The Mongol Hordes

If, like me, you're sick of the hordes of tight-assed American cruise visitors who for eight months of the year clog our buses, crash their mopeds and spend no money whatsoever in our stores, you may want to sit down. I have some bad news.

Cruise line Royal Caribbean have just announced that as of next year their mega-ship the Voyager Of The Seas will begin calling in Bermuda. Weighing in at a colossal 138,000 tonnes this behemoth has a capacity of 3,114 passengers - roughly 5% of Bermuda's total population. It will be the biggest ship to have ever called here.

At least us St. George's byes won't have to put up with it obstructing the harbour - the ship is so large the only berth big enough to take it is in Dockyard. Probably still be able to see it from here though. Hell, I expect you'll be able to see it from space.

Thanks to Robina for the tip.

Comments

[eric on 14.07.05 at 08:48]

You mention seeing cruise ships from space. I noticed this:

Cruses Ship in Bermuda Port

[Two Cent Charlie on 14.07.05 at 12:20]

Eric, you are obviously technically adept. I have been wishing to figure out how to do the same thing, thanks for taking care of that.

Now if you take that ship and widen it by a third, and extend it by a third you start to get what is likely to be an idea of the size of a mega ship.

Ok so now for us less technically savvy, take a post it note and draw something roughly the size described and stick it on your computer screen right over the other ship. Get the picture?

Now for you more adventurous, see how easy it is to sail your post it note through Two Rock passage. Hmmmmm..... have a nice sail.

Good luck in St. Georges.

[JP MT on 07.08.05 at 10:37]

American tourists are equally tired of rude natives. Perhaps that's why the dollars don't flow! We just returned from St. George's where my wife and I were on the Celebrity Horizon. One of your shopkeepers (some squalid hole-in-the-wall called "The Watermelon") went out of her way to insult my wife, who was wearing a very modest coverup over a one piece bathing suit. The woman, who was quite obese and spoke urban english, was something of an eyesore herself. We took our "tight-asses" and the accompanying wallets and returned to ship. If you are so sick of seeing American Tourists, why don't you just say so on your Tourism websites and save the rest of the world the trouble?