You may have seen a visual comparison of the Titanic (the biggest ship of its time) with a modern cruise ship to show how enormous cruise ships have become. You also have to understand they are two different kinds of ships, with different purposes, and that's why they are built that way and look nothing alike. In fact, ocean cruises started out as a new idea that sprung up to keep ocean liners earning money in the off season, and grew substantially when people started traveling by plane. Not only were ocean liners refurbished to cruise, but new ships were designed specifically to make money on cruises alone. Today, cruise ships are pretty much modern resorts in one crowded building that happen to float. But at least you can tell people you've been to the Bahamas without having to drive or find a pit stop on the way. Vox takes us from luxury ocean liners to modern cruise ships and explains why they are so different.
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I went on one of those with a group of people I sort of knew. I was seasick the whole time. There is an abundance of food and food stations on board. Buffets galore and pizza stations 24/7. The prepared food looks lovely but has no taste to it. All looks and no show. People acted like they were scared they might starve to death pushing peoples' trays along the rail if you don't move down the line fast enough. The hot tub was claimed by 4 fat walruses - I mean men - who never left the tub. Not an exaggeration. They NEVER left the tub before midnight. Not much to do but eat and gamble. I won't do this again.
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