Nov 15, 2007
If you thought the recently-launched, 3,000- and 4,000-passenger cruiseships were a bit over the top, you ain't seen nuthin' yet!
The cruiselines are starting to disclose the "innovative" features of the giant new ships coming on stream in 2008. In addition to rock-climbing, ice-skating, bowling alleys, boxing rings, and the like, we can expect the following:
So why must they ever leave the dock? Shouldn't they simply remain immobile and thus save the considerable expense of going to sea? In these replicas of a "city at sea", as Susan J. Young of the magazine Southern Cruising recently put it, "you might go surfing, watch an ice show, climb a rock wall, take computer classes, or dance the night away at a pulsating disco with lots of new friends".
I'll pass.
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- From MSC Cruises launching the new MSC Poesia, a tennis court and cigar room.
- From Royal Caribbean International launching the new Independence of the Seas, a "well-being center with thermal caves."
- From Princess Cruises launching the new Ruby Princess, a "dramatic piazza-style atrium with performing street entertainers."
- From Holland America Line launching the new Eurodam, "elegant luxury jewelry boutiques, a new photographic and imaging center, and a youth facility with teens-only loft."
So why must they ever leave the dock? Shouldn't they simply remain immobile and thus save the considerable expense of going to sea? In these replicas of a "city at sea", as Susan J. Young of the magazine Southern Cruising recently put it, "you might go surfing, watch an ice show, climb a rock wall, take computer classes, or dance the night away at a pulsating disco with lots of new friends".
I'll pass.
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