YOU can stroll in the park, relax over a coffee at a pavement cafe or enjoy an alfresco meal at an exclusive bistro. On balmy nights there is always time for cocktails under the stars before indulging in a gourmet dinner, then sitting back in the best seats in the house to watch a spectacular show.
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It sounds almost too good to be true - but this dream resort is now becoming a reality, and next year Southampton is due to be one of the first cities in the world to experience the overwhelming grandeur of Project Genesis.
In a Finnish shipyard not far from the Arctic Circle, a vessel is being built like no other cruise ship in maritime history.
Southampton regularly sees huge passenger vessels - such as the vast Independence of the Seas - berthed in port, but this future addition to Royal Caribbean International's fleet will far outstrip the biggest of vessels.
A mighty 220,000 gross registered tons, Project Genesis, as she is currently nicknamed, will dwarf even the American nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz - about 97,000 tons - when she enters service in 2009.
The onboard facilities for the 6,400 guests the ship will be able to accommodate promise to be just as amazing.
At the heart of the ship, soaring more than six decks high, will be Central Park, featuring trees, lawns and flower gardens, with meandering pathways taking guests to restaurants, shops, bars and cafes. On either side of the park, which will be permanently open to the sky, will be hundreds of cabins with private balconies.
The park will include a chess garden with large-scale pieces, a Pergola garden featuring vegetation from the Caribbean, and a sculpture garden. A specially recruited horticulturist will provide educational classes for passengers who want to find out more.
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Genesis will have a highly sophisticated drainage and irrigation system built into her decks to cope with any rain that might fall during a cruise.
Another major innovation will be the Rising Tide bar, the first seagoing venue designed to move up and down over three decks, taking guests from Central Park to other public areas.
Genesis, costing well in excess of £500m, will be almost three times the size of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth and more than a third bigger than Royal Caribbean's Southampton-based Independ-ence of the Seas - at 160,000 tons currently the largest cruise ship in the world.
Genesis is expected to visit Southampton sometime in autumn 2009 while en route to her home port in Florida, USA.
reference by dailyecho.
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