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joe at travelpage
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posted 07-13-2010 09:38 PM

Malcolm,

Did you notice that they used rivits on portions of Norwegian Epic?

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Magic Pipe
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posted 07-14-2010 06:40 AM

Those are not rivets. What you are actually looking at is insulation, not bare steel. The "rivets" are fasteners for attaching the insulation to the steel deck.

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joe at travelpage
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posted 07-14-2010 09:03 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Magic Pipe:
Those are not rivets. What you are actually looking at is insulation, not bare steel. The "rivets" are fasteners for attaching the insulation to the steel deck.

You are right of course, but when you are sitting on your balcony watching the Atlantic pass by and you look up - for a moment you can imagine yourself back in the day when ships were made with real rivets.

Then you hear the calypso band and your 4000 fellow passengers queuing up for the buffet and you are back to the present...

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Magic Pipe
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posted 07-14-2010 05:59 PM

Just out of curiosity, where on the ship was this taken? Insulation like this is usually applied where there is a climate controlled space above, and a non-climate controlled space below.

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joe at travelpage
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posted 07-14-2010 06:28 PM

It was taken on the balcony, the insulation is on the bottom of the deck above. I am guessing it is fire-related insulation.

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eroller
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posted 07-14-2010 06:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by joe at travelpage:
It was taken on the balcony, the insulation is on the bottom of the deck above. I am guessing it is fire-related insulation.

Joe,
Do you know what was above your cabin balcony? Perhaps it was an air-conditioned space? This might be the case if you were forward on Deck 14, or aft on Deck 12.

Ernie

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dougnewman
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posted 07-14-2010 06:49 PM

I've seen this on other "new" ships, though I'm fuzzy on just which ... I think one might have been MSC ORCHESTRA.

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joe at travelpage
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posted 07-14-2010 08:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eroller:

Joe,
Do you know what was above your cabin balcony? Perhaps it was an air-conditioned space? This might be the case if you were forward on Deck 14, or aft on Deck 12.
Ernie

Ernie, we were in 13277 - third cabin from the aft on the starboard side. I think that was a portion of the Mandara Spa.

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