Poseidon Undersea Resorts
Poseidon Undersea Resorts was a planned upper-class hotel chain whose first facility was slated for the Fiji Islands. In addition to an area on land, the plant should also have an underwater area, which should be located at a depth of 12 m and would have been the first permanent underwater station to be under surface pressure. Compression and decompression procedures would not have been necessary and visitors would have been able to use the elevator to commute between the underwater area and the surface of the water without delay and with dry feet. Poseidon Undersea Resorts was a project by L. Bruce Jones, co-founder and President of US Submarines and Managing Director of Triton Submarines .
Despite this solid reference and strong media response, the opening planned for 2008 has not yet taken place.
location
The facility should be located on an approximately 1 km² large island called Poseidon's Mysterious Island , which is surrounded by an approximately 20 km² large lagoon.
Underwater area
The underwater area of the Poseidon Undersea Resort was to consist of a long corridor, on the long sides of which the rounded room modules (so-called pods , English for capsule) were to be linked and at the top two round communal areas such as bar and restaurant were to be linked. The facility should be accessible by elevator from the surface of the water and have 24 underwater suites with an area of 51 m² each, 70% of which should consist of 60 mm thick, transparent acrylic glass (polymethyl methacrylate) . The individual disc elements should each have a size of 3.05 m × 1.75 m and be strongly spherically curved. The suites each had their own underwater spotlights and fish feeding mechanisms. Each room would have been coupled to the main corridor as an independent module and could have been decoupled again for maintenance purposes and brought to the surface individually. Accordingly, access would have been through two doors (room and corridor) made of durable carbon fiber reinforced plastic . These individual residential modules should be constructed in accordance with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy .
Prices
The introductory package would have cost $ 15,000 (US) per person sharing a double room per week. Four of the six nights in an island villa and two nights in the underwater area were planned. In addition, the flight from the capital Suva to the resort in the company's own aircraft, all meals and drinks, a dive boat trip outside the lagoon, a brief introduction to steering a dive boat inside the lagoon, dives , a walk on the seabed ( Sea Trek ), Lectures, wine tastings, a personal photo album, sports offers, spa visits and special catering were included in the price.
For a payment of $ 2,750,000 (US) it should also be possible to book the entire facility for a week and 144 guests.
Compared to a maximum occupancy of 7200 guests per year, there were 150,000 reservation requests, which prompted the planners to announce a second facility from the outset.
Poseidon Coral Reef Sanctuary Project
The proposed non-profit program Poseidon Coral Reef Sanctuary Project (English for Poseidon Coral Reef Conservation Area Project ) guests, scientists and all interested parties should have the opportunity to participate in science and conservation of coral reefs offer. Moreover, should Enhanced Reef Program (English for advanced reef program be) implemented for Korallenzucht in our own lagoon.
Other facilities
The system should still have the following facilities:
- 48 island villas
- Triton diving boats for excursions in the lagoon
- A diving boat for excursions in the open sea
- A spa area
- Two restaurants, one in the underwater area
- Diving base
- boutique
- Library and lounge
- Conference room and wedding chapel
- Golf course
- Tennis courts
- Private pools
- Fitness center
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Poseidon Undersea Resorts homepage. Accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ^ Triton Submarines: Team. Accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ^ Emily Payne: Daily Mail Online: What a wash out! September 16, 2014, accessed December 6, 2016 .