Posted on 01/28/2024 5:43:31 AM PST by C19fan
The world's largest cruise ship has begun its seven-day maiden voyage from Port Miami - carrying nearly the population of a small city onboard.
The Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas set sail today on a seven-day island-hopping voyage in the Caribbean before returning to Miami.
The $2 billion ship runs nearly 1,200 feet (365 meters) from bow to stern and has 20 decks, 2,350 crew, 2,805 staterooms along with room for 7,600 passengers.
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My worst nightmare!
The future is evident…
To fill the cabins for each cruise, they will have to sell them cheap.
Low fares means a low budget buffett.
The customers who are attracted are the same kind who go to Disney and get into multifamily fights - regardless of race.
I’ll pass. But likely would have passed on any giant cruise.
Funny, me too. I never thought I would want to go on a cruise after my Navy hitch was up, but I have gone on a few.
The first one was a ten day cruise on the Nordic Prince with a couple we knew, and it was great fun.
All the ones I have gone on since then (maybe three) have not been as much fun.
I would NOT go on that thing. I am sure it is safe enough, but...too many people.
What carriers were you on? I spent time on the Kennedy, Eisenhower, Lexington, and FDR back in the mid-late Seventies...:)
And people pay money for it. SMH.
Basically, a floating Los Vegas/Disney World/6-Flags Water Park. No thanks!
Just checked the price points for cruises on the ship.
It really is the Titanic.
It’s got everything from First Class to steerage.
Wonder how closely the folks paying $200K will interact with the folks paying only 1% of that...
It's the truth, mind you!
No defensiveness there, eh?
(chortle)
Wonder how often it doesn't work that way...
How many life boats?
I bet they only have 1 crap table in the casino.
Too top-heavy, it won’t last long.
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No it is not.
All the equipment to run the ship is low below the water line. It may look like a lot but the stuff above the water line is relatively light.
Don’t take my word for it, there are many source on how this ship was built.
40 different reseraunts, dang, that’s a lot of grub! Would be interesting thouhg trying them out.
I went on a cruise ship with about 2500 passengers.
There’s not enough lounge chairs around the pools for even 1/3 of the people on board.
I have one other thing to say about cruise ships
NOROVIRUS
Just having fun with them. In fact, I was surprised to learn that the Coast Guard will not even allow a ship into our ports unless they’ve already shown that the design is stable...so they’ll be fine.
Ugly a hell, though.
It sets a record for ugly! I am amazed that the ocean even lets it anywhere near it!!
LNG explodes. Bunker fuel does not
That’s one fish I’ve never had- they say crappie are really good too, but I’ve not tried them either.
I used to love yellow perch or white perch- would sauté the eggs if there were any, and steam they perch filets. I used tO get bucketloads of them and got pretty good at fileting them. Steaming the filets gave them almost a shrimp-like flavor- everyone loved it that way.
We did a river cruise to Normandy. There were 120 people onboard and the food was sensational. No casino, no kids, no pools just pure relaxation and lovely people.
To be fol,owed by “arrange th3 deck chairs neatly if you would”
I wonder with a ship that seems to be extremely top heavy and relies on stabilizers to alleviate roll could survive if caught in a sudden storm and their “Active fins are controlled by a gyroscopic control system” system fails.
“””2,350 crew, 2,805 staterooms along with room for 7,600 passengers.”””
Nothing like spending a week vacationing with 10,000 people you will never see again.
Kinda like going to a NFL game and sitting with 100,000 people for a couple of hours.
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