardcoll
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posted 11-09-2000 12:23 PM      Profile for Cunardcoll   Author's Homepage   Email Cunardcoll   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
You 're not alone , this is a good thing for a sience fiction movie , but let us be realistic this thing will never be a real ship , I think it is better to build ships like Queen Mary 2

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dockside
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posted 11-10-2000 03:44 PM      Profile for dockside   Email dockside   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
As a former carrier aviator who has made 2 six-month deployments on the USS AMERICA, I can only shudder with the thought of how many airplanes would be either lost over the side or end up in someone's "water-view cabin". Of course this thought is mitigated by the fact that this project is pure fantasy. The only thing less likely than seeing this ship sail is ever seeing your money again if you are naive enough to "invest" in this.
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bubbles
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posted 11-13-2000 02:43 PM      Profile for bubbles   Email bubbles   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Have you seen http://www.residensea.com/home.htm
This was the original floating whatever!!!

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joe at travelpage
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posted 11-13-2000 04:20 PM      Profile for joe at travelpage   Author's Homepage   Email joe at travelpage   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
...but the Residensea is actually being built - albeit a bit smaller than originally planned. The keel was laid in September.

Here are photos of the construction.

Joe at TravelPage.com


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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 11-13-2000 04:40 PM      Profile for Malcolm @ cruisepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Well I'd love to live on it for one! Mind you I'm not sure how i'd get to work each day...rowing boat, I suppose?

At 40,000 tons it's not a very big 'world' is it?

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BigUFan
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posted 11-13-2000 09:38 PM      Profile for BigUFan   Author's Homepage   Email BigUFan   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Regarding the Freedomship -
"Has any one seen this? Am I the only one laughing? I mean LOL, LOL, LOL!!!!"

Richard, I'd say that it is quite clear that there's a boardroom somewhere filled with people smoking crack! These people can't possibly be serious.

To me, this vessel represents a complete environmental disaster! You think people are concerned about Royal Caribbean's environmental problems? Imagine what would happen if this monstrosity ever sees the light of day.


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Ascendancy
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posted 11-14-2000 02:12 PM      Profile for Ascendancy   Email Ascendancy   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
People are doing more than pulling this stuff out of there you know what. This could and probably will be a reality someday.

Did you ever think they would build a cruise liner of 150,000 gross tons years ago??

The only obvious thing that I cannot understand is why the parallel runways? Do they honestly believe there will be that much air traffic? Of course this thing will never port. Or will it. How could it ever cruise into a port?


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BigUFan
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posted 11-15-2000 08:38 PM      Profile for BigUFan   Author's Homepage   Email BigUFan   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Fair point. But I'll bet there isn't a bridge in the world it could pass beneath.
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Jesse C
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posted 11-16-2000 02:28 AM      Profile for Jesse C   Email Jesse C   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I am actually discussing the design with Peter Z. Banas, the man behind this project.
His e-mail address is:
info@freedomship.com

If you want to discuss the plans, do it carefully.
If you are rich enough, try calling him at:
941-544-6408

Otherwise, contact him by e-mail.
Hopefully, either I or somebody else will convince him to built a more practical ship at someplace like Kvaerner Masa Shipyards in Turku, Finland. His premise is good, but I need to show him some of the problems of building this thing. The size may hinder the ability to cross the world, for it can't go through the Panama or Suez Canals.


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Jesse C
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posted 11-18-2000 12:28 AM      Profile for Jesse C   Email Jesse C   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
How could the passengers go from the bow to the stern?

What about if the ship was...

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It would take a while for passengers to go to their staterooms, then their muster stations.


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