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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEmpty cruise ships in the middle of the ocean are now tourist destinations
Empty Cruise Ships In the Middle of the Ocean Are Now Tourist DestinationsThey were once floating cities bustling with life, but now they're more like drifting ghost towns.
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Five times bigger than the Titanic and with an onboard giraffe sculpture that is the size of three Mini Coopers, Royal Caribbeans Allure of the Seas is now anchored off the coast of Englandempty. Moored in Poole Bay in the English Channel, the Allure is haunting and quiet, devoid of the frolic and fun that usually takes place on a cruise ship of this caliber. But interestingly, people are still flocking to it.
Enterprising Englishman Paul Derham, a former captain of the similarly-ghostly P&O Aurora, now owns a ferry called the Josephine. One day he decided to venture out and take a look at the ship he used to helm, and came up with the idea to offer tours around the dormant liners.
In July, he posted the idea on Facebook and promptly sold out the first two cruises in a matter of hours. A steady supply of ghost ship cruise customers have sailed the channel with Derham at $25 per person, visiting these ships as closely as they can without boarding, as shown recently during CBS This Morning.
A tour might include a slow circle around the Allure and the Aurora as well as Royal Caribbeans Anthem of the Seas and Jewel of the Seas; P&Os Arcadia; the Carnival Valor, and Cunards Queen Mary 2.
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Empty cruise ships in the middle of the ocean are now tourist destinations (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Nov 2020
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Throck
(2,520 posts)1. So put people on a smaller tour boat and let them get Covid?
I thought England was on a hard lockdown?
Demovictory9
(32,449 posts)2. ferry boats.. mostly you cling to outside railing
Throck
(2,520 posts)4. People must be desperate for entertainment.
Have the person next to you turn 90 degrees and sneeze in your ear.
Karma13612
(4,552 posts)3. So dormant ocean liners are
Now attractions.
From several feet away. Like a floating statue.
Mm-k, whatever floats your boat!
Blues Heron
(5,931 posts)5. Send them to the scrap yard
Those things are toxic
pwb
(11,261 posts)6. Sink them all.
Sickness traps and spreaders.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)7. Seems there are functional ways to make use...
of these ships. Rather than entertainment, or sitting dormant, they could be put to use in other ways for housing and hospitalization and quarantine needs perhaps. So much wasted space and resources all over the place.