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This article is based on an account in the Daily Mail, so maybe some parts are true, and maybe not.
World's Largest Cruise Ship to Be Scrapped Before First Voyage
It may have cost around $1.4 billion to built, but the Global Dream II is destined to be trash.
By Andy Kalmowitz | Yesterday 4:00PM
The ship that would have become the worlds largest cruise liner has been scrapped before it ever had the chance to take its maiden voyage. ... If wasting wild amounts of resources and money is your type of thing, this is the story for you.
Global Dream II was slated to carry 9,000 passengers and was built by German-Hong Kong shipbuilding firm MV Werften to the tune of nearly $1.4 billion, according to the Daily Mail. It was nearly finished when the company went bankrupt at the start of this year.
Since that happened, no buyer has stepped up to buy the 20-deck, 1,122-foot-long monstrosity. That means its now destined for the scrap heap. The Mail says that Global Dream II also features an outdoor waterpark and a movie theater. Man, I really dont get cruises.
The capacity of this ship blows the second largest ship, the Oasis-class Wonder of the Sea which is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean, out of the water (I love a good pun). The Wonder of the Seas has a passenger capacity of only 6,988. Pathetic.
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Ocelot II
(124,772 posts)HUAJIAO
(2,730 posts)essaynnc
(907 posts)I'm sure you could get a good deal....
Botany
(74,170 posts)

mahatmakanejeeves
(64,671 posts)Tonnage: 150,695 GT
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History
Genting Dream was ordered as Genting World in October 2013 for Star Cruises. Construction began on 9 February 2015. In November 2015, she was transferred to sister brand Dream Cruises and on 19 August 2016 she was floated out of dry dock.
Global Dream II displaces 208,000 tons.
sanatanadharma
(4,074 posts)Most likely it would become high-society city rather than a homeless sea-side succor.
Mopar151
(10,290 posts)While rebuilding the onshore infrastructure.
GreenWave
(11,110 posts)To tour the Antarctic and laugh up close how it is melting? I got a good feeling Karma is waiting.

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