What would you put on a ship....

Rock climbing walls. Self leveling pool tables. Flow riders. Bowling
lanes. Ice skating rinks. Specialty restaurants. These and others are all
innovations that have appeared on cruise ships in the past ten years.

So... a simple question. If you were designing a cruise ship, what new
"gimmick", feature, program or attraction would you like to see included?

I'll start us off.....

A roller coaster. Imagine a roller coaster that roars around the top decks
of the ship and in one area... soars out over the water, 15 stories above
the sea.


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On Feb 29, 9:35 am, "George Leppla" wrote:
Rock climbing walls. Self leveling pool tables. Flow riders. Bowling
lanes. Ice skating rinks. Specialty restaurants. These and others are all
innovations that have appeared on cruise ships in the past ten years.

So... a simple question. If you were designing a cruise ship, what new
"gimmick", feature, program or attraction would you like to see included?

I'll start us off.....

A roller coaster. Imagine a roller coaster that roars around the top decks
of the ship and in one area... soars out over the water, 15 stories above
the sea.

--
George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com

May 12, 2008 - 5 nt New Orleanshttp://www.cruisemaster.com/fantasy.htm
October 26, 2008 Sleazy 5 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy5.htm
Feb. 8, 2009 Solstice Valentinehttp://www.cruisemaster.com/solstice.htm

Being able to water ski from the back of the ship doing 28 notes would
be great !! And power sailing from the back of the ship also LOL !!
It's coming .

ken G............

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On Feb 29, 9:35 am, "George Leppla" wrote:
Rock climbing walls. Self leveling pool tables. Flow riders. Bowling
lanes. Ice skating rinks. Specialty restaurants. These and others are
all
innovations that have appeared on cruise ships in the past ten years.

So... a simple question. If you were designing a cruise ship, what new
"gimmick", feature, program or attraction would you like to see included?

I'll start us off.....

A roller coaster. Imagine a roller coaster that roars around the top
decks
of the ship and in one area... soars out over the water, 15 stories above
the sea.

--
George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com

May 12, 2008 - 5 nt New Orleanshttp://www.cruisemaster.com/fantasy.htm
October 26, 2008 Sleazy 5 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy5.htm
Feb. 8, 2009 Solstice Valentinehttp://www.cruisemaster.com/solstice.htm

Being able to water ski from the back of the ship doing 28 notes would
be great !! And power sailing from the back of the ship also LOL !!
It's coming .

ken G............


With all the new mega-ships scheduled to come into the marketplace, short
speedwalks would be oh-so-nice. They are those flat conveyor belts you may
use in airports to transport you to your destination, whereupon the
passengers would walk onto the belt and could stand or walk to the exit
point. They are supported by a moving handrail so safety on rolling seas (or
difficulty walking/standing up) would not precipitate falls by guests.

"Muz@aoo" wrote:
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On Feb 29, 9:35 am, "George Leppla" wrote:
Rock climbing walls. Self leveling pool tables. Flow riders. Bowling
lanes. Ice skating rinks. Specialty restaurants. These and others are all
innovations that have appeared on cruise ships in the past ten years.

So... a simple question. If you were designing a cruise ship, what new
"gimmick", feature, program or attraction would you like to see included?

I'll start us off.....

A roller coaster. Imagine a roller coaster that roars around the top decks
of the ship and in one area... soars out over the water, 15 stories above the sea.

Well if you are going to talk about gimmick features that could be
advertised it will have to be something as spectacular as that and not
merely a quiet place to sit or a moving walkway or a movie theatre.

The only thing I could think of under that criteria (and I haven't
really been able to figure out how they could do it) is horseback
riding. Maybe they could just have a bucking bull thing like some
bars in TX.

And if you can water ski off the back of the ship, how about also
parasailing off the back of the ship?

Maybe along side of the flow rider, they could have a stationary lap
pool (one where you swim against the water going by you while you are
basically stationary instead of swimming to the end and turning around
and swimming back). Might require a harness to stay in place.

I think what I'd like is the full schedule of sat TV and Tivo. But
that's not what they'd want to advertise.

..

Virtual reality games like they have at disneyquest. You put a helmet
on and it feels like you're inside the game.

Bungee jumping

Bring back skeet shooting off the back of the ship.

nekochan wrote:
Virtual reality games like they have at disneyquest. You put a helmet
on and it feels like you're inside the game.

Bungee jumping

Bring back skeet shooting off the back of the ship.


But for Skeet use "birds" made of dough instead of
clay! Perhaps Chocolate Chip in the morning and
Oatmeal Raisin in the afternoon.
Cheers,
John in LALALand (On the Left Coast)

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:55:48 -0500, Rosalie B.
wrote:

Maybe along side of the flow rider, they could have a stationary lap
pool (one where you swim against the water going by you while you are
basically stationary instead of swimming to the end and turning around
and swimming back). Might require a harness to stay in place.

Hi Rosalie,

I believe this has already been done.

Best regards,
Ray
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800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
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Rosalie B. wrote:

A roller coaster. Imagine a roller coaster that roars around the top decks
of the ship and in one area... soars out over the water, 15 stories above the sea.

Well if you are going to talk about gimmick features that could be
advertised it will have to be something as spectacular as that and not
merely a quiet place to sit or a moving walkway or a movie theatre.

I'd really like the roller coaster, but they'd probably charge $50 a
ride for it.

For quiet places, I'd really like a quiet place on an upper deck,
shielded from the wind, with no lights so I could see the stars. But
everyone else seems to want bright and noisy.

Another good thing would be a large spa inside an atrium that can be
opened to the outside in good weather.

And if you can water ski off the back of the ship, how about also
parasailing off the back of the ship?

I was going to suggest that, but you beat me to it. Depending on
where you look, you can find a minimum recommended tow speed of 12 to
25 mph.

Maybe along side of the flow rider, they could have a stationary lap
pool (one where you swim against the water going by you while you are
basically stationary instead of swimming to the end and turning around
and swimming back). Might require a harness to stay in place.

Suspended over the ocean, with a clear glass bottom!

I think what I'd like is the full schedule of sat TV and Tivo. But
that's not what they'd want to advertise.

Or a "no TV, no radio, no piped-in music anywhere" section.

On Feb 29, 9:35 am, "George Leppla" wrote:

So... a simple question. If you were designing a cruise ship, what new
"gimmick", feature, program or attraction would you like to see included?

One of my earliest cruises was on the HAL Westerdam (the old one).
They had a real movie theater. I loved having that option, if the
evening show in the show lounge didn't appeal to me. I'd love to see a
cutting edge, stadium seating, surround sound movie theater on ships -
maybe it would seat 200? Each week, they could have multiple showings
of, say, 3 movies, giving everyone a pretty decent chance to catch one
or more showings of the movies they wanted to see.

"LeeNY" wrote in message
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On Feb 29, 9:35 am, "George Leppla" wrote:

So... a simple question. If you were designing a cruise ship, what new
"gimmick", feature, program or attraction would you like to see included?

One of my earliest cruises was on the HAL Westerdam (the old one).
They had a real movie theater. I loved having that option, if the
evening show in the show lounge didn't appeal to me. I'd love to see a
cutting edge, stadium seating, surround sound movie theater on ships -
maybe it would seat 200? Each week, they could have multiple showings
of, say, 3 movies, giving everyone a pretty decent chance to catch one
or more showings of the movies they wanted to see.

That is a peeve of mine on some Princess ships. The main show lounge has
theater seating and is great for watching movies..... but they usually
schedule the movies in the aft lounge... that has lounge-style seating.

Dumb.


--
George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com


May 12, 2008 - 5 nt New Orleans http://www.cruisemaster.com/fantasy.htm
October 26, 2008 Sleazy 5 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy5.htm
Feb. 8, 2009 Solstice Valentine http://www.cruisemaster.com/solstice.htm