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Cunard's Queen Mary 2

European cruiser — Tillberg focused on designs that would present multiple themes with Asian influences on Star's premiere vessel Superstar Leo.

Similar to the U.S. Lines project, Till- berg went a step further in trying to cap- ture the Asian culture by having its designers travel to Kuala Lumpur and

Hong Kong to then emulate the atmos- phere of these locales into Star's vessels.

Back in the U.S., Tillberg faced anoth- er challenge with Celebration, Fla.- based Disney Cruise Lines, who was a new cruise line, but unlike Crystal and

Star — already had in mind the type of product they wanted Tillberg to take from paper to reality. Although the firm designed only the staterooms and the

Palo Restaurant on Disney's Magic and

Wonder, Tomas notes that it was proba- bly one of the most challenging projects undertaken by the firm. "Disney was unusual because it was almost like entering another world," he said. "Even though they were a new cruise ship builder, it was unusual that they knew exactly what they wanted and had specific ideas."

The Tillberg creativity was put to the test on this project, but the firm came through in stellar form for Disney. Till- berg even managed to create a new innovation on the Disney ships that had never before been implemented on a cruise ship — a split bathroom in the family cabins and outside standard cab- ins. These special bathrooms hold a bathtub, shower and sink in one room — attached to an adjoining room with a toi- let and sink, thus enabling one person to use the toilet or wash their hands, while the other person can shower privately.

Tillberg thought that since Disney has a reputation of attracting family vacation- ers that this design would be most con- ducive.

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Presently, Tillberg Design is mixing tradition while still focusing on the development of possible futuristic designs. The firm has been signed on as the lead designer for the $600 million, 1,131 ft. (345 m) Queen Mary 2. Sched- uled for delivery in 2003, the 2,800-pas- senger vessel, which will be constructed by Chantiers de 1' Atlantique, is being touted as the world's largest cruise ship ever built. While Tomas and Robert are not at liberty to discuss the project's specifics, the vessel's design will lean towards "the thrill of the classic ocean- liner — or the big sister to QEII." "The Queen Mary 2 will be built to handle the severe weather of the North

Atlantic," Tomas said. "The front will have a strong, long, narrow bow stretched to the front of the ship, while the front end of the superstructure will be able to handle an Atlantic storm at 28 knots."

Since the letter of intent between Car- nival Corp.-owned Cunard and

Chantiers occurred in March, Tillberg

Design has been assisted by Cunard's senior executives, Larry Pimentel, president; and Pamela Connover,

COO, as well as Carnival's technical team in London led by senior naval architect Stephen Payne to develop pre- liminary designs that will capture the dream of a luxury liner.

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