Concept for Disney Cruise Ship (Name: Disney Imagine) (I would like to know how feasible this would be to structurally maintain?)

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/r/OceanLinerArchitect/comments/1w5m7k4/concept_for_disney_cruise_ship_name_disney_imagine/

[u/Elfich47]

The drawing has no scale, and no detail as to how it is structurally supported. there is no detail on its seaworthiness in a storm. there is no discussion on passenger flow, there is no discussion on crew flow.

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Also this is about 1,215 ft long and width at the waterline will be 126ft wide

[u/Elfich47 → u/GalaxiesOverflow]

to put it politely: you are getting the cart way ahead of the horse.

The first considerations is the structure of the ship, followed by the power plant and water processing. all of these things take up gobs of space. the. you have all of the other infrastructure in the ship: kitchens, water and sewer piping, electricity, HVAC, IT, garbage processing, logistics for attractions and shows.

the trick of good ship architects is the ability to maximize space usage and hide all of these logistic requirements without looking like its being hidden. Those attractions on the main deck (roller coasters, water slides, etc) will be directly mounted to the ship structure. And those have to be hidden in the walls of the floors below

if this went to engineering review, it would have gotten a big X drawn through the sheets and a note written - NOT ENOUGH DRAWN TO REVIEW.

go study hotel design. The top half of any cruise ship is a hotel At its core.

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Thankyou, I will take that into consideration, after all, I am open to all advice.

[u/GalaxiesOverflow]

Correct, I just started it, I have yet to label it, this is not structural, just floor plan/layout.