Poseidon resorts

Poseidon is a chain of underwater five-star resorts currently under development with the first slated to open by September 2008Harvard reference | Surname=Behar| Given=Michael| Title=1,200 Square Feet Under the Sea| Journal=Popular Science| Volume=270 | Issue=1|Year=2007| Page=64-68] . The first of these sci-fi resorts will be located on a private island in Fiji. Once construction of the first Poseidon resort is finished, it will be the world's first permanent sea floor one-atmosphere structure. [cite web| url = http://www.poseidonresorts.com/overview.html | title = Poseidon Resorts Overview]

Concept

Poseidon was conceived and developed by Asvin Singh, the President of U.S. Submarines, Inc. The underwater resort will be situated in up to convert|40|ft|m of water and will be linked to land through two tunnels, one for guest access and one for services. The resort itself will feature an underwater restaurant, a bar lounge, 20 luxury suites, one themed suite, a grand suite, and an undersea bungalow accessible only by submarine. The resort will also cater an onshore facility that will feature five-star hotel amenities. [cite web| url = http://www.poseidonresorts.com/management.html | title = Poseidon Resorts Management]

Location

With a design concept in mind, Jones needed to find an appropriate location. To help find the perfect location, Jones offered a $10,000 reward for anybody that came up with the perfect location for the venture. After taking the suggestion of a business associate, who recommended a reef off of Eleuthera, an island in the Bahamas, negotiations began with the island's American owners. The negotiations did not go well, and after a year of failed back and forth offers the location was scrapped and their sights were set on Fiji. A deal was made with the owner of a convert|225|acre|km2|sing=on, privately owned South Pacific Island located in northeastern Fiji. If all goes to plan, the final resting place of the resort will be under convert|40|ft|m of water in a convert|5000|acre|km2|sing=on coral lagoon.

Features

The resort will feature 22, convert|550|sqft|m2|sing=on guest rooms. Each of these rooms has a 270 degree view of the ocean. This view is possible due to the convert|4|in|mm|sing=on thick acrylic windows that make up 70% of each room's wall space. Each end of the resort will be composed of a convert|3000|sqft|m2|sing=on, frisbee shaped, underwater pods. One of these pods will be composed of an underwater restaurant and bar while the other will contain a library, conference room, wedding chapel, spa and a convert|1200|sqft|m2|sing=on luxury suite. The resort will be accessed through 1 of 2 elevators. The entire underwater enclosure will be held at 1 atmosphere of pressure, decompression sickness is not a concern. Other features include automatic window washers, fish feeders and detachable pods in case repairs are necessary.

afety

The resort has been designed to meet the structural requirements applicable to a submarine pressure hull. All components of the resort are structurally sound. Each individual component part of the complex is automatically isolated in the event of a structural breach. Every unit has a safety dome and an emergency diver's entrance hatch. [cite web| url = http://www.poseidonresorts.com/safety.html | title = Poseidon Resorts Safety]

Cost

Reservations at the Resort will initially cost $30,000 per couple, per week. The price consists of 4 nights in a luxury beach or over-water villa and two nights in the luxury underwater suite. The resort also offers a variety of land and sea activities such as golf and diving onboard a luxury expedition submarine outside the lagoon. Certain spa treatments, drink and select extras are provided at an additional cost. [cite web| url = http://www.poseidonresorts.com/poseidon_main.html | title = Rates and Packages]

ee also

*Jules Undersea Lodge

References

External links

* [http://www.ussubs.com/index.php3 U.S. Submarines, Inc.]
* [http://www.poseidonresorts.com Poseidon Undersea Resorts]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=fiji&ie=UTF8&z=13&ll=-17.012798,-179.28194&spn=0.122291,0.215607&t=k&om=1 Sat Image of possible site of the first hotel location] (not correct location)