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Topic: Freedom vs. Genesis: Check this out!

GregD
First Class Passenger
Member # 4176

posted 02-09-2006 12:11 PM

Im pretty sure I got the scale factor correct. I spent this morning doing this.(I don't have classes till late!!!) -Greg

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 02-09-2006 12:46 PM

Very cool! I wonder how the SUN VIKING would look by comparison!

Rich

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 02-09-2006 01:04 PM

She is in the picture, you just have to zoom in.

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Tom Burke
First Class Passenger
Member # 5238

posted 02-09-2006 01:16 PM

You can't see it because it's behind Freedom, but Genesis has actually got easyCruise One mounted on one of the lifeboat davits.

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Caronia II
First Class Passenger
Member # 5223

posted 02-09-2006 01:30 PM

Looks to me like the docks at Cozumel in about 5 years...

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elad
First Class Passenger
Member # 5150

posted 02-09-2006 01:33 PM

maybe RCI will start this comparsions things - just like Cunard....

they sure had a long way from "song of norway" to "Genesis"

Elad

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Fairsky
First Class Passenger
Member # 781

posted 02-09-2006 03:51 PM

Here's another comparision:

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 02-09-2006 07:12 PM

The biggest difference for me between these three ships are their passenger capacities!

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 02-09-2006 10:38 PM

The comparison (profile-wise) just goes to show you how much prettier QM2 is.

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 02-10-2006 12:28 AM

wow! Genesis is going to overshadow the QM2 and FREEDOM. yikes!

I can't imagine RCI not placing movable walkways onboard...

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sunviking82
First Class Passenger
Member # 4930

posted 02-10-2006 10:46 AM

I think that Sun Viking is a life boat now on these monsters.

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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 02-10-2006 11:28 AM

GregD, Nice attempt to show a size comparison, but I think it's way off....lengthwise your Genesis ship is way too long.

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 02-10-2006 11:35 AM

I did not want to be impolite - but I agree with Barry that it seems as if the size relations are not correct.

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 02-10-2006 11:46 AM

Here is another comparison I found on-line. I think this might to scale.

Thad

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 02-10-2006 01:23 PM

I just took the image above and put the in front of each other. I did not check the scale but it looks reasonable - you may forgive me as I just invested five minutes and not halve a day

- I also hope that the copyrightholders of these images forgive me....

[ 02-10-2006: Message edited by: Ernst ]

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Atlcruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4586

posted 02-10-2006 01:30 PM

On Akers site it shows the Navigator of the Seas as being 237 feet tall. The Genesis is only 240 feet if I ready correctly. Not much difference in height.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 02-10-2006 01:33 PM

Genesis hides her extra tonnage well. She does not look as big as I would have expected a 220,000 gt ship when compared to FOS and QM2.

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Fairsky
First Class Passenger
Member # 781

posted 02-10-2006 01:52 PM

Perhaps Genesis is hiding her bulk in her beam. From what I've read she will be 19' wider than QM2. We have only seen the side elevation of the ship--could RCI be hiding the real innovation? Will their plan be for something like the Ultra-wide concept developed by Kaverna-Masa a few years ago?

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 02-10-2006 01:55 PM

Isn`t the Voager class (& the Freedom class) already a version of this ultra wide concept? They just decided to have an enclosed promenade.

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
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posted 02-10-2006 02:46 PM

Another perspective...

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vivavegas
First Class Passenger
Member # 3958

posted 02-10-2006 02:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Fairsky:

With that extra width, the inside balconies are certainly a possibility. I also like the idea of bowling alleys, if they can do ice skating why not?

Craig
MKE

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Commodore
First Class Passenger
Member # 1575

posted 02-10-2006 10:30 PM

While I can't say I'm thrilled to see the tonnage race escalate this far (and so soon), I am quite interested in what may be one of the only genuinely new designs to emerge in the near future. I do see a strong resemblence to the Voyager class, but there are some differences just from what I can spot and all of Royal Caribbean's talk about how radical and futuristic Genesis will be makes me wonder even more if Fairsky may be right about it being similar in concept to the ultrawide. The faintail-type deal at the stern might support this, because after all, in these days I doubt the primary concern of the cruise line is aesthetics. This could be where the "split" begins. Then again, chances are I'm just overthinking this, the only innovations Royal Caribbean is speaking of in the press release are likely to be more previously unheard of (in the cruse industry) amenities.

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 02-11-2006 12:15 AM

quote:
Ernst wrote:
I also hope that the copyrightholders of these images forgive me....

Why should they! They should have been smart enough to do the same rendition as you. Yours actually does show how they stack up. Good onya Ernst!

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 02-11-2006 12:41 AM

Also I must mention a thanks to Thad for posting the comparison image of the three latest classes of RCI cruise ships.

Fairsky, thanks for posting the Ultra-wide concept image. I immediately thought of this when I saw Genesis’ specs, in particular her beam (which to me is moulded breadth and not beam at bridge-wing tips). The open promenade is a distinct possibility, but can Genesis reach the 220,000gt mark by having so much open-space? Regardless, it does seem like the two designs have some similarities (some pointed out by Commodore). Anyway, we all know the juicy bits are still to come and I don’t think RCI will want to give Carnival to many ideas by releasing them too early.

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Caronia II
First Class Passenger
Member # 5223

posted 02-11-2006 03:44 AM

quote:
Originally posted by bulbousbow:
...Fairsky, thanks for posting the Ultra-wide concept image. ...can Genesis reach the 220,000gt mark by having so much open-space?

I'm wondering if Genesis is a further evolution of this concept with the Royal Promenade under a glass roof running most of the length of the ship and opening out onto a fantail at the stern. It may be towards the lower section Decks 4-8 or 9) between two "towers" of hotel block with a series of bridges, and glass elevators crossing between and rising up to the top decks... The extra beam and the added interior volume of such a space would account for the minimal additional length, but MUCH greater gross tonnage... Also with promenades being internal, perhaps they don't see the need for an exterior promenade, as from the illustration, there is definately NOT one, likewise the concept image posted by Fairsky. You can just see the lifeboats hanging free on the sides...

Of course, at this point its ALL moot, because drawings lie. Especially this early in the game!

This should prove fascinating...

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