[C19fan]

These newer massive cruise ships look so top heavy.

[Zeppo]

while its 1,187ft length makes it 164ft longer than the height of the Eiffel Tower

Plucked straight from the "meaningless analogies" department.

Just how well does the Eiffel Tower float, anyway?

[null and void]

To muslims they look like targets.

[Maudeen]

With the “as in the days of Noah” times we live in. . .no guarantee this boat will stay afloat.

[Robert DeLong]

Impressive, but no thanks.

[Buttons12]

These newer massive cruise ships look so top heavy.

From one perspective, it may look that way, but they wouldn't build it if it couldn't float. :)
What I find creepy is having a ten-story slide called "Ultimate Abyss."

[Resettozero]

It’s unsinkable.

[Snickering Hound]

Wow, 10,000 toilets flushing at once thanks to Norovirus...

[Buttons12]

handed over by a French shipyard on Thursday

Because they didn't want it in the yard on Friday the 13th!

[IronJack]

I love big ships, but this is approaching ridiculous. And frankly, I think the cruise industry has jumped the shark. I suspect the magnates are banking on a lot of retirees having leisure time and discretionary income so they can take that cruise they've always put off. But with the economy in the tank, that may be a risky bet.

With the deaths, diseases, and disasters that have plagued the industry in recent years, along with the threat of terrorism aboard a confined -- and highly vulnerable space -- I would think twice about booking a cruise.

But I've already been on a couple, so the novelty is gone.

[Haiku Guy]

The ship is not as massive as it looks. It is mostly hollow on the inside, because the upper decks are really like two buildings with a space between. This open space in the middle is where the large parklike spaces and big auditoriums are located.

[yuleeyahoo]

[Haiku Guy]

Four bow thrusters with 7400 HP each. Gives you an idea of the kind of wind loading this thing will have.

[V_TWIN]

“2,100 crewmembers”

7 of which speak English. No joke, the vast majority of crew other than (most)of the ones that interact with passengers do not. At least that’s been my experience on cruise ships.......Having said that, I really haven’t had a bad experience yet, never gotten sick. Just lucky I guess. :^)

[PGR88]

Some people enjoy cruises, but you would have to pay me a lot of money, to get on that floating sardine can with 5000 other people.

Give me a mountain range somewhere to wander through for a few days instead.

[CrazyIvan]

I’ll stick to the serenity of paddling my 16’ kayak down a secluded river.

[faucetman]

ping

[CPOSharky]

I absolutely refuse to get on a ship that has 8,000 people who would not have the slightest notion of what to do in an emergency and only 2,000 people who might have some idea of what to do.

[grania]

The large ships are a major hassle when they’re at a port. Another thing, God forbid they ever had to be evacuated. It can’t be done.

[oldbrowser]

It looks like they’ve packed in all the comforts of staying home.

[Political Junkie Too]

One topless sunbather on a nearby sailboat, and this ship tips over like Guam!

-PJ