Everyone likes to set a Guinness world record, cruise lines are not exception when it comes to this due to the fact that it brings lots of publicity and prestige to the company. Here are the Guinness world records set by, or involving the cruise lines:
Guinness World Record for pulling a water-ski rider - AIDAbella
AIDAbella holds the world record for pulling a water-ski rider Jan Schwiderek. The dare devil stunt performed back in fall of 2010 off the Spanish coast in the Bay of Alicante astonished even the AIDA Captain Josef Husmann. “This is something I’ve never seen a captain also. Simply amazing that we have really succeeded,” said Husmann.
The water skier, Jan Schwiderek, and German television cameras of the "Galileo Prosieben" began the first shots. Jan Schwiderek gathered speed with one of the boats and when he finally picked the right speed was hooked after the Aidabella.
AIDAbella pulled him with a speed of 14 knots behind it – and exactly 6 minutes and 25 seconds. No larger cruise ship managed this before.
Guinness World Record for the longest pizza line – Costa Classica
Back in November 2008 Costa Cruises broke the Guinness World record of longest pizza line stretching 221 meters (725 feet) . In celebration of Costa's 60th anniversary team of 25 chefs used 500kg of flour, 250 litres of tomato sauce and 350kg of mozzarella cheese.
They broke pervious record by 1 meter set just three weeks before in Fort Rustico, Florida. This record was Broken in Sydney Australia in front of Costa Classica which is also 221 meters (725 feet) long.
The event was sponsored by Costa Cruises who donated 10 dollars for every metre of pizza to the children’s charity.
Guinness Record for the largest pinata – Carnival Cruise Lines
On November 2, 2008 Carnival Cruise Lines broken the Guinness Record for the world's largest pinata in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The giant pinata measures filled with 8,000 pounds of candy was 60 feet, 4 inches long; 23 feet, 10.5 inches wide and 61 feet, 10.25 inches tall A wrecking ball was used to smash the pinata during a public event.
Guinness Record for the Most Expensive Cruise - Six Star Cruises
A 124-day cruise package including Beluga caviar, Dom Perignon champagne and Rolls-Royce transfer costing $1.5 million (more than $10,000 a day) per person broke the Guinness Record for the Most Expensive Cruise. Strictly for the well-heeled, the cruise ship visited 52 ports in 28 countries, with guests enjoying the height of luxury.
Guinness Record for the Largest cruise ship – RCCL MS Allure of the Seas
Measuring 362 m (1,187 ft) long, 66 m (215 ft) wide and weighing 225,282 gross ton’s MS Allure of the Seas was constructed in Turku Finland. It’s first trip was on October 2010. It was inferred that the distance between its telescoping funnels and bridges was too little and the risk of contact was high. Specialists disagreed to that. Allure of the Seas possesses a two-deck dance hall, as well as a theatre, a Starbucks café (first time on a ship) and even an ice skating rink.
Guinness Record for the greatest distance for an unsupported tightrope walk - RCCL
This 130 metres long tightrope walk achieved by Bello Nock was attached to poles onboard Royal Caribbean 'Majesty of the Sea in Coco Bay, Bahamas on 10 November 2010.
The walk lasted 15 minutes while the ship was at sea, half a mile from the nearest land mass and 20 miles from any large land mass. The tightrope used for this stunt was a 6 x19 IWRC Galvanized 5/8 inch Aircraft cable which was attached to points of the ship and was 20 metres (33 feet) above sea level.
Guinness Record for the world’s largest beach ball – Carnival Cruise Lines
During a “Fun Crowd” event hosted by Carnival Cruise lines in downtown Dallas on October 26, 2008 the record for the world’s largest beach ball was broken. Two of the giant beach balls, officially measuring 36 feet in diameter as determined by a professional surveyor, were dropped from the tops of buildings and into a crowd of more than 2,500 people.
Guinness World Records for the longest live TV documentary - NordNorge
A 134-hour live broadcast from a cruise ship has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest live TV documentary ever. From June 16 to 22, a film crew recorded the slowly changing vistas as the Hurtigruten cruiseliner NordNorge sailed along Norway's scenic coastline
Shown on Norway's second-largest public TV channel, Hurtigruten - Minute by Minute garnered higher ratings than the regular programs it replaced. Three million Norwegians tuned in, while nearly as many from 148 countries watched online.
