Comments on: Majesty of the Seas http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stephen http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119892 Stephen Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:02:57 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119892 Believe it or not, these ships do fit through the canals of Europe - well, some of them at least. Check out Norwegian Dawn built in Papenburg, North Germany at the <a href="http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=1&subs=0&did=716" rel="nofollow">Meyerwerft</a>. Once finished, the ships are moved out to the North Sea by way of the local waterways, eventually emerging from the River Ems. I heard they have to dismantle the local bridges every time! lat/lng:53.0968977939,7.36448931461 Believe it or not, these ships do fit through the canals of Europe - well, some of them at least. Check out Norwegian Dawn built in Papenburg, North Germany at the Meyerwerft. Once finished, the ships are moved out to the North Sea by way of the local waterways, eventually emerging from the River Ems. I heard they have to dismantle the local bridges every time!

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]]> By: Rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119437 Rob Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:44:15 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119437 Worlds largest Cruise Ship: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_Seas http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=20.485346,-86.974865&spn=0.003739,0.005536&t=h&om=1 Worlds largest Cruise Ship:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_Seas

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]]> By: R2Lamigra http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119228 R2Lamigra Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:21:09 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119228 Amazing....absolutely amazing!!!!! Amazing….absolutely amazing!!!!!

]]> By: Ben http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119175 Ben Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:55:12 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119175 Yeah, there was a documentary on German TV about this guy. One day he called the manufacturer of the Majesty of the Seas and asked for some blueprints as he wanted his 1:8 scaled ship to be as original as possible, and the engineer was like "yeah ok ... ... wait! ... that's 33 meters! Are you f---ing nuts??" Yeah, there was a documentary on German TV about this guy. One day he called the manufacturer of the Majesty of the Seas and asked for some blueprints as he wanted his 1:8 scaled ship to be as original as possible, and the engineer was like “yeah ok … … wait! … that’s 33 meters! Are you f—ing nuts??”

]]> By: Frank Taylor http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119044 Frank Taylor Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:18:07 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/05/majesty-of-the-seas/#comment-119044 Nice story James! I hadn't heard about this guy before. Nice story James! I hadn’t heard about this guy before.

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