The Florida-based firm is hoping to find investors for its unique $10 billion project, a 1.4-kilometer floating city. The vessel, which received the name "Freedom Ship" ("Ship of Freedom"), should be the largest ever built by mankind and has no analogues. It is designed to be a completely autonomous place to live, heal, work, study, relax and have fun.
The project includes the equipment on board the "Freedom Ship" of apartments, clubs, art galleries, a park, a circus, ponds with waterfalls, large marine aquariums and many other various places for entertainment and recreation. It will be the largest duty-free shopping area with a giant shopping mall. The superstructure of the ship, consisting of 25 decks, will provide space for libraries and schools, sports clubs and fitness centers, hospitals and medical centers, shops and banks, offices and light industry.
As a cruise ship, the Freedom Ship will continuously follow the same route around the globe, visiting most coastal areas around the world. Equipped on it upper deck runway strip and an airport to meet and service helicopters and small private aircraft, as well as its own fleet of yachts, boats and submarines, would help passengers to easily cross from or to shore.
According to the plan, the city will have a length of 1,370 meters, a maximum width of 229 meters, a height of 107 meters and a displacement of about 2.5 million tons. It will accommodate 100,000 people, including 80,000 passengers and guests, as well as 20,000 crew members and a attendant. The hotels will provide permanent accommodation for 10,000 people.
The developers believe that the whole idea of the autonomous floating city project should be based on four main components. First of all, it is a commercial area with the necessary number of jobs, able to satisfy the needs and interests of the entire population on board the ship. The second is the corresponding transport infrastructure to ensure the daily movement of goods and people. The third is a powerful all-level educational sector with highly qualified professionals. Finally, a healthcare system with a sufficient number of medical posts and clinics should be organized on board the floating city. If the Freedom Ship territory receives these four "keys", the city will live and prosper, and the value of business and housing in it will grow exponentially.
Speaking of the safety of a ship of such unprecedented dimensions, the developers assure that, with a flat hull length of 1,370 meters and a width of 229 meters, "Freedom Ship" will have unsurpassed stability, ensuring a smooth ride in the roughest seas. As additional measures, it is planned to equip about 600 isolated and individually controlled sections with water and air inside the hull.
Having completed a multi-year design phase, the Freedom Ship team is currently trying to find investors to realize this extraordinary project. “It will be a very difficult project to capitalize, and world economy in the past few years has not been very interested in unproven progressive projects like ours,” said Freedom Ship Project Manager Roger M. Gooch. "[But] we've seen a lot of interest in the project over the last six months and we're hoping to raise US$1 billion to start construction." The total cost of the project is estimated at US$10 billion.
© Text: Egor Lanin, ruYachts Magazine, 2014
© Photo source: press materials
The Royal Caribbean cruise ship Harmony of the Seas is simply amazing. It looks more like a complete resort town than on a cruise ship. In terms of luxury, amenities and comfort, it surpasses most five-star hotels.
New a cruise ship Harmony of the Seas embark on your first cruise in 2017 and offer your guests a unique experience never seen before. According to Royal Caribbean, this will be a completely new cruise experience. Until Harmony, most big liner was "Allure of the Seas", which translates as Charm of the Seas. 
The cruise liner Harmony of the Seas is divided into seven different areas, which will allow guests to enjoy different types of recreation at any time of the day. Here you can ride the Flowrider surf simulator, climb the rope, take a walk in the central park, watch a movie in a 3D cinema, or have fun at a full-fledged carnival. 
Able to comfortably accommodate 6,360 guests and 2,100 crew members, the cruise ship Harmony of the Seas is designed to be a complete floating city. Already, all the places on the first cruises are booked, as too many people want to appreciate the full luxury of the new ship. After launching, the liner will undoubtedly add to the list of the most
You can travel by different means of transport: by land, by air, and by water. Each tourist chooses the direction of recreation that best suits his mood and goals. If you love the water element, you do not have seasickness, then you will definitely be interested in a sea cruise: this unforgettable experience for life.
Beautiful, fantastic and the largest liner in the world today is the sea cruise ship “Oasis of the Seas” 5 *, which was first launched in 2009 in Finland. It is five times the size of the Titanic and cost $1.5 billion to build.
Dimensions of the liner "Oasis of the Seas"
Dimensions: length -361 m, width -66 m, and the most high point ship to the water level-72 m;
displacement: 22 thousand tons;
team: about 2200 people;
capacity: up to 5400 passengers;
power: 3 screws at the bottom of the ship, each of which has a capacity of 27 thousand horsepower.
Liner infrastructure
On the liner "Oasis of the Seas" all conditions for comfortable rest are created. The maintenance staff is ready to offer the safest, most environmentally friendly, unforgettable vacation in the embrace of the water element. The infrastructure of the liner is so diverse that it is easier to name what is not here than to list everything. Rest on the ship "Oasis of the Seas" is a combination of the hectic life of Las Vegas and the silence of New York.
For example, on one of the promenade decks you can see real streets, and even a miniature of New York's central park, where live trees and other green exotic plants grow: the aromas are very charming.
And if you want to have a good time in the evening, you can visit a cafe or a restaurant, of which there are more than two dozen different cuisines on the ship. It offers tourists: night clubs, a disco for children, a fitness club, a spa, a solarium and a jacuzzi, a golf club, a water park with a water arena, a skating rink, 20 spacious swimming pools. You can watch the marine inhabitants of the abyss on board the liner in special glass rooms.
For vacationers there is a theater that can accommodate up to 1300 spectators. Spectacular performances take place here daily during the day and at night. For gambling people there is a casino. On the liner you can practice your favorite sport. It provides for: volleyball and basketball courts, climbing walls, a golf course, bowling and a deep pool, and for children there are special attractions and a kindergarten.
And to make it easy for vacationers to move around the decks, all the infrastructure elements of the ship are equipped with interactive information screens. With such navigation devices, you will definitely not get lost.
The work of the staff is so well coordinated on the ship, and every event is so thought out that every day is a holiday here. The cruise lasts 8 days, but time flies very quickly, and the impressions of a sea cruise remain forever.
Cabins of the liner
To the attention of vacationers there are 37 price categories of cabins. The cheapest cabins are standard, and the highest level of aerobatics are royal suites with a piano in the living room. In general, the ship has 16 decks and 2,704 cabins of various categories.
The liner "Oasis of the Seas" cannot go unnoticed: it is a modern embodiment of human desires and the achievements of science and technology.
Liner Allure of the Seas and Victor
Allure of the Seas - "The Charm of the Seas"
Today's trip, or rather a cruise, will take place on one of the largest ships in the world - the liner Allure of the Seas.
My cousin Victor continues to share memories of his journey.
In and we have already visited with him - he was there in September last year quite realistically, but we - virtually, according to photographs and his previous stories. I will continue my interview started in previous articles.
Victor, did you imagine the dimensions of the Allure of the Seas liner?
Tanyusha, we live in the era of the Internet, and before flying to New York and then to Miami, of course, I collected all possible information about the future cruise.
I learned that the Allure of the Seas liner is considered to be one of the largest in the world today cruise ships. It is 5 centimeters longer than its similar counterpart Oasis of the Seas, and only 2 centimeters shorter than the Harmony of the Seas liner, built after it quite recently, but not yet launched.
It rises 65 meters above the sea waves, Allure of the Seas is 360 meters long and 64 meters wide. It's like three football fields by area!
The first time I saw both ships at once - Oasis of the Seas andAllure of the Seas in their home port of residence, near Miami (about 45 km.), Fort Lauderdale. From there our cruise began.
In the port of Fort Lauderdale
I even took my breath away! Ah, what beauties! Look like two twins. The liners were built at the shipyards Aker Yards. This is in Finland. The ships are almost brand new, built recently. The Allure of the Seas liner was launched at the end of November 2010.
What feelings did you experience when you first saw this colossus with your own eyes, on which you had to travel all 8 days?
You understand, seeing a liner in a picture is one thing, and quite another live. He just charmed me. No wonder the name Allure of the Seas is translated as "Charm of the Seas". Imagine a floating city with skyscrapers somewhere in the 22-23 floors. I counted 16 decks, later I found out that 5400 passengers can walk on them. And all this colossus is served by the ship's crew of 2384 people.
Allure of the Seas, aft
They have a lot of work, only 2704 cabins, and also a huge number of various entertainment and recreational facilities and complexes. There is a theater, an aquatheatre, an ice skating rink, 4 swimming pools, 10 hot tubs, a jacuzzi, carousels, Spa-salons. Even a mini-golf course is provided, not to mention volleyball and basketball courts, climbing walls, treadmills and various exercise equipment.
But what can I say, if there are three streets on the ship itself: Central Park with living trees and plants is the main street.
There are shops, boutiques and many bars. Then a 3-story street - with restaurants, cafes on the lower two floors and cabins on the third.
And also a bar that changes its location, something resembling an elevator.
From the world of fantasy.
You will only see this in fantasy films. I'm not talking about casinos, nightclubs and jazz clubs! In a word - everywhere chic and shock from everything you see!
Wow! So is it possible to get lost or lost there?
You can, but many take special iPhone identification bracelets, they are especially popular with parents with children.
There is expanse for children - there are playrooms where they can play different professions, something like the one you talked about when you were in Dubai. all sorts of playgrounds, children's theater, teen discos, a laboratory with scientific experiments - where children comprehend the secrets of the world.
But the most important thing is that characters from popular cartoons are walking around on the ship: Shrek, Kung Fu Pandas and Madagascar. Children squeal with delight, having met them by chance.
cartoon characters
Did you feel the pitching and how did you endure it.
The ship is so big that there is absolutely no pitching! Its weight, or more correctly, its displacement is 226 thousand tons, and the power of all diesel plants is 132 thousand horsepower. This is somewhere like 500 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 SUVs! You know how strong a storm needs to be to rock it.
And how is the service on the liner, was the safety of passengers respected?
Service at the highest level. We have a steward in our cabin, or whatever he is called there, every day he built funny birds out of towels.
In the cabin, a towel can hang like this
And on the bed - he left funny little animals.
Did you meet the elephant?
He was very helpful and attentive, as well as the entire crew of the liner.
The safety of passengers was very closely monitored, because among such a huge number of tourists there were sometimes "acrobats" who took a little too much in the bar, or overheated in the sun. But, it should be noted that in general the audience was respectable.
Honorable audience on board
Victor, not only those who won some kind of competition and whose expenses were paid by the insurance company were sailing on the liner. There were just tourists. Do you know how much it cost them approximately to cruise on this ship?
Somehow, walking along the deck, I got into a conversation with a couple of pensioners who speak Russian. They come from the Union, but have long been living in America. They said that they paid a little more than 4 thousand dollars for the cruise.
True, it can be cheaper, or it can be more expensive - it all depends on the class of the chosen cabins.
Cabins on the right, cabins on the left
They had a cabin with an ocean view. Interior cabins cost significantly less. It should be borne in mind that in September and April prices are lower than at other times of the year. And on big holidays: New Year, March 8 - prices almost double.
How were you fed, what surprised you?
The food was very tasty. They offered several dishes to choose from. There were seafood, and meat dishes, and different kind pastes. And the fruits are such that many I have not eaten before, have not seen, and have not heard about them.
Haiti, Haiti. We are well fed on the ship
Didn't you have the feeling that luxury liner can repeat the fate of the Titanic, which at one time was also the largest liner in the world?
It didn't even cross my mind! The liner is so reliable, because it was built by top-level professionals, and there are enough lifeboats hanging on the sides. 🙂
Um, as history shows, the ark was made by an amateur, and the Titanic was made by professionals. . What do you say to that?
There are different things in life, but for some reason the work of the master always looks better. Like it or not, boots are better sewn by a shoemaker. 🙂
I can see from the photos that you did not pass by the casino. Aren't you afraid to lose?
Well, I'm a positive person, you said it yourself. 🙂 So I thought positively, that's why I won. True, the amount was quite small, I did not take any more risks. In a casino, the main thing is to stop on time. It was just interesting to see the process of the game itself, to participate in it, to feel the atmosphere in which the player experiences adrenaline. You don't see a casino like this very often.
Where was your floating city liner going?
We sailed to Haiti, and then to Jamaica. Further the way lay to Mexico with a stopover in the port of Cozumel.
A real floating city!
Not so long ago, the largest ship in the history of mankind, the Harmony of the Seas, owned by cruise company Royal Caribbean International. The construction of the ship lasted two and a half years. A couple of days later, the Harmony of the Seas arrived in Southampton, England, from there on its maiden voyage to Rotterdam.
"Harmony ...", like other ships of the company (all of them have the prefix "... seas" in their names), will sail under the Bahamian flag and have a home port of Nassau. The ship will be based in Barcelona.
Much bigger than the Titanic
The dimensions of "Harmony ..." are striking: 362 meters in length (longer eiffel tower), 18 decks, displacement - over 200 thousand tons! Being a hundred meters longer than the infamous Titanic, it exceeds its volume by almost five times.
City on the sea
The vessel can accommodate up to 9 thousand passengers and crew members, a real floating city! There is even a helipad.
Bigger than any ship ever at sea
The dimensions of the ocean monster are amazing even when compared with the previous generation of marine record holders - the Quantum-class vessels of the same company.
Preparing for the big swim
A couple of days after leaving the shipyard in San Nazaire, the ship reached the resort of Southampton. After carrying out some adjustment work, the vessel was brought into normal operation.
Safety
Taking into account more than a hundred years of experience in sea cruises, and especially the sad fate of the Costa Concordia in 2012, the liner has been brought to a state of maximum readiness for incidents. The crew is carefully selected, exercises are regularly held, the number of seats in life-saving equipment exceeds the number of people on board.
Crew
The first crew of the ship will be 2,100 people from 77 different countries.
Passengers
"Harmony of the Seas" will accommodate up to 6780 passengers. Despite respectability, the ship is designed for passengers different incomes, the owner company offers very affordable prices for cruises, there are a number of promotional offers. More than 60% of the guests of the liners get on the vessels of Royal Caribbean International not for the first time.
Entertainment for every taste
Like other cruise ships, "Harmony of the Seas" has on board all possible types of entertainment for tourists. The ship will have five-star restaurants, a casino, a theater, an ice rink, and more. Even a chapel with a Catholic priest will work.
floating park
But even this was not enough: a real park the size of a football field was laid out on the ship! In addition to 52 trees and 48 vines, it will contain more than 10,000 plants.
Price
The cost of building the vessel exceeded one billion dollars, but, as the experience of the cruise business shows, this investment will pay off, and in a few years the cruise liner will begin to generate income.
Good luck!
After a trial four-day cruise, the ship will be relocated to the Western Mediterranean and will fly to the resorts of Spain, Italy and France on various routes.
Let's wish Harmony of the Seas fair wind!
