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Biggest Cruise Ship For 6400 Friends
iami-based Royal required for interior finishing
Caribbean International, of the ship. Royal Caribbean
the world's second-largest contract with Aker includes an
cruise line, announced on option for a second ship.
February 6, 2006 that it had
ordered the largest and most Richard Fain, the chairman and
expensive cruise ship in the chief executive of Royal
world, a $1.24 billion vessel Caribbean said of Project
which can hold up to 6,400 Genesis, "It is exhilarating to
passengers. It is to be named take such a giant step into the
Project Genesis. future. Project Genesis truly is
a remarkable ship. Its bold
This ship, which is scheduled to design, daring innovation and
be completed in the fall of 2009 technological advancements will
by shipbuilder Aker Yards of delight our existing customers
Oslo, will be 220,000 gross and help us draw in new ones."
register tons. A gross register
ton, a standard measure of a Aker Yards Finland currently
ship's size, is a unit of volume builds Royal Caribbean's
equal to about 100 cubic feet. It "Freedom" class vessels. However,
is to be built at a Finnish the Project Genesis ship will be
shipyard. 43 percent larger than the
present recordholder, "Freedom of
Aker is to be paid 900 million the Seas", which is currently
euros ($1 billion) to build the under construction and scheduled
ship, making Project Genesis the to be finished by April 2006.
most expensive ship ever ordered
in the history of commercial The biggest ship currently in
shipbuilding. The $1.24 billion operation is the Queen Mary 2, at
figure includes all expenses 151,400 gross register tons. It
is owned by the Cunard Line, a Southampton to New York ranges
unit of the Carnival Corporation, from $1,817 to $28,000 per
which is the world's largest person, depending on the type of
cruise ship company. The cabin selected, as well as a
British-registered liner is 1,132 daily service charge.
feet long, more than 236 feet
high, and can hold 2,620 The original Queen Mary was
passengers. The QM2 is capable of launched in 1934 at Southampton
crossing the North Atlantic at a by the queen's grandmother --
speed of 30 knots. The 14-day Queen Mary, wife of King George
2004 maiden voyage from V. This ship was slightly more
Southampton, in southern England, than half the size of the new
to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on model. In the second World War,
January 12, 2004, was completely both the Queen Mary and its
sold out months before departure. sister ship, Queen Elizabeth,
were painted grey and served as
troopships, since they were fast
The QM2 has 17 decks which hold enough to outrun German U-boats.
five swimming-pools, sweeping Winston Churchill later stated
staircases, a grand ballroom, a that the military use of these
360-degree promenade deck and two ships shortened the war by a
many luxury shops. Cunard Line year.
built the ship in hope of
reviving the glamour of ocean The ship was retired in 1967 and
liners, whose mystique has sold to private investors. It is
largely been dispelled since jet now docked permanently as a
travel made trips across the seaside hotel in Long Beach,
Atlantic routine. California.
A one-way passage from The QM2 took the title of world's
largest cruise liner from Royal taller than the length of a
Caribbean's 1,020 foot-long football field and wider than two
Liberia-registered "Voyager of football fields put together.
the Seas," launched in 1999.
It would hold 18,000 condominium
As a sign of just how much units for full-time residents
passenger ships have increased in ranging from $180,000 to $2.5
size during this century, the QM2 million, including a small number
is three times the size of the of premium suites priced up to
Titanic, which at 46,300 tons and $44 million. 3,000 commercial
800 feet was called the "largest units for vendors would also be
movable object built by man" when offered in a similar price range.
launched in 1911. However, all For part-time residents, there
the giant cruise ships are will be 2,400 time-share units
comparatively tiny compared to and 10,000 hotel units. It will
the largest of all ships - a also hold a casino, a ferryboat
564,700-ton supertanker Seawise transportation system, a medical
Giant built in 1979, and now facility offering both Western
called Jahre Viking. and Eastern medicine as well as
preventive and anti-aging
A ship still in the planning medicine. A landing strip for
stage would dwarf all current small jets will cover the top. An
sea-going vessels : the Freedom onboard school will give students
Ship. It is essentially a plan a chance to take a field trip
for a floating city, a giant into a different country each
barge that would slowly circle week for academic purposes or to
the globe every 2-3 years. At compete with local schools in
4,320 feet (1,317 meters) long, sporting events. There will also
725 feet (221 m) wide and 340 be an International Trade Center
feet (103 m) tall, the ship is to give on-board companies and
shops the opportunity to show and idea for the massive ship, has
sell their products in a estimated it will take
different country every week. approximately three years to
More than 100 acres of outdoor complete once construction
Park, Recreation, Exercise and begins. So far, this ambitious
Community space have also been project has not been able to
planned. attract sufficient investment
funds to get off the drawing
Norman Nixon, who developed the board.
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