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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 09-08-2004 04:27 PM

I was surfing the web and found this site about a hotel barge named Olympia.
It definitely doesn’t win first price in a beauty contest, but still the concept of a mobile hotel is fascinating and I thought some of you might find it interesting to see as well.

Here is the site:Hotel ship Olympia
It has specifications, deck plans, and pictures of the huge container. Surprisingly the interior (though hotel like) isn’t as brutal as the outside.

Onno

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linerguy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4289

posted 09-08-2004 05:13 PM

Onno:

"Brutal" is too kind. Hideous is the first thing that came to my mind.

Russ

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Cunardcoll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1226

posted 09-08-2004 05:19 PM

it reminds me of the Novotel concept , cheap hotels that are perfect for one night stay if you travel by car and alone or with 2 , not for a family.

Jochen

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 09-08-2004 05:34 PM

The new Carnival Olympia class cruise liners.

What a monster 1 word a nightmare.

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 09-08-2004 05:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Maasdam:
The new Carnival Olympia class cruise liners.
What a monster 1 word a nightmare.

The 'Palapa' Spanish for the thatched palm covered pergola adds a certain festive tropical look to this barge. It looks like some naval housing I have seen at the former Long Beach, CA shipyard

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 09-08-2004 05:51 PM

Onno I think you need to add a Crnival or RCI funnel to it!

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 09-08-2004 06:08 PM

Forget Carnival and RCI, how about a Cunard funnel!!

Ernie

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 09-08-2004 06:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eroller:
Forget Carnival and RCI, how about a Cunard funnel!!
Ernie

Ore a HAL funnel

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 09-08-2004 07:55 PM

Okay, let’s go crazy!

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 09-08-2004 08:20 PM

The middle one is Queen Victoria (2) being fitted out.

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 09-08-2004 08:38 PM

Fun Onno this would be the talk off the WWW.

Carnival Nightmare

Queen Nightmare

Nachtmerriedam (Nightmaredam)

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Globaliser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4153

posted 09-09-2004 04:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Onno:
Surprisingly the interior (though hotel like) isn’t as brutal as the outside.

What's the best thing about the interior? (All together now

The best thing about the interior is that you can't see the exterior!

Onno, thank you for some great laughs this morning. Those renderings are quite priceless!

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 09-09-2004 06:23 AM

Quite priceless indeed, tears streaming down my face; especially re the twin jets of Carnival Nightmare.
Pam

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PHILPKH923
First Class Passenger
Member # 4064

posted 09-09-2004 08:22 AM

[ 09-11-2004: Message edited by: KenH ]

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 09-09-2004 10:25 AM

According to Cunard, she is a "true ocean liner" in every sense of the word!

Sound familiar!

Hilarious make-overs! I like the HAL version best, which isn't saying much.

Ernie

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 09-09-2004 03:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eroller:
According to Cunard, she is a "true ocean liner" in every sense of the word! Sound familiar!
Hilarious make-overs! I like the HAL version best, which isn't saying much.
Ernie

Hi Ernie.

i would post a review whene i sail here next year to Alaska. I wonder how this latest vessel in the HAL fleet will do.

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 09-09-2004 05:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Maasdam:
Hi Ernie.
i would post a review whene i sail here next year to Alaska. I wonder how this latest vessel in the HAL fleet will do.

Sounds good! I'll post my review after her December transatlantic crossing! She is "ocean liner" after all!

Ernie

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WhiteStar
First Class Passenger
Member # 2740

posted 09-09-2004 06:46 PM

Onno - I took pictures of the Olympia when I was in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1991. At that time she was used as a floating hotel for foreign construction workers who were working in Russia. Thanks for the link!

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Cambodge
First Class Passenger
Member # 906

posted 09-09-2004 09:18 PM

When I was in Vietnam in the '60s, floating hotels were concrete barracks on barges. Some still exist in the naval inventory. This is but one configuration, and is not concrete.
http://www.maritimesales.com/GH11.htm

But how things change. Check out this floating hotel in Saigon today.
http://www.thingsasian.com/goto_article/photoessay_images.949.10.html]

[ 09-09-2004: Message edited by: Cambodge ]

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 09-10-2004 12:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Onno:
Okay, let’s go crazy!

WOAH!!!

Great job Onno!

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 09-10-2004 03:24 AM

Don't you Yanks have something similar anywhere up a river which is a floating prison? Or am I mistaken.

Onno can you add a bow to one of these? I am curious to see how much different it can be from today's box-shaped cruise ships.

Thanks for the laughs.

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Cheers

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chrisrotlmacin
First Class Passenger
Member # 4531

posted 09-11-2004 04:03 AM

When i was i kid i read a book by Jules Verne about a floating island travelling arround the world.I can say that one of my kid dreams was to live on . With a city,rail,2 small ports , parks and much more . Well i belive that is the future. If Jules verne predicted(writed) that in one day we will go in space , why not a floating island ??

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sslewis
First Class Passenger
Member # 3649

posted 09-20-2004 07:44 AM

Onno,
the sistership of this floating hotel, is quietly

laid up in Portsmouth!
Spotted when sailing on former Olau Hollandia.
Talk or shout, waste picture or not, I don't know what to think of the floating prison ship.
When you think that Eugenio C and Amerikanis were considered as floatings prison.....
Why not just convert containers in hotel/cabin units?
Containerships arenot called Liners for nothing

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sslewis
First Class Passenger
Member # 3649

posted 09-20-2004 07:47 AM

Pam,
you remeber that much maligned prison ship that was kicked out of Weymouth, then left to greet the Crystal Symphony in Southampton?

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 09-21-2004 03:36 PM

HMP Weare in all her glory

from this site.

She was bought by for £4 million from the New York prison authorities, towed into Portland harbour, Dorset, in March to ease overcrowding in Britain's jails. Deemed a sight for sore eyes, but Louy I think she is still there?

Read this page today. Maybe use Bibby Goteborg as student accommodation in S'ton.

Pam

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