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The largest cruise ship ever built is about to go in the bin without a single passenger ever setting foot on board. If they really think this can work, they cou

The largest cruise ship ever built is about to go in the bin without a single passenger ever setting foot on board. If they really think this can work, they could do a PoC using that. Which, of course, they won't.

gregoriol 4y ago
What are you talking about? source?
- unklefolk 4y ago
  Maybe this? This isn't THE biggest cruise ship ever built though. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/world-news/one-worlds-largest-cruise-ships-24320880 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/world-news/one-worlds-lar...
  - RantyDave 4y ago
    Awww, I thought it was. Merely very big, then.
- tromp 4y ago
  https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cruise-ship-worlds-biggest-scrapyard-b2108536.html https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cruise-... https://interestingengineering.com/culture/9000-passenger-cruise-maiden-voyage-scrapyard https://interestingengineering.com/culture/9000-passenger-cr...
  - rkagerer 4y ago
    plans also included the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) for many customer-facing services while also using facial recognition systems to minimize queueing Not sad to see that bit scrapped.
- cannam 4y ago
  Global Dream II https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/01/global-dream-ii-worlds-biggest-cruise-ship-faces-scrap-before-voyage-17284853 https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/01/global-dream-ii-worlds-bigges... It's a sad story from many angles - technical, environmental, political, economic.
Ekaros 4y ago
I don't think that ship is anything special. Or revolutionary. It is just that company run out of money before getting to expensive part that is interior.
ravenpi 4y ago
Psst: and, apparently, just hours ago, removed from said bin by a giant rat: https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/28788-disney-cruise-line-acquires-unfinished-global-dream.html https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/28788-disney-...

gregoriol 4y ago

What are you talking about? source?

unklefolk 4y ago
Maybe this? This isn't THE biggest cruise ship ever built though. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/world-news/one-worlds-largest-cruise-ships-24320880 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/world-news/one-worlds-lar...
- RantyDave 4y ago
  Awww, I thought it was. Merely very big, then.
tromp 4y ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cruise-ship-worlds-biggest-scrapyard-b2108536.html https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cruise-... https://interestingengineering.com/culture/9000-passenger-cruise-maiden-voyage-scrapyard https://interestingengineering.com/culture/9000-passenger-cr...
- rkagerer 4y ago
  plans also included the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) for many customer-facing services while also using facial recognition systems to minimize queueing Not sad to see that bit scrapped.
cannam 4y ago
Global Dream II https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/01/global-dream-ii-worlds-biggest-cruise-ship-faces-scrap-before-voyage-17284853 https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/01/global-dream-ii-worlds-bigges... It's a sad story from many angles - technical, environmental, political, economic.

Ekaros 4y ago

I don't think that ship is anything special. Or revolutionary. It is just that company run out of money before getting to expensive part that is interior.

ravenpi 4y ago

Psst: and, apparently, just hours ago, removed from said bin by a giant rat: https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/28788-disney-cruise-line-acquires-unfinished-global-dream.html https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/28788-disney-...