Royal Caribbean Signs Letter of Intent to Build New Generation of Ships

[negc]

Thought their relationship with the last yard was so solid after allure. Really surprised they are using someone else, but considering all the yards really do is assemble the ship guess it doesn't really matter.

 

Both Meyer Werft in Germany and STX in Finland have excellent records for producing quality ships and delivering them on budget and on, or ahead of, schedule. I imagine that with the lack of many outstanding cruise ship building contracts, RCI decided to go with the yard that offered the best price and which they believe is capable of building a ship that meets their standards.

[Murphs]

So here is a thought on "Project Sunshine". Given RCCI's history of bringing cutting edge innovations to the cruise industry, and their involvement with programs to preserve the environment, and the upward trend in fuel costs, do you think it is possible that Project Sunshine refers to a solor powered or hybrid vessel? Just a thought, it seems that it would make sense out of the name.

 

Mike

[BAPON]

Let's remember that RCCL owns Celebrity and they have a winner in the S-Class from Meyer Werft. They also had their Radiance Class ships built there. Having sailed on RCCLs Jewel of the Seas (Radiance class) and Celebrity's Solstice (S class) the ships share some nice design features. My favorite is the Solarium and the aft bars. Radiance is much smaller, 90,000 tons, 2,500 passengers, vs S-class 122,000 2,850 passengers. Sunshine appears to be nearly 70% bigger than Radiance and about 40% bigger than S class. Personally I think S class is just the right size.

[orville99]

So here is a thought on "Project Sunshine". Given RCCI's history of bringing cutting edge innovations to the cruise industry, and their involvement with programs to preserve the environment, and the upward trend in fuel costs, do you think it is possible that Project Sunshine refers to a solor powered or hybrid vessel? Just a thought, it seems that it would make sense out of the name.

 

Mike

 

Highly doubtful, considering that a 1 square metre solar panel under ideal conditions produces about 200 kWh of electricity per year (a 2,000 square foot house averages between 1000 and 2000 kWh/month), you'd need one heck of a lot of panels to provide enough energy to power a ship.