The waterborne transport of passengers aboard a ship operated primarily for the voyage itself, combining onboard accommodation, dining and entertainment with visits to a sequence of ports, rather than serving as point-to-point transport in the way a ferry or ocean liner traditionally did. Cruise shipping developed out of the earlier ocean liner trade as air travel took over long-distance point-to-point passenger crossings, leaving passenger shipping to reposition itself around leisure travel.
Facts
Core ConcernPassenger sea voyages taken mainly for vacation and leisure rather than point-to-point transport. 1 Cargo or Passenger Connections
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Source AIDAperla (Wikipedia)
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Source Concordia-class cruise ship (Wikipedia)
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Source Diamond Princess (ship) (Wikipedia)
Source Grand-class cruise ship (Wikipedia)
Source MS Amadea (Wikipedia)
Source MS Asuka II (Wikipedia)
Source Prima-class cruise ship (Wikipedia)
Source Sapphire Princess (Wikipedia)
Source Vista-class cruise ship (2002) (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Cruise ship
WikipediaIntroduction
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.
History
P&O first introduced passenger-cruising services in 1844, advertising sea tours to destinations such as Gibraltar, Malta and Athens, sailing from Southampton.
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Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.
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Sapphire Princess was built in Japan by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Diamond Princess (ship) (Wikipedia)
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Diamond Princess was built in Japan by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
MS Amadea (Wikipedia)
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She was originally built in 1991 by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan as MS Asuka
MS Asuka II (Wikipedia)
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She was originally built by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, as Crystal Harmony for Crystal Cruises.
AIDAprima (Wikipedia)
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Japan
AIDAperla (Wikipedia)
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AIDAperla is a cruise ship of AIDA Cruises, which was built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding at their shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan.
Costa Fortuna (Wikipedia)
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Costa Fortuna is a cruise ship for the Italian cruise line Costa Crociere built in 2003
Vista-class cruise ship (2002) (Wikipedia)
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The Vista class is a class of Panamax-type cruise ships
Grand-class cruise ship (Wikipedia)
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The Grand class is a class of cruise ships.
Prima-class cruise ship (Wikipedia)
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are a class of cruise ships built for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)
Concordia-class cruise ship (Wikipedia)
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The Concordia class is a class of cruise ships
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