Norwegian Epic at Sea.
Photo courtesy of Norwegian Cruise Line
I really didn't want to write any more about Norwegian Cruise Line's brand-new Norwegian Epic. The ship has received a host of media attention and certainly doesn't need yet another blog reporting on it.
But this little tidbit is just another in a long string of events that make you scratch your head and think, "nobody thought of this beforehand?"
Gene Sloan writes on his USA Today cruise blog that Norwegian Epic's lifeboats are posing a bit of a problem for the ship when she docks in New York this morning. So much so, that they will have to lower five of them into the harbor, dock the ship, then re-hoist them up once they have un-docked tomorrow evening.
The reason? Unlike traditional lifeboats on most cruise ships, which sit nestled within the superstructure over the promenade deck, Norwegian Epic's hang out: extending over the superstructure of the hull and effectively increasing the overall width of ship.
In order for the ship to fit into its Manhattan berth, five of the lifeboats have to be removed first.
It isn't a huge thing for the passengers, but for the Officers it must be something of a bother: just another task to have to perform on an already-busy turnaround day for a four-thousand-plus passenger ship.
They will have a fair amount of practice with this by the end of the week: the same task must be repeated when the ship arrives back in New York on July 4th.
For more information on Norwegian Epic, visit the Norwegian Epic micro-site.
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