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[ 10-18-2009: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]
quote:Originally posted by GregD:Is there any point to the "jet engines"
Yes, decoration.
quote:Originally posted by Fairsky:Those "jet engines" were the brilliant idea of the Princess marketing guys messing with the shipbuilding team. They wanted to visually communicate that the ship had gas turbine engines and are more environmentally friendly. Even though the turbines are not visible outside the ship, they decided to put those ridiculous fake pods on the funnel so dumb people will think there are jet engines pushing the ship from the funnel.
There only dumb until someone tries it for real and discovers that it is more efficient to push the air than the water, lol.
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