Thread: Project Genesis details unveiled

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Kind of have to look at an angle, balcony cabins on right, below looks like a brick area with loungers, pool, and loungers on the left with grassy areas, also may be covered with a dome.

Originally Posted by lmyren

It is going to be very interesting to follow the development. But towers, a cetral park???
I have to agree with you Char, its not enough ship but a city!!
Then again it is facinating too. I would probably try the ship if the Genesis was a short flight away.

It all reminds me of a drawing I saw of a ship, I think it was in the 80´s, with 4 tower blocks and being of "biblical proportions". It was a ship Knut Kloster of NCL wanted to build. If memory serves me well it was called Phoenix!!?????


They are deciding on names in May (!!???) I think.
So far those names has been choosen to the final,

Mosaic of the seas
Coronation of the seas
Oasis of the seas

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I know the size of Genesis reminds me of the Project Phoenix that the Norwegian Knut Kloster worked on for a long time.

You can read about the project here:
Phoenix - the largest passenger ship ever to be built (if it had been built)

Thanks for the link. celdish - and Welcome to CLF!

Hey Celdish, thanks for the photo and link!!!! - its super fantastic!!!!!!

Looks like the cruiselines are heading towards a ship like that. Thought I have to say that the Princess Kaguya is mabe taking it a bit to far for my cruising tast but it will be very interesting to see if the ship get build or not. 450 000 tons, 8400 passengers!!!!!

I remember Project Phoenix back in the 80's.
It was way ahead of its time but is was actually a little smaller than Geneses.
The vision was there.

According to info I received whilst on a cruise recently, ships can be built to almost any size. It's not the ships which are the problem, its the number of passengers and how to manage them. Imagine trying to tender 10,000 passengers with just lifeboat-size tenders?

Perhaps they should be ro-ro ships (roll-on roll-off) but instead of cars coming down the aft ramp, large ferry boats would be stored inside the ship and just rolled out for tendering.

The other problem is the immigration and customs handling of so many passengers and of course the baggage problems, not to mention special docks. I have a headache just thinking about it!! The hotel operation would probably not cause too much of a problem.

In fact, with such large ships, it is not inconceivable that we will return to the days of first and second class - and maybe third class!! Now that IS a controversial subject!!

Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas Media Center :: Gallery

Central Park _and_ Royal Promenade, below it. I guess.
This thing is big.

Originally Posted by Char

SHEER MADNESS!

Noooooo Char, Maritime Engineering Marvels.

We already have classes on current ships. NCL's Pearl and the courtyard cabins.
The QM2 and the Princess and Queens Grill cabins with their private restaurants and lounge.
Not as blatant is RCIs Concierge and Diamond Lounges.