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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: cptnchris on October 29, 2010, 04:10:17

Title: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: cptnchris on October 29, 2010, 04:10:17
On October 28, 2010, Turku Shipyard delivered the Allure of the Seas to Royal Caribbean International. The Allure of the Seas and its sistership Oasis of the Seas are the culmination of more than 40 years of product development cooperation between the cruise line, the shipyard and the maritime cluster. The 225,000-ton Oasis class vessels are 361m in length. The Allure of the Seas can accommodate 6,360 passengers at maximum. In comparison, the Song of Norway delivered to the same customer in 1970 was 168m long with a gross tonnage of 18,400; in other words, the Allure of the Seas is some 12 times as large.
http://www.marinelink.com/news/delivered-allure-seas336002.aspx

Allure of the Seas  :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: oceandream on October 29, 2010, 12:02:18
Horay!  :D
She is done  :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: The Ferry King on October 29, 2010, 12:38:43
Oasis of the Seas must be really proud
of her sister :2thumbs:
(http://www.nationofwhynot.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/allure-of-the-seas.jpg)
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: Bottman on October 29, 2010, 13:44:04
Well, she is the largest afloat, the different is made by paint or steel  :doh: - even 15 millimetres more than the "Oasis"!
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: metman on October 29, 2010, 16:00:06
Anybody got any decent pix of the Allure yet??

Here's hoping that someone will provide the necessary in due course!!

Regards

Metman
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: Finn700 on October 29, 2010, 18:54:46
I've been tracking the ship with the marine traffic ais-service and it seems to have it's own tracking going on and broadcasting it over internet, like the voluntary land based stations :)
Usually when ship goes to the middle of the baltic it's going to be out of range, but this one is visible and all vessels near it too.
I could be wrong but it seems to be like that, and also with satellite-internet which I strongly believe is fitted to that vessel, it can be done.
There are some videos on youtube available, looks like it was little foggy out there, also the departure was a little late cause of some problem with propulsion systems. :)

Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: cptnchris on October 29, 2010, 19:34:22
Interesting info Finn700. Where was it when you where tracking its departure?
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: Finn700 on October 30, 2010, 14:21:39
Interesting info Finn700. Where was it when you where tracking its departure?
You mean the tracking site? It's this (http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais), at this very moment just going limbo the great belt bridge, but going so slow atm, just 13kn, speeding up.
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: The Ferry Man on October 30, 2010, 14:24:19
You mean the tracking site? It's this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LncAQR47eZo), at this very moment just going limbo the great belt bridge, but going so slow atm, just 9kn.

Its radio gaga?

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?mmsi=311020700&centerx=10.98925&centery=55.09445&zoom=10&type_color=6

^thats the link
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: Finn700 on October 30, 2010, 14:32:10
Its radio gaga?

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?mmsi=311020700&centerx=10.98925&centery=55.09445&zoom=10&type_color=6

^thats the link
LOL you're fast. :)
I pasted that link (great song btw) before to another forum and somehow ended up here too, ctrl+c + ctrl+v didn't work like I wanted or so, but now it's fixed.

But the TFMs link it better one with coordinates and so use it :)

And here's my original false  link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LncAQR47eZo) about gaga, if you're interested.
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: cptnchris on October 30, 2010, 15:22:31
 ;D
But I meant,
I've been tracking the ship with the marine traffic ais-service and it seems to have it's own tracking going on and broadcasting it over internet, like the voluntary land based stations :)
Usually when ship goes to the middle of the baltic it's going to be out of range, but this one is visible and all vessels near it too.
I could be wrong but it seems to be like that, and also with satellite-internet which I strongly believe is fitted to that vessel, it can be done.
There are some videos on youtube available, looks like it was little foggy out there, also the departure was a little late cause of some problem with propulsion systems. :)

When you were tracking it with AIS, where was she located? what port or whatever  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: Finn700 on November 01, 2010, 15:18:23
;D
But I meant,When you were tracking it with AIS, where was she located? what port or whatever  :thumbs:
I took this screen capture when the pilot left the ship, so the port looks like to be Turku. :)
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: Matthew Brown on November 01, 2010, 16:01:39
http://www.allureoftheseas.com/video.php?ship=allure

They also have a live tracker on its website!  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: cptnchris on November 01, 2010, 20:46:04
Sweet screen shot Finn  :thumbs: Also, thanks for the link Matthew  :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: Finn700 on November 02, 2010, 05:42:49
Now I can also confirm it's broadcasting it's position by itself, some 200nm off the coast of Spain and still visible on AIS. :)
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: The Ferry King on November 02, 2010, 20:30:37
Nice! :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: VirtualSkipper on November 02, 2010, 21:35:59
To follow the Atlantic trip, watch it here  :thumbs:

http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/video.php?ship=allure
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: Capt.Pat on November 02, 2010, 21:45:41
Sounds like a fun ship to stay on. Nice vid :thumbs:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: The Ferry King on November 02, 2010, 21:48:38
i totally like it.
I think i will follow the whole journey on Internet
till it really arrives at home port! :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: VirtualSkipper on November 02, 2010, 22:49:33
Every day after midday a new vid will get posted. Also take a look at the Atlantic trip of the Oasis of the Seas  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: Bottman on November 03, 2010, 07:32:19
As we can read in the German newspapers, there is a kind of a contest now between both vessels (ALLURE and OASIS), since their masters worry about the correct length of their ships. Now the NASA should do the measure... :doh:
Title: Re: Allure of the Seas Delivered.
Post by: cptnchris on November 03, 2010, 16:20:23
Haha! :doh: It would be cool to see these ships on Google Earth. Does anyone know when they update the maps/images ???