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AKer builder
First Class Passenger
Member # 6412

posted 08-28-2010 01:03 PM

Allure Of The Seas is gettin' ready for seatrials!
Shes supoused to leave the yard ni early morning of october 13th.
Fev fotos of her:

[ 08-28-2010: Message edited by: AKer builder ]

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Atlcruiser
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Member # 4586

posted 08-28-2010 06:33 PM

Thanks AB. I have four months before I spend two weeks on the Allure. Looking forward to it. Thanks for posting the photos. She is coming along nicely.

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AKer builder
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Member # 6412

posted 09-01-2010 02:12 PM

Today was a international press day at the yard in Turku so some official fotos should be out soon.
Here some of mine:

Rest of the gallery

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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
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posted 09-01-2010 02:24 PM

I noticed they haven't made the little extension to the breaker ahead of the lifeboats yet?? I wonder if they intend to still make that modification?

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Carlos Fernandez
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posted 09-01-2010 02:41 PM

Thanks for the pictures AkerBuilder. Allure is looking great.

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Carlos Fernandez
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posted 09-13-2010 06:13 PM

Allure of the Seas first sea trials:

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eroller
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Member # 1649

posted 09-13-2010 07:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Carlos Fernandez:
Allure of the Seas first sea trials:
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Interesting the first lifeboat is missing, just like with OASIS after the crossing.

I think it's a special, reinforced design for ALLURE so perhaps it's not completed yet?

Ernie

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Carlos Fernandez
First Class Passenger
Member # 6432

posted 09-13-2010 11:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eroller:

Interesting the first lifeboat is missing, just like with OASIS after the crossing.
I think it's a special, reinforced design for ALLURE so perhaps it's not completed yet?
Ernie

That's interesting because Oasis carries a total of 18 lifeboats, 9 per side. Allure seems to carry 20 in total, 10 per side with the two forward ones missing on these shots.

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eroller
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Member # 1649

posted 09-14-2010 12:08 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Carlos Fernandez:
That's interesting because Oasis carries a total of 18 lifeboats, 9 per side. Allure seems to carry 20 in total, 10 per side with the two forward ones missing on these shots.

The extra lifeboat appears to be in the 7th position provided the first empty space is eventually filled with a boat. Surely they don't plan on leaving that space empty? It doesn't look right.

Ernie

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eroller
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Member # 1649

posted 09-14-2010 09:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Carlos Fernandez:
That's interesting because Oasis carries a total of 18 lifeboats, 9 per side. Allure seems to carry 20 in total, 10 per side with the two forward ones missing on these shots.

Hey Carlos,
One of our resident experts was kind enough to email me and explain what is going on. The FRB's, or "Fast Rescue Boats" will be positioned in forward most slots on each side. This will eliminate the need to built up the hull in this area as was done with OASIS.

If nothing else, now we will always have a way to tell the difference between OASIS and ALLURE. I wonder if there will be any other external differences?

Ernie

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 09-14-2010 10:14 AM

When is the crossing scheduled? With all the hurricanes keeping in the Atlantic for most part this season,just curious if it will encounter rough seas as did Oasis. On another site I see one of HAL's ships encountered so very rough weather recently.
Frosty4 C

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AKer builder
First Class Passenger
Member # 6412

posted 09-19-2010 07:41 AM

Hi again, so we are back from the setrial. It went really good, ship is now in better shape than Oasis was when she left to caribbean last year. All the things look better to fron tehnical point of view. I took some pics to, i was trying to take a littlebit different images, so you tell me did i succeed?

More images at this web page

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