Posted on 06/02/2026 11:14:57 AM PDT by dynachrome
Seas the day.
Plans are being put forward to create the world’s first-ever “floating city,” which would be powered by nuclear energy and have a capacity of 80,000 – dwarfing the finest cruise ships in the world.
Visions of the so-called Freedom Ship have existed since the 1990s, but they have been brought back to life once again – this time under Freedom Cruise Line CEO Roger Gooch, who told the Telegraph, “We feel very confident that we can put this together, but capitalization is key.”
Should it come to reality, the megaship would dwarf anything produced by the likes of Royal Caribbean or Carnival Cruise Line.
A proposed capacity of 80,000 people would dwarf Royal Caribbean’s $2 billion Icon of the Seas, which stands at a maximum of 7,600 guests and 2,350 crew members.
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What could possibly go wrong?
In the novel, a computer problem causes the sphere to become unmoored from its supporting structure; a huge rescue operation is described. The whole story was quite detailed and imaginative, at least to my 13-year-old self.
Plague
Exciting and new
Come aboard
We’re expecting you
The runs,
From norovirus
Let it flow, it floats back to you
The plague boat
Soon will be giving you the runs
The plague boat
Promises something for everyone
Set a course for the bathroom
Your mind on some clean new pants
Many years ago, National Lampoon published a great article on the proposed ocean liner U.S.S. Tyrannic. It was about 5000 feet long and other dimensions were in scale. 1972, I believe.
Man overboard!!!!
(it's not the fall, it's the sudden stop!)
“Plans are being put forward to create the world’s first-ever “floating city,” which would be powered by nuclear energy and have a capacity of 80,000 – dwarfing the finest cruise ships in the world.”
A nice test run for a habitat for Venus outpost.
Sounds interesting. Scary and angst filled though.
Just don’t try to get in to the buffet line at 6pm
Somewhere in the concept model you will find the names, "Fauci, Moderna, Pfizer, Gates, Bezos, Schwarz, and Soros"
The novel’s grand finale is a meteor strike on Earth; the meteor is called Flavia. Several attempts are made to try to ablate the meteor with a powerful laser on the moon, but this achieves only partial success.
LOL! You are bad!
I just hope Carnival Cruises isn’t running it.
Yes, and also the grifter coalition: Kerry, Gore, Pelosi, The Clintons, The Obamas, The Bidens, Al Sharpton, Gavin Newsome.
You win
Imagine drones loaded with viruses and not the computer kind.
The atmosphere of Venus is 96% carbon dioxide and the pressures at ground level would crush you into a flat pancake, not to mention the temperature of molten solder.................
I hope it’s not the same people who built the Titanic.
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