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The first version of Ship Simulator was released in 2006 and was titled Ship Simulator 2006.The user can steer various ships, amongst others a Rotterdam water taxi, a container ship and even the ill-fated RMS Titanic, in various weather conditions and in three real-life harbours, which are Rotterdam, Hamburg and Phi Phi Islands in Thailand; a fourth harbour, New York City was later released as ...
The first large cruise ships were the Voyager-class from Royal Caribbean Group's Royal Caribbean International (RCI). These ships, which debuted in 1998 at over 137,000 GT, were almost 30,000 GT larger than the next-largest cruise ships, and were some of the first designed to offer amenities unrelated to cruising, such as an ice rink and climbing wall. [1]
Seaside-class ships are powered by a diesel-electric genset system, with four Wärtsilä engines driving GE Marine electrical equipment. [1] Main propulsion is via two propellers, each driven by a 20- megawatt (27,000 hp ) electric motor; four forward and three aft 3.1-megawatt (4,200 hp) thrusters allow for close-quarters maneuvering. [ 1 ]
Cruise ship classes are sets of ships that have similar tonnage, height, length, passenger capacity and accommodation. Belorussiya-class cruiseferry; Breakaway-class cruise ship; Concordia-class cruise ship; Conquest-class cruise ship; Destiny-class cruise ship; Dream-class cruise ship; Edge-class cruise ship; Excellence-class cruise ship ...
In May 2016, her second sister ship Harmony of the Seas became the new record holder with a length of 362.12 metres (1,188.1 ft), [12] and in March 2018, Symphony of the Seas, the fourth member of the Oasis class, became the new world's largest cruise ship with a length of 361.011 m (1,184.42 ft) and a tonnage of 228,081 GT.
MS Sovereign (formerly Sovereign of the Seas) was one of three large cruise ships of the Sovereign class operated by Pullmantur Cruises and formerly by Royal Caribbean International. When she was completed in 1987, Sovereign of the Seas was the world's largest passenger ship . [ 4 ]
Cruise lines operating in the Caribbean include Royal Caribbean International, Princess Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America, P&O, Cunard and Norwegian Cruise Line. There are also smaller cruise lines that cater to a more intimate feeling among their guests.
The Cruise (1998 TV series), a 1998 British fly-on-the-wall documentary series set on the Galaxy cruise ship that aired on BBC One; The Cruise (2016 TV series), a British reality television series set on the Regal Princess cruise ship that has aired on ITV since 2016 "The Cruise" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), a 2016 television episode "The Cruise" (Don ...