How the Cruise Ships kept getting bigger

You can find so many cruise ships around nowadays; the cruise lines were churning them out of the shipyards, which had a flourishing business. The Cruise Ships were getting bigger and bigger, trying to outdo each other and have the biggest and best ship breaking all kinds of boundaries on all side. Take Royal Caribbean International pushing the boundaries with all the added extra aboard their vessels, first the climbing wall and the skating rink, now the floating bar, with the added extras onboard there amazing vessels. It is quite interesting to know a little about cruise ships prior to
thinking about doing cruise jobs.

Some of the biggest Cruise Ships today

From Wikepedia:
1. Allure of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, debut 2010 - 225,282 GT (gross tonnage)
Oasis of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, debut 2009 - 225,282GT
2. Norwegian Epic, Norwegian Cruise Line, debut 2010 - 155,873 GT
3. Freedom of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, debut 2006 - 154, 407 GT
Liberty of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, debut 2007 - 154,407 GT
Independence of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, debut 2008, -154,407GT
4. RMS Queen Mary 2, Cunard Line, debut 2004 - 151,400 GT


5. Navigator of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, debut 2002 - 138,279 GT
Mariner of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, debut 2003 - 138,279 GT
6. MSC Fantasia, MSC Cruises, debut 2008 – 137,936 GT
MSC Splendida, MSC Cruises, debut 2009 – 137,936 GT

Some of the popular cruise ships from 2011 are:
Allure of the Seas, Norwegian Epic, Carnival Magic, Oasis of the Seas, Celebrity Solstice, Disney Dream, Ruby Princess, Liberty of the Seas, Carnival Dream, Norwegian Gem, Celebrity Constellation. Sourced from Cruise Critic.

A little bit of useful information for considering doing cruise ships jobs.

So is it a great experience to work on big Cruise Ships or not?

I always vowed I was not interested in working on big cruise ships, that they were so impersonal, so many people. I was pleasantly surprised when I worked onboard the Adventure, the Navigator of the Seas and the Voyager of the Seas. It was quite a pleasant experience doing cruise jobs on the big cruise ships, lots to do and see facilities for the crew just seemed to be a touch better. I also worked on the Millenium, the Infinity from Celebrity, which are a little more upscale than the Royal ones’ but also a pleasant experience, just a touch more classy.

So I would say yes there are lots more people about but there is so much more interactive things like the cabin facility things like the Internet in the cabin, Ipads now.

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