The itineraries have been More spectacular water slides than ever their ships in recent years. But we’ve never seen anything like what SeaDream Yacht Club was just announced this week – on a cruise ship at least.
The small boat specialist on Tuesday announced the installation of a water slide on one of its two small cruise ships that will not only take passengers from the high deck down to the on-board pool area below.
The new SeaDream slide, aboard the line’s 112-passenger SeaDream II, takes passengers overboard to plunge into the ocean.
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Branded as SeaDream, the 23 1/2-foot inflatable slide is designed to deploy on the side of a ship when it stops for playtime in the water. It’s a type of slide that you can sometimes find on superyachts. In fact, if you’re a fan of Bravo’s reality series about life on superyachts, “Below Deck” and its spin-offs, you’ll be familiar with this type of slide, as it sometimes does. appear in programs.
Full water playtime is a big deal for SeaDream cruises, which are designed to resemble superyachts. Along with several other small cruise ships, SeaDream’s two ships are built with watersports marinas that retract into the water when the vessel is moored in a secluded harbor or out in the open ocean.
Passengers can use the marinas for off-board swimming and as a base for water games using the water sports equipment the airline keeps on board its ships.
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Up until now, these devices have included small sailboats, Hobie Cat robotic cats, kayaks, banana boats, tubes, stand up paddle boards, and jet skis. The SeaDream ships are also equipped with water skis, wakeboards and snorkeling equipment for use by passengers.
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The new water slide on the SeaDream II, which drops nearly 20 feet from the ship’s pool deck into the ocean below, is just the latest water play feature added to the ship.
SeaDream says a similar watercraft will be added to the service’s other vessel, SeaDream I, within the next few months, in time for its winter in the Caribbean.
“SeaDream is always looking for opportunities to enhance the experience for our guests,” SeaDream’s Andreas Brynestad said in a statement to TPG. “Slides have become popular on yachts and we know our guests will enjoy this new facility during their SeaDream vacation.”
Designed for a premium yachting experience, SeaDream’s two vessels are significantly smaller than conventional cruise ships with their yacht-style sleek silhouette and only 56 cabins.
At just 355 feet long and 47 feet wide, these two ships are known for their ability to reach small harbors and harbors around the world that cannot be accessed by larger cruise lines.
They spend most of the year in less-visited parts of the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, often stopping at places like Sanary-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, Portugal’s Porto and the Bequia islands , Saba and Montserrat in the Caribbean.
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