Project Genesis Will Be The World's Largest Cruiseship

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Feb 7th 2006 at 3:03PM

It's like nothing that has ever been built. We've watched cruise ships get larger and larger and now Royal Caribbean International has ordered the world's largest and most expensive cruise ship. Aker Yards in Finland will be making the new ship, currently known as Project Genesis. The ship will cost around $1 billion, making it the most expensive ship ever ordered. It will be a 1,181-foot ship and will hold 5,400 passengers. The massive ships will be 43% larger than the current behemoth, Aker's "Freedom of the Seas," which will be the world's largest cruise ship when it is delivered to Royal Caribbean in April. The new ship should be delivered in late 2009.

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James Goldstein Mar 1st 2006 1:56PM

I think making ships larger and larger will adversely effect the ports of call visited. Small Carribean Islands are already choking. This is the homoginization of what was a luxury travel vacation. Do we really need to declasse cruising?

Dave Horowitz Mar 24th 2006 1:15AM

The larger cruise ships are good for first time cruisers that are weary to leave behind the luxuries of land. Bigger ships offer more possibilities and activities for the passengers. They are also much more stable than smaller ships, so this compensates for people getting sea sick more often. Some people also prefer the larger ships because there is much less of a possibility of running into the same people over and over again. People go on cruises to escape and to relax. Big ships are better for that for people that don't want to worry about anything. Smaller ships usually promote being social and making your own activities with the friends and fellow passenger you meet.

Raymond Johnson Apr 4th 2006 4:05AM

I have sailed on many ships, including the QE2 and QM2 and there is nothing like the big ships of Royal Caribbean (Yoyager Class). There is more open space per passenger than any other ship. The quality vs. cost is phenominal. The food is great and so is the entertainment.The ice show is just incredible!! That's right, a scating rink onboard!! It's a small rink of course but the show is great and you can scate yourself if you wish during the day. It's saying something when Royal Caribbean is rated higher than Cunard (QE2 and QM2) in Traveler magazine. The "Wow" factor on these ships is fantastic. When you first see the main dining room with its $500,000 chandelier and sweeping staircases you know you've made it. The 400 ft. long Royal Promenade in the middle of the ship (It's IN the ship) is amazing. The 2 11-deck atriums are wonderfully uplifting. I am not a travel agent but if I were I'd constantly recomment these ships. They are always full in every cruise. I can't say enough!!! I'm on the Freedom of the Seas this August (Royal Caribbean of course). This ship is larger yet and promises to thrill me even more. No ship can match these for family activities. Just check out their web site for Freedom of the Seas and tell me they don't encourage family cruising!! Their site is RCCL.com. Happy cruising!!!

George Taylor Apr 16th 2006 5:48AM

In the event of an emergency how do they propose to get 7,500 people off the ship quickly and safely?

Barbara Apr 26th 2006 2:06PM

Bigger doesn't necessarily mean better! I just got off a Carribean Princess cruise and as grandeous as it was to look at,I'm convinced that more people equates to more waiting in lines and looking for lounge chairs by the pool, tables to eat at, bathrooms to wait in line for, waiting for the life rafts to go ashore to the islands while some people are already returning to the ship to reserve those lounge chairs by the pool again, even more waiting for your section to be called to dissembark long after your luggage only to wait to retrieve it again later. If ships really need to get so big that we cant feel the gentle rocking-why bother to cruise? Stay on dry land in a nice big hotel by the sea--besides, with the cost of fuel these days it will probably cost a lot less!

Chang Yong. Hahn(Ph.D/Naval Architecture) May 2nd 2006 1:57AM

The 1,112feet(364m) LOA(length of all) of Genesis class is a wrong information, I think.
With the 1,112feet LOA, to make the G/T(gross tonnage) 220,000 is very hard, in case of cruise ship.
In my rough calculation, for the G/T 220,000's cruise ship, the LOA to be more than 380m(1,246feet), I believe.
Please ask the exact technical informations(principal data)again to the builder, Aker Finn shipyard.

Michael Goodfellow May 5th 2006 5:04PM

I recently took my first cruise on Holland America's Zaandam, which is considered to be a smaller ship.

Personally, I would rather take a trip on a ship like the Zaandam again since there were no lines to speak of and the crew on board seemed to treat you a little better.

For people who are so scared about the ship rocking...I was very sensitive to it and didn't have a single problem. Dramamine patches were available on the ship, although I didn't need to use one.

This ship will have the same problem that the Airbus A-380 is dealing with. The Airbus will have a limited number of airports that are currently ready for it. There will probably be even fewer ports that can handle this ship.

I would like to see it when it launches, though.