| It used to be that ocean-crossing vessels were the | | | | do so. Now with the cruise ship being so accessible, |
| primary means to getting people from place to place | | | | people can enjoy trips to the Caribbean, to Alaska, |
| at sea. Now they are hardly used and instead | | | | and around Mexico. |
| replaced with cruise ships. Just like the ocean-crossing | | | | A Relaxing Journey |
| vessel, the cruise ship takes its time going across the | | | | Over time the popularity of the cruise ship causes |
| ocean. Since air travel is so much faster, crossing by | | | | the cruise industry to start using larger cruise ships. |
| water is used more for relaxation and enjoyment | | | | Now being on a cruise ship is like staying in a floating |
| rather than as quick transportation. | | | | hotel considering most cruise ships can hold about |
| To raise interest in the cruise ship as transportation, | | | | 3000 passengers. This number doesn't even include |
| the ocean-going vessels would leisurely take people | | | | the large staff needed to take care of the |
| on southern cruises in the winter. The first of the | | | | passengers and the cruise ship. When you really dish |
| trans-Atlantic ships to take people on southern | | | | out the money, you can get on a cruise ship that has |
| cruises during the cold season on the North Atlantic | | | | more crew members than passengers. |
| was the Hamburg-America Line. | | | | The thing that the cruise ship is known best for is its |
| Another thing that got the cruise ship more attention | | | | amazing cuisines that are served 24 hours a day. |
| was the television show, "The Love Boat." This T.V. | | | | With so much food to serve, the cruise ship has to |
| show used the Pacific Princess ship from the Princess | | | | have the space to store and cook it. Sometime in a |
| Cruise Line. With the popularity that "The Love Boat" | | | | week long trip you'll find that more than ten tons of |
| brought, the cruise industry began to soar around the | | | | beef and almost 30,000 eggs are used in meals. |
| 1980s. The famous T.V. show demonstrated that | | | | Although people think of the cruise ship as a place to |
| even ordinary individuals could enjoy spending time on | | | | vacation, the cruise ship has had many other uses as |
| a cruise ship for a vacation. Now that the cruise ship | | | | well. During the hurricanes in the Gulf Coast in 2005, |
| was for more than the rich and famous, all types of | | | | cruise ships were called to house displaced victims. |
| cruises became available in order to meet the desires | | | | Three of the Princess Cruise Line ships were |
| of all types of people. Between 2001 and 2006 there | | | | contracted by the Federal Emergency Management |
| have been about eight or nine cruise ships added | | | | Agency to house hurricane victims temporarily. Cruise |
| each year. | | | | ships have also been used as a place for people to |
| Some people would love to visit the Arctic and | | | | stay during the 2004 Olympics, since there weren't |
| Antarctic and couldn't previously afford the means to | | | | enough hotel rooms available. |