This cruise ship is called the Whampoa and it is stranded in a gigantic pool in the middle of Hong Kong’s largest private housing state: Whampoa Garden. However, this Love Boat is sailing to nowhere: it’s just a huge shopping mall full of restaurants, shops, and a hotel, built to look like a cruise ship. Looking at it up close, it really looks like one, down to the metal finish. In Google Maps, you realise how huge this thing is:
And now, the obligatory 80s reference you were all waiting for:
Love, exciting and new
Come Aboard. We’re expecting you.
Love, life’s sweetest reward.
Let it flow, it floats back to you.
Love Boat soon will be making another run
The Love Boat promises something for everyone
Set a course for adventure,
Your mind on a new romance.
Love won’t hurt anymore
It’s an open smile on a friendly shore.
Yes LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It’s LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! (hey-ah!)
Love Boat soon will be making another run
The Love Boat promises something for everyone
Set a course for adventure,
Your mind on a new romance.
Love won’t hurt anymore
It’s an open smile on a friendly shore.
It’s LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It’s LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It’s
LOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
It’s the Love Boat-ah! It’s the Love Boat-ah!
Come on, sing it. You know you want to. Sing it! [stuff4restaurants--thanks Lola]
Wilson Cheng
July 23, 2008 at 9:26 AM
@bdk185: It was built from ground up on site.
Whampoa Garden used to be a dry dock, so they think it would be a good idea to build a ship in there in memory of it.
Report PermalinkChris Lienert
July 23, 2008 at 9:37 AM
This thing has been there for at least 3 years – being the last time I was in Hong Kong staying just around the corner from there. Definitely looks bizzare from ground level.
Report PermalinkMrDru
July 23, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Its yet another venture that Hutchison (think Three/Orange) was involved in.
Those Crazy Crazy monkeys!
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