cruise ships of the future..very cool

http://cruisefever.net/0120-cruise-ships-of-the-future/

the pics are amazing. ill put my deposit down today

The telling part is in the first paragraph, where it says "most will never be built" and later, where it says only the MSC is possibly going to be built. If the MSC isn't under construction by now, it isn't going to make it's late 2017 launch.

Nice to dream about. Cool.

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Note the sources of each of the "concept ships": the first two, and the last one, were copied from TA websites that were using those ludicrous mock-up sketches as clickbait. Which the author of the article fell for. (And which will eventually get this thread deleted, not that it was me who expended the energy to click on the red triangle :o{)

The telling part is in the first paragraph, where it says "most will never be built" and later, where it says only the MSC is possibly going to be built. If the MSC isn't under construction by now, it isn't going to make it's late 2017 launch.

Currently constructed and being fitted out. She is due to enter service in December.

I like the large promenade decks as other cruise lines have made the excuse that regulations did not allow them to have promenade decks on new builds. MSC have the lifeboats under the promenade deck but how do you board, do they open a hatch and shovel you in? ;)

All of them are absurd monstrosities. Can't imagine me ever cruising on them.

DON

I don't give a flying fig what a cruise ship looks like on the outside, it's what's inside that counts. (Like most things in life).

Build one that looks like the Borg ship from the Star Trek series long ago for all I care. Just make the food great , the drinks strong, the beds comfy, and the hot tubs empty except for me, and I'm good.:)

All of them are absurd monstrosities. Can't imagine me ever cruising on them.

 

DON

Well, you are in luck. I have a very strong feeling that no one will be holding a gun to your head and forcing you to cruise on them. You won't have to endure anything you can't allow yourself to enjoy. ;)

As for the rest of us, it's fun to see what fantasy designs people come up with. Nothing wrong with having an active imagination. Life would be pretty boring without it. :D

Currently constructed and being fitted out. She is due to enter service in December.

 

I like the large promenade decks as other cruise lines have made the excuse that regulations did not allow them to have promenade decks on new builds. MSC have the lifeboats under the promenade deck but how do you board, do they open a hatch and shovel you in? ;)

I'm not aware of any regulation that prohibits promenade decks. The reason they have gotten smaller is so the internal, revenue generating spaces can be maximized. When the MSC lifeboats are slid out over the side, and lowered slightly, there will be open deck area where the boats were, so you will pass through a door out onto this "embarkation area".

Until Doc Brown invents the "Mr. Fusion" to turn food waste into nuclear energy, the cost of propelling these monstrosities (really, a round ship? Ever tow an inner tube behind a boat?) will place them out of range of 99.9% of cruisers.

]I'm not aware of any regulation that prohibits promenade decks. The reason they have gotten smaller is so the internal' date=' revenue generating spaces can be maximized[/i'][/b]. When the MSC lifeboats are slid out over the side, and lowered slightly, there will be open deck area where the boats were, so you will pass through a door out onto this "embarkation area".

 

Until Doc Brown invents the "Mr. Fusion" to turn food waste into nuclear energy, the cost of propelling these monstrosities (really, a round ship? Ever tow an inner tube behind a boat?) will place them out of range of 99.9% of cruisers.

The 'regulation' in question was apparently mentioned by fairly senior P&O staff when forum members questioned why Britannia did not have a promenade deck despite the company claiming it was built for the british market.

Does it matter in the 'post truth' era :rolleyes:

Of course it does.

I don't give a flying fig what a cruise ship looks like on the outside, it's what's inside that counts. (Like most things in life).

 

Build one that looks like the Borg ship from the Star Trek series long ago for all I care. Just make the food great , the drinks strong, the beds comfy, and the hot tubs empty except for me, and I'm good.:)

something tells me the squared off design wouldnt sail well in the water. but i'd be game. the star trek cruise could be on the borg ship instead of the jade

MSC Seaside (as currently envisioned):

https://www.msccruisesusa.com/en-us/Cruise-Ships/MSC-Seaside.aspx

MSC Seaside (as currently envisioned):

 

https://www.msccruisesusa.com/en-us/Cruise-Ships/MSC-Seaside.aspx

doesnt that pool look like a puddle? they still cannot get bigger pools on board

but i never go in the pool so thats ok with me

All of them are absurd monstrosities. Can't imagine me ever cruising on them.

 

DON

Agree.

We'll pass.

Until Doc Brown invents the "Mr. Fusion" to turn food waste into nuclear energy, the cost of propelling these monstrosities (really, a round ship? Ever tow an inner tube behind a boat?) will place them out of range of 99.9% of cruisers.

True, the tube design doesn't look very easy to move around.

Again I didn't do the market research the companies seem to be extremely good at, predicting precisely which cabins will be sold at what price in june 2024. I do think that ships might look like this in 10-20 years time because my wild guess is that families on a Disney ship choose the itinerary because they want Mickey Mouse when the kids are free and couldn't care less about the ports.

The huge "ship" could be anchored anywhere. Culture, shmulture, but 24 nm from land is perfect. People get there by another ship from Galveston (using American crew for PVSA reasons but it's a day trip so no towel animals or even cabins needed), stay a week, and sail back. Chocolate fountains everywhere, bigger shows, a huge casino, 280 bars, 157 restaurants, the biggest waterslide in the world, 24/7 cooking demonstrations, even enough passengers to organize a well-visited TEDx lecture about the ingenuity of 16th century chemists. All the best things of all ships combined into one gigaship and a lot more, combined with a passenger/crew ratio no landbased resort aimed at the "99%" could ever match.

The Freedom ship concept has been around for a couple of decades now, and is based on joining a bunch of barge hulls together, it's a complete pipe dream.

...it's a complete pipe dream.

Makes ya wonder what their smoking in their pipe.