New Ships & Hopes

As you may have noticed recently there are many new ships being built or being planned right now in the cruise industry. You got “Project Sunshine” of RCL, “Project Breakaway” of NCL, Royal & Regal Princess of PCL, Carnival Breeze of CCL, P&O’s new ship in 2015, Celebrity’s Reflection and Silhouette, Viking River’s new Viking Prestige, and the list goes on and on. I remember reading in Berlitz Guide to Cruising 2011 something saying, the next 5 or so years of shipbuilding will be nothing but “clone-mode” ships, no new builds on the horizon. I’m just glad these cruse lines proved them wrong. I love to see a brand new cruise ship announced, because then I follow it through all of it’s building stages, from planning, to building, and to finally delivery. My favorite one to ever follow was probably Oasis of the Seas. I found out about Oasis probably around 2007 when it was first starting construction and it was mostly in the planning stages. I saw a video of some of the construction, and I though to myself, “This ship will never be completed, it’s impossible! It’s to big, and they will run out of money before they can finish it!” That was before I knew Royal Caribbean was building it, and boy did they show me! My only hope with these new ships is that they are innovative. I really hope these cruise lines can think of some fresh ideas for these new ships, not just copy the features they may already have or features from another cruise line. Here is a quick list of some of my most favorite innovations on ships in the past few years…

• Ropes Course – Carnival Magic
• Zip Line – Oasis & Allure of the Seas
• Waterpark w/ Tube Drain Slide – NCL Epic
• Red Frog Pub –  Carnival Magic

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