Cruise ship
A cruise ship (or cruise liner or ocean liner, though the latter mainly refers to large vessels designed for mass leisure travel which cross the ocean[1]) is a large ship with sleeping cabins and other facilities that takes people on holiday and vacation trips. Hundreds of thousands of people take cruises each year.
Today's cruise ships are like floating hotels. They have a complete "hospitality staff" (to serve food and help passengers in other ways) as well as the usual ship's crew. The largest cruise ships have casinos, shops, many restaurants, theaters for both live entertainment and movies, several pools, day care, a gym, and a running track. The most expensive cruises often have more crew and staff than passengers. This means that the people who control the cruise can give many personal services.
Today, hundreds of cruise ships sail all over the world. Some carry over 3,000 passengers. These are some of the largest ships ever built. For some places, such as Antarctica, because it lacks other methods of regular transport, cruise ships are one of the few ways for tourists to visit.
There's also cruise type vessels that have permanent residences. Like the World Ship and MS Utopia.
Cruise Ship Media
- Icon of the Seas.jpg
Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in service
- Wonder of the Seas - August 2021.png
Wonder of the Seas is one of the largest cruise ships in service.
- MSC Poesia Vision of the Seas & Mein Schiff 2 in Tallinn 13 June 2012.JPG
Cruise ships MSC Poesia, Vision of the Seas, and Mein Schiff Herz at Tallinn Passenger Port in Estonia
- C1950 PO Liner Strathaird.jpg
RMS Strathaird, a P&O cruise ship of the early-20th century. The company began offering luxury cruise services in 1844.
- Prinzessin Victoria Luise LOC det.4a15439.jpg
Prinzessin Victoria Luise was the first purpose-built cruise ship.
- 1990- Cruise ship passenger count - annually.svg
Cruise passenger count has increased about 7-fold since 1990, interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
- QE2 WEB.jpg
Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth 2, having been built following the advent of the jet airliner, was convertible between ocean liner and cruise ship.
- RCI Sovereign of the Seas (cropped).jpg
Sovereign of the Seas was the first of Royal Caribbean International's Sovereign-class cruise ships.
- Carnival Sunshine Curacao 2014 (cropped).jpg
Carnival Destiny (later renamed Carnival Sunshine)
References
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