JohnRBaker
Mechanical
- Jun 1, 2006
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Granted, this is not a classical 'engineering disaster' but when anything this outrageous is proposed, I would hope that at least one engineer would have pointed out that it might not be all that practical:
From record-setter to rubbish: World’s biggest cruise ship to be scrapped without sailing a single voyage
I can't imagine what it would be like to be on a ship with 9,000 other passengers. My wife and I have been on three cruises, the first was a cruise of the Alaska inside passage. About 2,000 passengers and it was fine.
The second cruise was a six-day barge cruise through the canal system from Strasbourg, France, up over the Vosges Mountains, to Nancy. 16 passengers and five crew, now that's the way to cruise.
Our last cruise was four years ago, a six-day island hopping cruise in Hawaii. About 3,000 passengers. Any more than that, and it would have been a real drag.
Anyway, if I never go on a cruise again, I won't miss it.
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
From record-setter to rubbish: World’s biggest cruise ship to be scrapped without sailing a single voyage
I can't imagine what it would be like to be on a ship with 9,000 other passengers. My wife and I have been on three cruises, the first was a cruise of the Alaska inside passage. About 2,000 passengers and it was fine.
The second cruise was a six-day barge cruise through the canal system from Strasbourg, France, up over the Vosges Mountains, to Nancy. 16 passengers and five crew, now that's the way to cruise.
Our last cruise was four years ago, a six-day island hopping cruise in Hawaii. About 3,000 passengers. Any more than that, and it would have been a real drag.
Anyway, if I never go on a cruise again, I won't miss it.
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without