Big Cruise Ship! Project Genesis

[georoc01]

I just finished a cruise on the grand class of Princess. With 2600 passengers and 1000 crew. That boat will be double.

It reminds me of that new airbus. I'm not sure what ports of call will be able to handle it.

But on the ports themselves. On my cruise over Christmas, we had 10 big boats in both Grand Caymans and Cozumel, including our boat and the Queen Mary II. When we were in Cozumel last, Carnival had 3 boats in port, Royal Carribean had 2 as well.

My guess is that some of these boats would be taken out of service as the new beast goes into service. But tendering would be a nightmare unless they could have 5-6 embarkcation points on a side.

 

[Natasha]

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.

I was on the pre inaugural sailing of the Freedom of the Seas. Also a big ship.
Royal Caribbean told us about Genesis then. I have agree. I don't know how any of the ports can handle all these people at one time. It seems to be getting out of hand..even to me..a person who pays her bills by selling cruises.

 

[scubawife]

I was on the pre inaugural sailing of the Freedom of the Seas. Also a big ship.
Royal Caribbean told us about Genesis then. I have agree. I don't know how any of the ports can handle all these people at one time. It seems to be getting out of hand..even to me..a person who pays her bills by selling cruises.

I was pleasantly surprised with the Freedom when I got to see her at an inagural event in NYC. The designers do an amazing job of creating destinct areas on these mega-ships so when you're onboard you don't feel like you've been swallowed by a huge bemouth. The new ships coming out over the next 4 years from the mass-market lines are just getting ridiculous. The islands aren't getting any bigger... They really are floating resorts. In fact they are getting to be bigger then most resorts in terms of the number of guests. Pretty soon a Caribbean cruise will just be a week at sea because there won't be any ports that can accomodate these monsters.

 

[Natasha]

I was pleasantly surprised with the Freedom when I got to see her at an inagural event in NYC. The designers do an amazing job of creating destinct areas on these mega-ships so when you're onboard you don't feel like you've been swallowed by a huge bemouth. The new ships coming out over the next 4 years from the mass-market lines are just getting ridiculous. The islands aren't getting any bigger... They really are floating resorts. In fact they are getting to be bigger then most resorts in terms of the number of guests. Pretty soon a Caribbean cruise will just be a week at sea because there won't be any ports that can accomodate these monsters.

Ah..I came right after you and did the 2 day cruise to nowhere from Boston to experience the ship. Check my web site for the pix on the Freedom.

I agree with everything you said.

Not only will the cruise lines have to keep the ships at sea more days, they will figure out that they will make more money doing it..as then people will spend more in THEIR bars, In THEIR shops, and in THEIR casino. ( Even though they share the profits with the actual shop and casino owners)

 

[deepstops]

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.

The 150'+ beam will likely be a bigger issue than her 30' draft.

 

[blueeyes_austin]

"Look at the size of that thing!"

"Cut the chatter Red Two."

 

[drbill]

I have worked on eco-cruise ships (Lindblad Expeditions). Thank goodness they held a mere 70-110 passengers and gave them a quality experience with plenty of education tossed into the mix.

Here on Catalina we've seen two 2,000+ passenger cruise ships hit our tiny port of Avalon in the past. I know what it did for Avalon's quality of life, and can't imagine that of the passengers on board such a vessel could be that great.

 

[DiveMaven]

The huge classes of ships put into service in the past 10 years are why my husband and I are no longer interested in cruising. Our favorite ships were Celebrity's Zenith and Horizon with only 1300 pax on sailings. We also cruised back when there was only one other ship in port in Cozumel and we were the only ship to dock at Playa del Carmen where there was ONE resort! Sadly, that was only 1994 and oh how times have changed...and not for the better in this case.