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Plans for ‘floating city’ that would carry 80,000 people dwarfing the finest cruise ships in the world
NY Post ^ | 6-2-26 | Chris Bradford

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor; Travel
KEYWORDS: 80kpeople; cqdsosmgy; floatingcity; unsinkable

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Sounds like a zombie movie setting.

1 posted on 06/02/2026 11:14:57 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

What could possibly go wrong?


2 posted on 06/02/2026 11:16:35 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dynachrome

Why am i getting visions of the homemade submarine that imploded trying to visit the Titanic??


3 posted on 06/02/2026 11:16:53 AM PDT by God luvs America
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To: dynachrome

Couldn’t pay me enough.


4 posted on 06/02/2026 11:19:34 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: dynachrome

Giant floating petri dish.....................


5 posted on 06/02/2026 11:20:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: dynachrome
Name it SS Return to Wakanda!
6 posted on 06/02/2026 11:21:29 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: dynachrome

“We feel very confident that we can put this together, but capitalization is key.”

Translation, it would be ridiculously expensive and we don’t have enough money.


7 posted on 06/02/2026 11:21:37 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: dynachrome

This is what Hank Johnson thought Guam was.


8 posted on 06/02/2026 11:23:03 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: dfwgator

This should be marketed to the people who frequent cruise lines.
Luxurious and inexpensive they could fit 11-12 ocean liners worth of passengers onto this single haven for opulence and worry free relaxation.


9 posted on 06/02/2026 11:23:34 AM PDT by daku
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To: dfwgator

LOOK! IT’s TAYLOR SWIFT!

Everybody runs to one side of the ship....................


10 posted on 06/02/2026 11:23:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: daku

Sounds like a good plot for the next Poseidon Adventure movie!.....................


11 posted on 06/02/2026 11:24:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: dynachrome

Let Lando Calrissian run it.


12 posted on 06/02/2026 11:26:40 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: dynachrome

I’m out. 80,000 idiots, half of them drunk, doesn’t sound appealing.


13 posted on 06/02/2026 11:26:57 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dynachrome

Can we name it Columbia?


14 posted on 06/02/2026 11:29:02 AM PDT by thescourged1 (Rush, is it time to panic yet? )
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To: dynachrome

In the classic tradition of FR, I did not read the article. Is it to be fixed/anchored in a single location? Or does it travel around the world like a giant inflatable pool raft?


15 posted on 06/02/2026 11:29:24 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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” next Poseidon Adventure movie!..”

Shhhh Don't give them any ideas.
Surprised it has not already been redone.
Yes I know there was a sequel.

16 posted on 06/02/2026 11:29:49 AM PDT by nomorelurker
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To: dynachrome

Some of the massive cruise liners are big enough.

For my taste, I’d rather take river cruise down one of the historic European waterways on a small, 80-passenger cruise boat. These seem much classier than Carnival chimpout ghetto ships.


17 posted on 06/02/2026 11:29:50 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: John Milner

It travels the high seas. Around the world every 2 or 3 years.


18 posted on 06/02/2026 11:30:11 AM PDT by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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To: Red Badger

Well to be honest I left out the part where it gets sunk


19 posted on 06/02/2026 11:31:57 AM PDT by daku
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To: dynachrome
I'm imagining 80,000 of them people twerking every night.

Twerking Drunk GIFs | Tenor

No Freaking Thanks.

20 posted on 06/02/2026 11:33:56 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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