Roller Coaster on a Cruise Ship?

[ducky]

i just got back from a crusie and i was thinking could u build a roller coaster on one? Or would it unblance the ship and make it capsize, also could it have an inversion

[FLIPDUDE]

well, some luxury cruiseships have waterslides, so i guess a small rollercoaster owuldnt be out of the quesion. i doubt a big one cna be built, but thats more a question of space than it is of capsizing.

[Jumboshrmp]

I was actually thinking if this would be possible.

I don't think it can be very big though. I think the biggest problem would be the money, though.

[Wes]

That's how the Titanic sank. It had an SLC. True story.

[Calvin]

^Well, an SLC would sink any ship.

 

I think it would be possible. Some ships have those huge open lobbie-things, and I could see a small coaster going around in it, probably wrapped in a Plexiglas tube as to not be loud.

[NitroRider]

^ Yeah maybe somthing like this:http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=40917

[disneyfan1313]

Hey - you never know! Norwegian will have the first cruise ship with a bowling alley next year. I am sure that as we see the competition get more and more we will see more random stuff on ships. I have always wondered why there are no portholes below the water to see sealife.. I'm sure there is some scientific reason with pressure and such, but I think it would be cool!

[ducky]

do u thingk it would be something small like las veges high roller or a kidde coaster

[Calvin]

Yes I "thingk" it would be similar to the High Roller, but I suppose that one could bolt an entire Schwarzkopf Wildcat onto a cruise ship somewhere with some creativity.

[Jeezus Juice]

I think a Space Shot or a Skycoaster would be awesome on a ship.

 

The bowling alley sounds awesome! That's where I'd be, between the g-string contest and the polka dance party.

 

-Don

[jamesdillaman]

You mean the G-string polka dance party, it's only one event.

 

-James Dillaman

[SharkTums]

My parents are basically 'cruise enthusiasts'. Trust me, they post on messageboards and take like six a year!

 

Anyways, on one of their recent ones they went to a presentation about future cruise ships in the works, and they were told that there WILL be a Kiddie Coaster on a new ship within the next decade.

 

Can't wait to get that credit!

[robbalvey]

I could totally see a "Jeepers Style" kiddie coaster go into one of the larger cruise ships in their kids area.

 

--Robb

[jamesdillaman]

Would that be listed as a traveling credit, or permanent installation?

 

-James Dillaman

[easytoremember]

My parents are basically 'cruise enthusiasts'. Trust me, they post on messageboards and take like six a year!

 

Anyways, on one of their recent ones they went to a presentation about future cruise ships in the works, and they were told that there WILL be a Kiddie Coaster on a new ship within the next decade.

 

Can't wait to get that credit!

 

Thats like the ultimate credit whore test. It would be like, "hey bob, Im going on a cruise!" "thats nice Alan, where are you going?" " I don't know but I am getting my 350 credit on that ship."

[ducky]

do u thingk that lim is a option cause i could see a w lim like sfmw v2 on one

[SharkTums]

^Yeah, you're going to be banned real fast unless you clean up your posts. Please read our ToS and Posting Rules before posting anymore.

 

Meanwhile I will translate for those of us who know how to read:

 

do u thingk that lim is a option cause i could see a w lim like sfmw v2 on one

 

BECOMES

 

Do you think that a LIM launched coaster is an option, cause I could see them building a V2 on a cruise ship?

 

 

The answer is NO.

[Calvin]

Uh-oh, Grumpy Elissa.

 

The problem with LIMs on a ship would be that LIMs absorb energy like a sponge in a puddle/lake/japanese porno. So every time it would launch the lights would dim or something less dramatic.

[Angry_Gumball]

I always wondered...how well would a speed slide (the nearly vertical ones) do on a cruise ship? I think it could work and would also be 1 crazy messed up slide at the same time just because of the view from way up there and the possible swaying from the ship rocking, not to mention breezes way up there as well.

 

As for coasters, I think only kiddie coasters would really be possible due to forces and stuff...dont know if a coaster hurtling down a drop would throw the ship off balance as it's having a downward force to 1 spot.

[methylene]

A cruise ship is more solid a foundation than the ground under Magnum.

 

The two main problems with anything outside a small kiddie coaster are:

 

a) Space

b) Noise

 

Matt

[VegasCoaster]

Something the size of a roller coaster would probably be considered in the design of the cruise ship so it probably shouldn't be a problem. You could probably do anything you could think of as long as you knew the ship was going to have to resist those motions. You probably could do something similar to a Schwartzkopf travelling ride where you build a giant frame for the coaster to rest on to spread the load or have the supports attach to the actual structural members of the ship.

 

The bigger problem would be the ride itself as if the boat is swaying due to waves it may produce interesting forces and the ride may experience higher wind loads out at sea, but yet again if you take all that into consideration they wouldn't be a problem. If you wanted to get really interesting you could use earthquake engineering on the entire support structure in order to resist the movements of the boat.

[Dailey Enterprizes]

I can see a Maurer Söhne Spinning coaster going on a cruise ship.

[XII]

Do you think a Toboggan could fit in a cruise ship?

[coasterdude5]

I've thought about this, too. I'm with everyone else, the first one will most likely be a small kiddy coaster. Maybe one day they'll work up to a spinning mouse or something like that.

[GMAN962]

Mabye if they put it straight down the middle, and it was a launched coaster like montezuma's revenge at KBF.