Have you ever heard the mention of a “poop deck” and wondered what it meant and, curiously why is it called that? Most of us know what we associate the word poop with, and it’s not too pleasant. However, in the case of a ship, a poop deck has no connection to toilets or human […]

If you are thinking of going on a cruise, one of your safety concerns might be what happens in the event of an emergency and whether there are enough lifeboats for all passengers to disembark safely. You might even have seen the Titanic when many people died because there weren’t enough lifeboats and wondered if

The Titanic is often referred to as a cruise ship, but was it really one? According to most definitions, a cruise ship is designed to only carry passengers on voyages that generally run closer to coastlines and feature multiple ports of call. This is opposed to an ocean liner designed to cross oceans and generally

Have you ever wondered how many cruise ships there are? Or how many of each cruise line? While the number of cruise ships in the world varies year to year as old ships are scrapped and new ones are launched, we have worked out the current total with a full breakdown for each cruise line

Have you ever wondered how many doors there are on a cruise ship? It’s one of those questions that occasionally goes viral on social or gets asked in a quiz: are there more doors in the world, wheels or windows?  That type of thing. Well, I’ve heard the question asked more than a couple of

Knowing the draft of a cruise ship can be useful in various ways. The draft of a cruise is a factor in what ports a particular cruise ship can dock at.  In the case of river cruises, it determines what rivers and canals they can navigate safely. What Is the Draft of a Cruise Ship?