Size is only one aspect of the
city-ship’s revolutionary
design. The most significant
aspect relates to the positioning
of guest accommodations in
three hotel towers rising up in
the sunlight and sea air from
the main deck, slightly larger
than that of an aircraft carrier,
leaving hundreds of thousands
of square feet available

“downtown” (in the hull) for
every imaginable resort and
cultural amenity.

The “city-at-sea” concept was
conceived more than a decade
ago by cruise industry pioneer
Knut Utstein Kloster and his
Oslo-based company, World City
Corporation A/S. In developing
the city-ship concept, Kloster
partnered with New York
admiralty attorney/entrepreneur

John S. Rogers and the world-
renown Danish Naval Architect
Tage Wandborg. World City
Corporation (NY) and World City
America Inc. were formed.

Over the intervening years and
at a cost of over $60 million, the
World City team completed the
complex design, engineering,
regulatory approvals and build
methodology for America World
City.

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affiliation with a major
hospitality brand;

flexibility in length of stay
(from an overnight to as
long as one wishes);

U.S./closer-to-home
itineraries (the ship is
the destination — and like none other);

the ability to check in and
check out at will, as with
any land-based hotel, resort,
or conference center.

This check in / check out
flexibility is made possible by
a marina in the stern of the 
vessel which is home port to
four large day cruisers which
shuttle guests to and from the
Mother Ship and a variety of
destinations within a 50 mile radius.

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In so doing, the World City
team has designed the cruise
ship of the future including
optimum size, safety features
(particularly a revolutionary
fully-enclosed, instant
boarding 400-person life-
saving craft), energy efficiencies,
waste management, green

technologies and advanced
security systems.

World City’s operational
innovations include:

an unparalleled menu of
activities and facilities for
culture, entertainment,
shopping, dining, self-
enrichment, and education;

Ship statistics

2,800 guest rooms and suites;
2,600 American officers,
crew, and hotel staff; four
400-passenger day cruisers
docked inside the ship’s
own marina; 100,000 sq. ft.
of dedicated meeting and
conference space; multi-
faceted sports complex;
six swimming pools; seventeen
restaurants; dozens of bars,
bistros and cafes; thirty
shops and boutiques;
library, museum, and art gallery;

global forum for international
meetings and events; onboard
university; 2,000-seat theatre;
several cabarets and night-
clubs; Academic Inn^©; fully
wired for high-speed internet
and satellite communications;
TV broadcast center; world’s
largest seagoing casino;
dozens of art and music
studios; world-class medical
complex and wellness center;
showplace for latest U.S. and
Norwegian technology and
products.