Welcome to a New Cruise Year

After the long and lingering process of terminal humdrum, there is nothing quite like that first step onto the soaring gangplank. The size and splendor of your massive, ready-to-sail resort sits poised and prepared. There is an entrancing atmosphere about the glimmering balconies and the reflective white hull, not to mention the little figures wandering around the deck and disappearing into the curious interior.
 

As the miniscule individual approaches this massive bulk of intricate design, the small particulars somehow bring the overall scale to a certain individual identity. The ship is no longer an object, but a unique expression of human ambition, with a persona that invigorates escape and adventure. There grows a certain human characteristic about the ship that is only heightened by the particular design and décor it possesses.

This human trait might be called the countenance, and it is unique to every ship, no matter how much alike. The unique contours of the hull, the heightened sense of grandeur, and secure sense of safety all help to replace the objective seafaring dwelling into a relationship between this behemoth moving adventurer that is able to adapt to its many locations.

Come join my blog as I look at the countenance of the ship.

 

The décor, design, destinations, and doings on a cruise ship are all important, but when does a ship become a destination in itself, and when does it gain its face? When deciding on a cruise for vacation, how much of the ships personality plays a factor in the decision making process?

 

This blog will compare and contrast different cruise ships, and their distinctive characteristics. It will taste the expressions that cruise ships make on the destination they hug shorelines with, and beg the curious significance as to the effect and affect they have on people and their determined relationship between the sea and the floating personality that takes them through it.

(Top picture courtesy of www.cruisecritic.com)