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[Doc Vernon]

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The largest liner yet, Royal Caribbean's Symphony of theSeas, was delivered today (Fri Mar 23rd) from France's STX yard at StNazaire.

A quickcomparison:

Titanic (1912) 46,329 tons 882 ft long 2,603 passengers
Queen Elizabeth (1940) 83,673 tons 1031 ft long 2,283passengers
Carnival Destiny(1996) 102,853 tons 893 ft long 2,642 passengers
Symphony of the Seas (2018) 236,963 tons 1188 ft long 6,680 passengers

[Doc Vernon]

There is an Article on her Vic

[Keith Tindell]

Certainly looks like they keep a lot of pigeons on her !!!!, the cruise companies in Europe are starting to struggle to fill the berths i believe, and so have to go ever cheaper, and cutting back any thing they consider luxury, i,d sooner spend 7 days in Parkhurst, i suspect the food would be better !!, kt

[cappy]

###aye keith you can pay a few grand ...get aboard ....get lost ...get novo virus.........get well then next day voyage complete ....then spend two years trying to get compen..........and they are fecin queuing to do it ...lol

[j.sabourn]

I always used to wonder how they got past the basic rules of the prevention of collisions at sea , where they state when referring to navigation lights , as, such lights shall be clear of all other lights and easily distinguishable. All you ever saw was just a mass of lights and had to search for sidelights and masthead lights. Wouldn’t have happened in wartime, even ashore would have had the ARP man shouting Put That Light Out. But in more down to earth terms. JWS.

[happy daze john in oz]

Quite amazing when you consider there are about 75 more cruise ships either under construction or planned.
Here in Oz we now have more than ever, from port Melbourne this season, October to April some 114 berthings.

[vic mcclymont]

###aye keith you can pay a few grand ...get aboard ....get lost ...get novo virus.........get well then next day voyage complete ....then spend two years trying to get compen..........and they are fecin queuing to do it ...lol

Cappy,I don't blame the ships,I blame the passengers.
Number of times I have seen people using the look and walk out without easing their hands.
Entry to most restaurants onboard you have to use a hand sanitizer as you enter, number of passenger that try to avoid is unbelievable..
Vic

[robpage]

i was in a high tech installation food industry a few years ago , motion sensor at urinal , had to be followed by motion sensor at sink ior wash your hands recording switched h

[Keith Tindell]

I think there are examples of bad hygiene everywhere, i was in the toilets on a motorway stop, one of the chefs in uniform exited the sit down kennel, and straight out the exit, no hand washing. Needless to say i did not eat there !! kt

[Ivan Cloherty]

I think there are examples of bad hygiene everywhere, i was in the toilets on a motorway stop, one of the chefs in uniform exited the sit down kennel, and straight out the exit, no hand washing. Needless to say i did not eat there !! kt

Had a similar incident Keith, found the manager and pointed the chef out, bluddy clown deserved to get the sack with all the people he put at risk

[cappy]

im morrisons supermarket iwas with pat buying meat ..out he came coughing and barking ..i gave him my order he decided to cough and splutter all over it ..he parcelled it and said anything else i said yes iether the manager or someone elst to serve me you have just spit all over the meat .....happily he shot out the back and another served me ..i am very wary about complaining as i have seen the result at sea of some junior engineer or mate ...saying my meets a bit fatty .........lol cappy