View Poll Results: Is my ship design TOO big?
Yes, too big! Make her smaller!
7 77.78%
Maybe make her a little smaller.
2 22.22%
No way, she is fine the way she is.
0 0%
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Way too big, Curtis!
What port could handle her?
Haha, you will need small cruise ships to tender just to embark, and disembark!
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EEk, I clicked on the middle choice, but meant the "too big" choice (had a long day
). I'm not up on lengths, but my favorite ship so far has been the Sapphire Princess, which is about 115,000 gt. It seemed to have the right ratio of passengers to size and it didn't seem too crowded. We just can't see going on a ship bigger than this. I can't see any amenties the Sapphire didn't have that would make a bigger ship more attractive to us.
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She is way way way to large.
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For me in today's world...
Small is anything 90,000 tonnes or less
Medium is 90,000 - 150,000
Large is 150,000 +
This is only due to the sheer scale of Oasis of the Seas!
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Yes, small is becoming larger
I remember when small ships was under 50 000 tons.
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When I first got into ships I remember Carnival Destiny being huge...
Then Voyager Class from Royal Caribbean...Then Freedom...
Now they all seem small in comparison.
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I will keep her as is FOR NOW...she is, a future cruise ship.
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That ship is wayyyyyyyyyy too big for us!! The borough we live in isn't even that large.
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