cruise ship
Vacationers' ocean vessel
A cruise ship is a large passenger vessel designed for vacation travel rather than transportation.
Cruise ships function as floating resorts, offering accommodations, restaurants, entertainment, and amenities while traveling to multiple destinations: The cruise ship stopped at three Caribbean ports.
Distinguished from ocean liners, which historically provided point-to-point transit.
- ocean linerLarge scheduled passenger vessel
- promenade deckOutdoor walking area aboard
- lido deckShip's outdoor recreation area
- deckShip's flat surface
- buffetSelf-service meal display
midnight buffet · captain's dinner · port of call · shore excursion · anchor · shuffleboard · sea day · yacht · bar · porthole · stateroom · Titanic · island hopping · gangway · seasickness · bon voyage · embarkation · muster drill
- boatsboat, canoe, kayak, yacht, ferry
- passenger boatsferry, ocean liner, riverboat, luxury liner, paddle steamer
- Retro TravelPan Am, TWA, Concorde, station wagon, road trip
- shipsvessel, freighter, tanker, oil tanker, frigate
- Tourist Stuffgift shop, souvenir, postcard, landmark, attraction
- transport vesseltanker, freighter, barge, ferry, oil tanker
cruise shipslave ship
Vessel transporting enslaved people
cargo ship · freighter · container ship · ferry · work boat
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