The world’s largest cruise ships are less like vessels, more like cities

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Thirty of the world’s largest cruise ships measure more than 1,000 feet in length. That’s roughly the length of four Boeing 747s or nearly three football fields, and that measurement doesn’t even account for the height and width of these ships. The largest ship ever built, the Allure of the Seas, can carry up to 6,296 passengers, making it more of a floating town (filled with stores, restaurants, museums, and plazas) rather than simply an ocean vessel. It’s even longer than the U.S.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier. And with the passing of every decade, it seems a new ship vies for the record of world’s largest.

Some experts think the Allure of the Seas (and a similar-sized sister ship that’s currently planned) could be the biggest these ships will ever get. They are worried about these large ships’ ability to handle emergency scenarios, like fires, as well as the ability of ports to accommodate them. The Costa Concordia, which sank in 2012 and killed 32 (its captain was recently found guilty of manslaughter), is being seen as an example of how perilous a situation can be when disaster strikes these essentially small towns. But these experts probably thought the same thing about the ships built a decade ago. As technology and engineering continue to advance, who knows how big the cruise ships of tomorrow will become?

credit and source: digitaltrends.com