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Still puzzled by the design though :
[ 05-08-2010: Message edited by: NP ]
quote:Originally posted by Frosty 4:Of course this comes from the yard doing Epic if I'm not mistaken. Frosty 4
And the Queen Mary 2, Crystal Serenity, Celebrity Millennium, Normandie and France, and Sovereign of the Seas.
quote:Originally posted by Frosty 4:DIVE,DIVE!!!!! Looks like a submarine with 2 sails. Frosty 4
Especially this image:
Rich
I assume the "funnels" are actually accommodation towers, with the forward tower encompassing the Bridge (as the funnel wings) and the aft tower a likely observation lounge (again as the funnel wings).
I would love something like this to actually get built.
Ernie
Cam J
It is (to me) aesthetically pleasing, and it's a very interesting design concept for a ship. But it's somehow ruined for me by claiming to be a new FRANCE. I like the design but dislike its whole raison d'être, which is a somewhat difficult position. I like the design, and I also like the idea of a new FRANCE, I just don't like the design as a new FRANCE. I almost feel as though the design is cheapened by being presented as an echo of something from the past rather than allowed to stand on its own as something new and radically different.
However, this really is a bad pie in the sky dream.
quote:Originally posted by jetwet1:Exactly, I would love for there to be some competition for the QM2, something along the lines of the QE2/France situation.However, this really is a bad pie in the sky dream.
I'm sure there's an alternate universe where CMA-CGM woke up, noticed Cunard's success playing up their "liner heritage" to attract Norway passengers after Norway's withdrawal and, realizing demand for the "real thing," spun out and relaunced CGT and the France.
Oh, one can dream.
I'm not too worried though, because I'm 100% confident it will never be built.
quote:Originally posted by rccldesign:It's plain ugly.I'm not too worried though, because I'm 100% confident it will never be built.
If a "new France" were actually built in real life, she'd most likely resemble QM2 except with that "Normandie" clipper bow and two winged funnels.
[ 05-11-2010: Message edited by: Thad ]
quote:Originally posted by Thad: I cannot really get a good idea of how large it is, as the images of the ship in Venice make it look somewhat small, but the "tower stacks" look to be pretty tall. Thad ]
Thad ]
The ship is relatively small, compared to most of today's newbuilds: some 800 feet long, 550 passengers. You can see only 4 decks in the hull, with about 6 decks in each tower, but those have a relatively small area of space.
Jochen
Epic was built wasn't it????
I thinks they are probably going to be inboard one of those 3 "open" decks you see in the pics.
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