truck1
Growing older but not up.
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I do what I can with the material available.I need to frame this.
I do what I can with the material available.I need to frame this.
Can you tell me what I’m looking at?
Can you tell me what I’m looking at?
Now we just need some more announcements from Disney!Ok ladies and gents. The Wishes FERU is now inside Hall 6 behind AidaCosma. They are moving right along with her. And credit goes to Insel Video and EMS-Dollart Media for the different videos. And yes, the yard tugs managed to put a hole in her side when they hit the seawall.
Yep. On the ship according to them that doesnt exist.Now we just need some more announcements from Disney!
. And yes, the yard tugs managed to put a hole in her side when they hit the seawall.
Sorry Nope. Go to 2:00 exactly in the video. You can see where 1 plate is ripped and peeled back, 1 is missing and at least 2 others have been hit hard enough to distort them from their shape. There not far from coming loose. Thats a hard moving hit she took. You can see the rub marks also in the video where she rubbed before peeling.That hole was there since the FERU had been delivered from Rostock. Through these holes later on the stabilizers will move out ! It is no damage.
A lot of that sheet metal was ripped before the FERU got to Meyer Werft, there's a video from EMS-Dollart that shows it, this is a screen cap of that video that shows a lot of the damage already done.Sorry Nope. Go to 2:00 exactly in the video. You can see where 1 plate is ripped and peeled back, 1 is missing and at least 2 others have been hit hard enough to distort them from their shape. There not far from coming loose. Thats a hard moving hit she took. You can see the rub marks also in the video where she rubbed before peeling. View attachment 543495
The tugs ran her into a sea wall somewhere or other obstacle. Those tugs had a hard time holding her steady in the yard and I'm not surprised that she was damaged at some point during her transit. She has a large ding on what will be her port side just under the taller section. Shes hit seawall and something else more then once. She hit the seawall and hall 6 areas 3 times I could see when they put her in the drydock.A lot of that sheet metal was ripped before the FERU got to Meyer Werft, there's a video from EMS-Dollart that shows it, this is a screen cap of that video that shows a lot of the damage already done. View attachment 543513
Any bad luck to follow her with the damage?The tugs ran her into a sea wall somewhere or other obstacle. Those tugs had a hard time holding her steady in the yard and I'm not surprised that she was damaged at some point during her transit. She has a large ding on what will be her port side just under the taller section. Shes hit seawall and something else more then once. She hit the seawall and hall 6 areas 3 times I could see when they put her in the drydock.
Most likely. So far they havent done or at least publicized her first steel, the pandemic is slowing her construction down, and now she apparently contacts just about everything she comes near. I'd say somewhere between the Wonder and the Fantasy.Any bad luck to follow her with the damage?
Most likely. So far they havent done or at least publicized her first steel, the pandemic is slowing her construction down, and now she apparently contacts just about everything she comes near. I'd say somewhere between the Wonder and the Fantasy.
Dare I ask..?
Sure. When ships are built theres certain things that are very strong in tradition and if things dont go just right, sailors believe the ship could be cursed or has bad luck For example, breaking a bottle of champagne over the bow of a ship, during a christening is considered good luck. During WWII, the ships were getting bigger by the day and when the USS Yorktown CV 10 (the now museum ship in Charleston SC) was launched, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was the ships sponsor breaking the champagne bottle. The Yorktown was so heavy, that she actually over rode the triggers that were holding her in place,(about 7 minutes earlier then planned) before Mrs Roosevelt had a chance to swing the bottle. She realized what was happening as the crew looked on, and threw the champagne bottle. And it bounced back at her. Luckily she caught it and swang it again and this time it broke before Yorktown slid into the water The crew actually sighed in relief as they believed that had she not broken the bottle the ship would have been cursed with bad luck.
Theres a few other maritime traditions like the keel coins, which are supposed to bring the ships good luck.
So, looking at Disneys fleet, the Wonder seems to have the least amount problems, may even be tied with the Dream. Fantasy, at least for the last few years, has been plagued by propulsion issues. When the Fantasy was built, someone flooded several dozen cabins and caused about a million dollars worth of damage. Which some believe could be the cause of her issues.
The Wish, shes got a lot of issues on her own. First, shes been delayed by a reason or reasons as yet unknown. (Ironically enough Carnival Mardis Gras, which will make her home in PC also,, and is also lng was delayed almost the exact same amount of time.At the same time.) She went from Nov of 19 to March of 2020ish.Then the pandemic came, and delayed her even more. Then, no traditional first steel cutting, due to the pandemic. Now add in that the FERU seems to like making contact with anything near it, and you start to see that the ship seems to have a lot of bad luck following her. By my count she has made contact with a solid object at least 5 times. Now add in that there probably wont be a keel coin ceremony/keel laying and you can see where some one who is superstitious, or an older sailor/crew could say that bad luck will follow her.
Thanks~!
Haha yeah, I know how superstitious sailors can be (who can blame them, its a dangerous profession and one of the oldest most storied jobs!) but hadn't heard about issues building the previous ships.
I'm sure the keel coin will end up on her, just with a more exclusive guest list (maybe just the workers themselves at this point..!)
Truck1, sorry but maybe consider a little more research and knowledge before you post? Yes, the protection appears to be damaged and 1 piece missing, probably from rubbing on a protrusion when the unit passed a narrow point. A tug would never have pushed here. The visible part of the stabilizer appear to have no dents so the protective steel looks to have done the intended job during the transfer.Sorry Nope. Go to 2:00 exactly in the video. You can see where 1 plate is ripped and peeled back, 1 is missing and at least 2 others have been hit hard enough to distort them from their shape. There not far from coming loose. Thats a hard moving hit she took. You can see the rub marks also in the video where she rubbed before peeling. View attachment 543495