2 dead after wave smashes into cruise ship (video)

Mar 03, 2010 0 Comments by nathan

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A 26-foot wave smashed into a cruise ship carrying nearly 2,000 people in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers, according to officials and news reports.
Another six people suffered light injuries, the Greek coast guard said in a statement. The victims were identified as a German and [...]

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Largest cruise ship battles heavy Atlantic seas (video)

Nov 08, 2009 0 Comments by nathan

The Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas caught some nasty North Atlantic weather as she made her way across the pond towards Port Everglades, FL for her first voyage with passengers.  She is crossing without passengers as preparations continue on board with various contractors and workers continue last minute projects.  Royal Caribbean has been posting [...]

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Cruise ship blimp goes into the drink

Jun 16, 2009 0 Comments by nathan

Well, it was a short lived, but useful trial.  Apparently the blimp that the new Royal Caribbean cruise ship Oasis of the Seaswas testing detached and fell to the ocean during sea trials.  Kudos to Royal Caribbean to having the patience to test this endeavour before putting passengers aboard.  For our previous article on the blimp trial, [...]

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Blimp on a cruise ship?

Jun 08, 2009 0 Comments

A blimp on a ship? Sort of. I came across these photos of the newly built Oasis of the Seas testing the feasibility of deploying an aerostat or tethered balloon. The world’s largest cruise ship afloat was conducting sea trials and added testing the feasibility test of a tethered balloon to the extensive 3-day sea trial period off the shores of Turku Finland

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Passengers threaten revolt aboard P&O cruise ship

Mar 29, 2009 0 Comments

I was amazed to see this one come across the news wires .  Apparently, passengers on board the P&O cruise ship AURORA are not satisfied with their luxury around-the-world voyage.  In fact, they are comparing it to being in prison!  Their beef against the Captain centers on the fact they have only visited 2 ports [...]

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