Royal Caribbean Orders Largest Cruise Ship

rogue · February 6, 2006

Royal Caribbean International has ordered the world's largest and most expensive cruise ship, Europe's largest shipbuilder, Aker Yards ASA, said Monday.

The contract price for the new ship, designated Project Genesis, is 900 million euros - or about $1 billion - making it "the most valuable ship ever ordered in the history of commercial shipbuilding," the Oslo-based group said in a statement.

The company said the 1,181-foot ship will have a capacity of 5,400 passengers. Its size will exceed by 43 percent Aker's "Freedom of the Seas," which is to be the world's largest cruise ship when it is delivered to Royal Caribbean in April.

The newly ordered ship is to be delivered in late 2009 after its construction at one of the group's Finnish yards, Aker Yards said.

JoeyandDavid · February 6, 2006

WOW... what else can i say ...WOW

Joanandjoe · February 6, 2006

Well, Joey, you could say what we say - YUCH!!! 3,000 is way too big, 5,400 absurd. That will overwhelm even large ports such as NYC.

DaCruzNut · February 6, 2006

Why not just take a smaller Caribbean island, put pontoons and motors on it and sail it through the other islands....

:grin: :grin: :grin:

eagleforest · February 6, 2006

Godzilla of the Seas or Kong of the Seas

Joanandjoe · February 6, 2006

Jeff and Eagle Forest, obviously we need a bigger class of ships than the Genesis class, such as the Stadium class. See our latest thread.

Joanandjoe · February 6, 2006

Someone on another board posted a picture of the tendering process for the new Armageddon of the Seas. Here it is: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/lc...N-9593R-002.jpg.

rogue · February 6, 2006

That will probably be pretty close. Can you imagine the lines for tendering on that ship? I'm sure they will have to tender in quite a few ports.

SueC · February 7, 2006

I read on another board that the dining room is something like 12 stories high. Nope...I don't even plan to see the interior of this monster. IMO in this case, bigger ISN'T better. On the other hand, if they drop anchor between two close ports, they can hit 2 at the same time...get off the ship and turn right, return for lunch, get off again and turn left...go to a different port. :shocked:

rogue · February 7, 2006

Imagine having a cabin eithere toward the bow or the stern, and having to get to the opposite end. I could see that nobody on this ship will gain weight.