Crazyduck
Contributor
Just in case everyone thought that we could not fit more people on a cruise ship; well, here you go. Thank heavens that the draft in Cozumel is so shallow.
This is what is being built; I was just shocked at the size of this vessel.
This is not meant to bash the cruise industry; I just don't like the idea of putting five thousand people (plus) on a cruise ship and then unloading them at every port of call.
Standing on the beach and watch the sunset with the sand between your toes and start thinking of where you want to go for dinner! No dinning schedule required! Andrew
Updated: Feb 6, 2006
Royal Caribbean International on Monday ordered the worlds largest and most expensive cruise ship, a $1.24 billion vessel that will hold up to 6,400 passengers.
The ship, dubbed Project Genesis, is set to be delivered to the worlds second-largest cruise operator in fall 2009 by Oslo, Norway-based shipbuilder Aker Yards. It will be 220,000 gross registered tons and weigh in at about 100,000 tons based on displacement a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier comes in at about 97,000 tons.
Aker said its contract price of 900 million euros about $1 billion would be the most valuable ship ever ordered in the history of commercial shipbuilding.
This is what is being built; I was just shocked at the size of this vessel.
This is not meant to bash the cruise industry; I just don't like the idea of putting five thousand people (plus) on a cruise ship and then unloading them at every port of call.
Standing on the beach and watch the sunset with the sand between your toes and start thinking of where you want to go for dinner! No dinning schedule required! Andrew
Updated: Feb 6, 2006
Royal Caribbean International on Monday ordered the worlds largest and most expensive cruise ship, a $1.24 billion vessel that will hold up to 6,400 passengers.
The ship, dubbed Project Genesis, is set to be delivered to the worlds second-largest cruise operator in fall 2009 by Oslo, Norway-based shipbuilder Aker Yards. It will be 220,000 gross registered tons and weigh in at about 100,000 tons based on displacement a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier comes in at about 97,000 tons.
Aker said its contract price of 900 million euros about $1 billion would be the most valuable ship ever ordered in the history of commercial shipbuilding.
