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The Big C
First Class Passenger
Member # 18633

posted 11-16-2008 10:28 AM

[IMG]http://www.watg.com/uploads/images/portfolio_ 02DA713E-3048-7B3D-C52D1D0FF631A1http://ekonefe.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/carnhttp://www.cruiseshipodyssey.com/oasis.jpgival-dream.jpg35.jpg[/IMG] I was Thinking that these were the future ships of the cruise industry and they are all impressive but I want to know what you think?

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 11-16-2008 10:55 AM

I'm not impressed with them, too space age looking. I'm still from the old school and enjoyed what a real cruise ship looked like: DOLPHIN, EMERALD SEAS, NORWAY, SONG OF NORWAY, LEONARDO DA VINCI, QUEEN MARY and so on.

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SalamisFiloxenia (Tom...)
First Class Passenger
Member # 6702

posted 11-16-2008 11:07 AM

fixed broken links-
Tom

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Cunard Fan
First Class Passenger
Member # 7530

posted 11-16-2008 02:32 PM

I hope that kind of ship is never built. It just a island that can move, IMO its hardly a ship. I want the cruise industry to keep growing and evolving but I also want it to build things that at least look and feel like ships. Even the huge ships they are building now like the F3 or the Oasis, look like ships.

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 11-16-2008 02:50 PM

Since most ships are built in drydock facilities and on shipyard gangways, where could such a ship be built? And as most ships go through rigerous tank tests to ensure their hulls are as 'aerodynamic' in the water as possible, that design would be a sure nightmare in heavy seas with crests and troughs that would toss it around like a bathtub toy. I dont believe that design is realistic. Am I wrong?

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 11-16-2008 02:54 PM

It makes OASIS OF THE SEAS look quaint, small, and old fashioned.

Ernie

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Patsy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5611

posted 11-16-2008 04:11 PM

It's a fish or some sort of marine wildlife surely.

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 11-16-2008 04:50 PM

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It looks like a new island style development which will be off of Dubai !

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DEIx15x8
First Class Passenger
Member # 14958

posted 11-16-2008 05:05 PM

I prefer the design of a traditional ship. I think RCCL next project should be an ocean liner that's in it's own class and just sails around the world. They could do something interesting with the Ocean Liner concept.

That island ship could be built at sea. If they build sections that float (like when a hip is built in two halves and connected in another place) they could then take them out to sea and attach them together. Then they could go through the inside and half the corridors with water tight doors that just open to connect the pieces internally. It's kind of like how the International Space Station is built.

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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 11-16-2008 05:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dmwnc1:
And as most ships go through rigerous tank tests to ensure their hulls are as 'aerodynamic' in the water as possible

Actually the term is "Hydrodynamic".

The Captain of the Liberty of the Seas mentioned the floating islands that carry 60,000 guests as a possibility one day.

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mike sa
First Class Passenger
Member # 5957

posted 11-17-2008 09:31 AM

When new and in service who really cares, she will be out at sea and hopefully out of sight. You would have to shuttle out to her there is no port she could come into. Be a good venue for the swimming events at an Olympics, once round = 2 miles !

The problem will be when she reaches the end of her service life and SOME start screaming for her to be saved, turned into a hotel or whatever - which unfortunate city is going to be landed with her rusting in the middle of their harbour or newly dugout out lake....................

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