Friday 22 September 2023

The Icon of the Seas.


If your idea of a fun holiday is to board some sort of floating Benidorm, then this if for you!

This cruise ship (to be launched next year) will be the world's biggest. It will have 5,610 passengers, 2,350 crew members, 19 floors, 20 different styles of restaurant, 40 bars, 7 swimming pools, 9 hot tubs, and is 5 times the size of The Titanic. I believe it also has a huge waterfall. What fun people will have.


Just looking at the above photo makes me feel ill. It appears to be a cross between The Costa del Sol, Disney Land, and Barby's bathroom; could it be any worse?

If Gustave DorĂ©'s vision of Hell is not Hellish enough for you, just look at the above photo for a while. 

Will I be booking a trip? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

 

47 comments:

  1. It looks a trifle top heavy and definitely not meant for rough seas. Maybe Butlins-on-the-sea.

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    1. It looks dreadful. Worse than Butlins I should think.

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  2. It does look as though it could topple over in a strong wind.. Not for me.

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    1. Then all those screaming kids would be screaming even louder.

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  3. I'm with you, never been on a sea cruise, and never want too, it looks hideous.

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    1. Just imagine if some disease took hold; it's happened before, and it could happen again.

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    2. Norovirus would catch everyone on board.

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  4. After the chaos of Covid spreading so rapidly amongst tightly packed passengers, why would they think to build something so huge it carries hundreds MORE people??
    The picture actually looks more like a large toy one could float in a swimming pool and surround it with inflatable dolphins and sharks.

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    1. I just think it looks like my worst nightmare.

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  5. Stuck at sea with 8,000 others doesn't appeal at all.

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  6. How much will the sea level go up when they launch it? Will there be a Lego version? Instead of a cruise you could buy the kit for only £500 and spend 6 weeks making it.

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    1. I wouldn't want to swim in any sea it had passed through.

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  7. I watched The Poseidon Adventure and don't even like a X Channel ferry!

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    1. I am forced to use the ferry, but at least it's only 4 hrs.

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  8. Trouble with blogger - after No thank you! it should read - I have been on cruises in the dim distant past on much smaller ships.

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    1. I have never been on a cruise, and can't see myself doing so. My people once went on a world cruise, and said all they did was EAT.

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    2. If blogger hadn't messed up, I said that it wasn't my scene at all, but my husband enjoyed them. It was a trade off - a cruise one year and the next touring somewhere that suited me. The only advantage on a cruise is that you only unpack once!

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  9. I can't think of anything worse. It would be my worse nightmare.

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  10. They should change the name of that ship to H.M.S. Horrible. Even if they paid me to travel on it, I would refuse.

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    1. Just looking at the picture makes me love dry land even more.

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  11. Omg 19 floors , over 5000 passengers. Sheer hell

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    1. What were they thinking? They've built a nightmare.

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  12. Maybe Virgin has the right idea, no children on their ships. I have booked a trans Atlantic cruise for next spring.

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    1. No children would be a definite advantage. A trans-Atlantic cruise would hardly allow you two nights sleep; a much better idea.

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    2. Oh I want to take a trans Atlantic cruise. It is one of those things on my bucket list. It cannot be worse than the flight. I honestly thought that would be the end of me. The girl cross legged next to me meant I traveled with her knee in my lap for most of the trip.

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  13. We did a cruise, just one time, on a ship half that size. It wasn't horrible, the ship was beautiful, but we'll not repeat the experience. Just not my style to be herded around in close quarters with a couple thousand other people. Thoughts of being on board that huge ship you've shown gives me the shivers, but not in a good way.

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    1. My people went on a world cruise (The Oriana) and were bored stiff. All they did was eat, and came home about a stone heavier.

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  14. I can't believe no one else has said it yet, so I will: The Eyesore Of The Seas.

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    1. They would have to pay me; and even then I wouldn't go.

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  16. Like you, I would never consider a cruise on a ship like this. A private sailboat cruise is much preferred.

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    1. The four hour cross-channel ferry is enough for me.

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  17. Ok rallentdana , send me £1 0 and I will fix it

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  18. I love cruising, but dear me, I wouldn't touch that ship with a barge pole! Stuck with 7 thousand people would be my idea of hell. No thanks.

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  19. Absolutely Not!! I'm not big on cruises as it is and don't like crowds, so no way!

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  20. It is obscenely huge and an ecological disaster

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  21. I totally agree with you, Cro. My sister and BIL are fond of going on these huge cruise ships - personally, I would rather die than booking my holiday on one of these.

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