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    Cruise Ship In the Middle of Hong Kong Is Actually a Crazy Shopping Center

    This cruise ship is called the Whampoa and it is stranded in a gigantic pool in the middle of Hong Kong's largest private housing state: Whampoa Garden. However, this Love Boat is sailing to nowhere: it's just a huge shopping mall full of restaurants, shops, and a hotel, built to look like a cruise ship. Looking at it up close, it really looks like one, down to the metal finish. In Google Maps, you realize how huge this thing is:


    And now, the obligatory 80s reference you were all waiting for:

    Love, exciting and new
    Come Aboard. We're expecting you.
    Love, life's sweetest reward.
    Let it flow, it floats back to you.

    Love Boat soon will be making another run
    The Love Boat promises something for everyone
    Set a course for adventure,
    Your mind on a new romance.

    Love won't hurt anymore
    It's an open smile on a friendly shore.
    Yes LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! (hey-ah!)

    Love Boat soon will be making another run
    The Love Boat promises something for everyone
    Set a course for adventure,
    Your mind on a new romance.

    Love won't hurt anymore
    It's an open smile on a friendly shore.
    It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It's
    LOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
    It's the Love Boat-ah! It's the Love Boat-ah!

    Come on, sing it. You know you want to. Sing it! [stuff4restaurants—thanks Lola]


    Send an email to Jesus Diaz, the author of this post, at jesus@gizmodo.com.