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Ultimate Cruise Ship

Season 44 Episode 4

Join pioneering shipbuilders as they embark on a feat of maritime engineering.

Weighing 54,000 gross tons and stretching over two football fields, the Seven Seas Explorer is no ordinary boat. Join pioneering shipbuilders as they endeavor to build the ultimate cruise ship. It will be decked with the finest gold, marble, and crystal and designed to offer guests the roomiest accommodations of any commercial cruise ship. But engineering opulence is no easy feat.

AIR DATE 2/8/17

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