We’ve talked a LOT about the project funded by Clive Palmer, the billiionaire Aussie who wants to construct an exact replica of the Titanic ship that went down into 12,000 feet of the Atlantic in 1915.
READ More about Clive’s efforts on our blogs. … and search on the site for numerous stories.
So now we learn the the project is back on his front burner.
Titanic II should have floated in 2016. Problems arose and things slowed WAY down. Maybe by late 2019 or into 2020.
His venture is called Blue Star... a play on the original White Star line. The Titanic II will have identical interiors and cabins. But it will boast modern systems. The ever-changing routing is now said to be Southampton to New York…just like the fateful trip.
It will burn diesel instead of coal, but will be graced with four fake smoke stacks. Oh, the real one was a “real” fake – it was there to look more powerful! Nine decks will hold over 840 cabins for 2,400 guests.
Titanic II will even have authentic gym equipment.
You can even enjoy first class, second, or suffer in a shared bath third class.
As things evolve, we’ll keep you posted. Although I doubt that speakers will be employed – it’s just too early to tell….but there will be a lot of sea days.
We can show you how to get free cruises for two on real – modern ships. Just give talks on interesting subjects. 45 minutes. The audience is generally older people who are retired. Make them fun and not classes. Soft mush topics don’t get accepted by the lines. We can help you with your topics.
Our program works – we have helped dozens of folks become cruise ship speakers. In fact, I leave this week for a cruise from Shanghai – to Vietnam. Cool – Oh yeah, free.
Send us an inquiry – you’ll get info and even a 15-min free chat. We’ll toss in a free e-book on all this.
The world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Holdings, now has a monster ship. How does 6,000 passengers sound? And 1,500 crew. Yikes! That’s a small city where I come from. Births, deaths … whatever you can imagine. The name is AIDAnova.
AIDAnova Carnival’s biggest ever ship
The beast cost shy of $1 BILLION to build. What do you get for your dollars? A an elevated rope course, three waterslides, 17 restaurants and 23 bars. A first – it will run on liquefied natural gas,
It’s a thousand feet long and displaces 180,000 tons.
AIDAnova will feature a real TV studio at sea, Studio X, where programming will be created right there … in front of hundreds. (Cruiser’s got talent?)
READ about Carnival’s first trip to Cuba: in 2016
For adventure, you can climb though a mini-forest (sans monkeys), lazy down a river or scream down any of three waterslides.
To kick back, “manana” style, The Beach Club, sports a Caribbean atmosphere. It is enclosed by a dome built such that the sun shines in but any rain doesn’t.
Read this. I’ll be careful not to have fat fingers….there is a 40,000 sq ft Spa. Stop and imagine how big that is. Again — 40,000!!
The first cruise will be in December 2018. It’ll hit the Canary Islands. You can join the fun for as little as $600 per person.
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If you‘ve been keeping up with the news lately you heard that a woman fell off a ship and treaded water for 10 hours. That is no typo – again TEN hours. Details on WHY are not public. This is the second person to fall off a ship of this cruise line in two months.
Brit Kay Longstaff, 46, after her miraculous ordeal.
The reality is that it’s the person’s fault – end of discussion. There are mandated railing all around the ship. But when a person has too much to drink and/or sits on the railing to get a selfish (I mean selfie) photo they can lose balance and over they go. 10 hours of treading water must be a record.
In 2016, nine people went overboard…that’s about one in nearly three million passengers. And yes, their fault.
So, are you confident in the crew to provide direction if an emergency happens? They are skilled. The team that searched for the woman found her about 2,000 meters from where she fell off the coast of Croatia. This is a rare occurrence – but what about more minor things?
Staff, including the housekeepers, are taught maritime safety rules and regulations, emergency signals and evacuation procedures.
Back story – Modern lifeboat design.
The most important device is the life jacket. Every crew member needs to know where to locate life jackets and to help passengers in putting them. The mandatory lifeboat drill is so very important, yet many passenger talk during it.
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