"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
They don't get much bigger than this one:

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http://tinyurl.com/98p9k


Tuesday, February 07, 2006
John Pain
Associated Press
Miami

-- Royal Caribbean International on Monday ordered the world's largest
and most expensive cruise ship, a $1.24 billion vessel that will hold up
to 6,400 passengers. It's the latest step in the industry trend of
supersizing ships, which delight many passengers but are too crowded for
other guests.

The ship, dubbed Project Genesis, will be 220,000 gross registered tons
when it is delivered to the world's second-largest cruise operator in
fall 2009 by Oslo, Norway-based shipbuilder Aker Yards. Gross registered
tons is a standard way to measure a ship's size and is a unit of volume
equal to about 100 cubic feet.

The ship will weigh about 100,000 tons based on displacement. A
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier comes in at about 97,000 tons.

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Just what I want to do...go on a cruise on a boat with 6,400 passengers.
Must be like a week in Las Vegas at one of the new monster hotels, except
you're stuck on a boat.


Embarkation will be a nightmare.