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Brandane

Legendary Member
Location
Costa Clyde
The world's largest cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, was in Southampton yesterday.
Looking at photos of it, I am underwhelmed. All new cruise ships for the last 10 years or so look exactly the same, i.e. like a barge with a massive apartment block stuck on top of it. The only thing that tells any of them apart is their size. I watched one going down the Clyde a few days ago, the "Caribbean Princess", which looked exactly the same as this latest monstrosity.

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Compare that to a REAL cruise ship from half a century ago.....

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swee'pea99

Legendary Member
Couldn't agree more. Ghastly. Thuggish. Utterly graceless.
 

Flying_Monkey

Recyclist
Location
Odawa
They are also moving environmental disaster areas, and small coastal communities in the Caribbean hate them as they tend to tie up offshore and bring nothing to the local economy as they exploit local marine resources and sites.
 

tyred

Legendary Member
Location
Ireland
They don't build them like they used to

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They are also moving environmental disaster areas, and small coastal communities in the Caribbean hate them as they tend to tie up offshore and bring nothing to the local economy as they exploit local marine resources and sites.
This is what I heard from a local guide when I was in St Lucia - also when they do disgourge they rabbling pack of mainly Americans they tend to be booked onto pre-planned visits run by companies who send the profits back to the States whilst keeping the local staff on minimum income.
 
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