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