This follows the introduction of the newest "Super Cruiser," "The Oasis of the Seas" that is preparing to enter service in the Atlantic...
It is not yet carrying any paying passengers but when it goes into service next month, it will carry 6,300 of them, as well as its 2,100 crew...
To keep them busy, the ship has a 750-seat outdoor amphitheatre, an ice rink, golf course, an indoor theatre seating 1,300 people, volleyball and basketball courts, and several swimming pools....
Its manufacturers claim it will be the "most environmentally friendly cruise ship to date", discharging no sewage into the sea, reusing its waste water and consuming 25 per cent less power than similar, but smaller, cruise liners....
No sewage and reusing waste water? Sounds scary to me. But what of other implications. What of the effects on wildlife and terrains as it passes. But more importantly to the travelling fraternity, who really NEEDS to travel in a floating city? It is certainly beyond me...
For more on the news of this amphibious monster, please follow http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6484930/Worlds-largest-cruise-ship-to-enter-Atlantic.html
Barticus.
It is not yet carrying any paying passengers but when it goes into service next month, it will carry 6,300 of them, as well as its 2,100 crew...
To keep them busy, the ship has a 750-seat outdoor amphitheatre, an ice rink, golf course, an indoor theatre seating 1,300 people, volleyball and basketball courts, and several swimming pools....
Its manufacturers claim it will be the "most environmentally friendly cruise ship to date", discharging no sewage into the sea, reusing its waste water and consuming 25 per cent less power than similar, but smaller, cruise liners....
No sewage and reusing waste water? Sounds scary to me. But what of other implications. What of the effects on wildlife and terrains as it passes. But more importantly to the travelling fraternity, who really NEEDS to travel in a floating city? It is certainly beyond me...
For more on the news of this amphibious monster, please follow http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6484930/Worlds-largest-cruise-ship-to-enter-Atlantic.html
Barticus.
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