If ever constructed (although doubtful), this floating ridiculousness would be the biggest ship and of course, the biggest duty-free shopping mall in the world. According to the proposal, the ship would house up to 4,000 full-time residents while continuously circumnavigating the earth with 100,000 people on board. Click here for the ship's proposed itinerary. Other features include a K-12 school system (with an ambition to set a global standard in education), a first-class hospital, banks, casinos, light manufacturing factories (!) and apparently, a shuttle train (see dissection pic). Originally proposed as "Walking City" by a British avant-garde architect, the idea is to roam around the world while moving from a port-city to another, according to the city's needs in resources.

It's a cool idea, but it still sounds a lot like living on a cruise ship, or a floating Florida or something. And how do these sci-fi projects always end up being the same old crap? I guess maritime libraries are pretty cool, but what about like, a really huge 24-hour make-out cathedral with strobe lights. or at least a see-through aquarium in the bottom deck. And I guess nobody saw the pirates coming in the year 2000.

Wikipedia: Freedom Ship

Official Site: Freedom Ship International