Construction of a cruise ship

Looks like they go together fast enough. How much does a new cruise ship sell for? Like, what’s a nominal price? What powers a cruise ship? Do the use diesel or electric or what?
 
oldman said:
Looks like they go together fast enough. How much does a new cruise ship sell for? Like, what’s a nominal price? What powers a cruise ship? Do the use diesel or electric or what?
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The newest Carnival cruise ships cost just shy of $1 billion dollars. Carnival Celebration (2022) and Mardi Gras (2021) each cost $950 million dollars to build.

Diesel powered generators provide electrical power for propulsion and maneuvering motors, plus.
 

I would like to tour one of those or any cruise line ship. I would like to be in the engine room while at sea. Just like big aircraft flying in the air, it makes a person wonder how these monstrosities are able to float and sail.

Have you ever heard of any cruise ships sinking in the last 75 years? What do they do with the ships when they have passed their time in life? I guess like military ships, they go into dry dock and are disassembled and recycled. I remember reading in a magazine where one of these ships were completely restored. I would imagine ships have a longer lifespan than an airplane.
 
I have never cruised, but my wife did. Her father loved the water so much that he took the family on several cruises.
 
oldman said:
I have never cruised, but my wife did. Her father loved the water so much that he took the family on several cruises.
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My wife and I took a cruise to Alaska, and enjoyed. We met a few folks that were wearing shirts that matched a group of about 40 people. Turned out they were a large family, that every few years to on a cruise together as their form of a family reunion. Really a novel idea, and great way to have time shared together. Seems like the usual result of a family reunion is that a hand full of folks do all the work, and this is a way of putting that aside.
 
oldman said:
I would like to tour one of those or any cruise line ship. I would like to be in the engine room while at sea. Just like big aircraft flying in the air, it makes a person wonder how these monstrosities are able to float and sail.

Have you ever heard of any cruise ships sinking in the last 75 years? What do they do with the ships when they have passed their time in life? I guess like military ships, they go into dry dock and are disassembled and recycled. I remember reading in a magazine where one of these ships were completely restored. I would imagine ships have a longer lifespan than an airplane.
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I toured the Queen Mary in Long Beach after the ship became a hotel. It was fascinating because it takes you back to a time when lots of rich wood and furnishings were used. Their were pictures of celebrities who had been onboard all over the walls. The whole thing was spooky though... especially going into the engine room... because I could just imagine ghosts being onboard.

When cruise ships get too old to stay competitive they are often sold to buyers who run budget cruise lines. The Costa Classica, built in 1991, is now the Margaritaville at Sea and the reviews of the experience have been awful. When we've been in Europe we've seen older cruise ships from major American companies that have been rebranded as European ships doing cut-rate cruises. Some older cruise ships that can't be sold are simply scrapped.

Most cruise ships have a remarkably short life unless they are put in drydock and completely refurbished. Some companies have actually stretched older ships to add more cabins and public spaces. There have been so many new ships that have come out over the last couple of decades, and everyone who cruises tends to want all the "bells and whistles".
 
I lived in Long Beach in the mid '70s and enjoyed being aboard the Queen Mary. As a former marine diesel mechanic aboard military craft, I was disappointed that the engines and equipment had been gutted. Like Living quarters were all original/restored and invoked nostalgia.
 
Nathan said:
I lived in Long Beach in the mid '70s and enjoyed being aboard the Queen Mary. As a former marine diesel mechanic aboard military craft, I was disappointed that the engines and equipment had been gutted. Like Living quarters were all original/restored and invoked nostalgia.
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Is it still there?
 
Not much interest in a cruise, frankly those ships look top heavy to me, therefore scary.
 

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