Posted on 02/21/2022 10:12:22 PM PST by BenLurkin
Measuring a staggering 1,188 feet, Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas was delivered last month and is due to begin its maiden voyage from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the Caribbean on March 4.
The 18-deck cruise ship was built at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and has capacity The ship will begin operating five- to seven-night cruises from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the Caribbean in March before launching Western Mediterranean cruises from Barcelona and Rome in May.
Wonder of the Seas comprises eight neighborhoods, one of which contains over 20,000 real plants, and its on-board features include what's described as the "tallest slide at sea," as well as a 10-deck-high zip line and a huge poolside movie screen.for 6,988 guests and 2,300 crew members.
The fifth and newest of Royal Caribbean's Oasis Class vessels, Wonder of the Seas is one of several brand new cruise ships that are set to hit the waters in the coming weeks and months.
Discovery Princess, the newest addition to the Princess Cruises fleet, was handed over at the Fincantieri Shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy.
Meanwhile, Disney Wish, the first new cruise ship Disney has built in ten years, is due to be delivered this summer, while Silversea Cruises' new luxury cruise ship Silver Dawn is scheduled for a spring debut.
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From those pictures, it looks like you pay for the privilege of spending time in a shopping mall with a food court.
Nearly 7,000 passengers and 2,300 crew.
8 ‘hoods’ on a floating city where you have to be vaxxed and boosted?
I’ve had the pleasure of having my passport expire during the scamdemic so I wouldn’t have to get dragged into cities like that..
My wife said this picture reminds her of the dining room in the Poseidon Adventure, LOL!
Those pictures make the Titanic look like a slum…
Where are the oars? Doesn’t it have to have oars?
Yes, which has to be costing them business; it's certainly costing them mine. Odd, because these companies have taken a real shellacking over the last couple of years. But blind ordoxy is more important than profits, apparently.
I am amazed the creditors who have loaned the big 3 cruise lines BILLIONS of dollars to stay the course continue to do so for 2022 when the lines have alienated so many unvaccinated cruisers, and once they get by the "pent up demand" and face a recession will have to cut back on their cruise ships, in my humble opinion. -Tom
Lol!
That’s fair (”you haven’t been”) but nothing about it calls to me. I have been watching YouTube videos of trains, gondolas, alpine coasters and “the hills are alive” of Switzerland and it calls to me big time. Different strokes.
That sounds good. I watch too many videos of mega waves (cruise ships, tankers, oil rigs) and there’s a pretty big pucker factor there for me. Two things God created strike terror in me, the ocean and deep forests. The seeming infinity of both. The power to swallow you up and disappear you.
True but the higher priced cruises tend to keep out the riff-raff.
Is that for the White House or congress?
I too was afraid of deep water…sheer terror (but I knew how to swim). Then I force myself into scuba classes when I was assigned to Hawaii. My fear was conquered!
Cool. Maybe I should try that. Thanks.
Now there's a happy thought.
Breeding container for Legionnaires disease and the chicom virus...
It’s how our erstwhile masters think.
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