SMALL SILLY THINGS ABOUT CRUISE SHIPS

ON OLDER CRUISE LINERS, THE FOURTH CHIMNEY

WAS USUALLY JUST USED FOR SHOW TO GIVE

OFF AN AIR OF PRESTIGE (LIKE ON THE TITANIC)

ON AVERAGE, A CRUISE SHIP WILL HAVE EMPLOYEES

OF ABOUT 64 DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES

THE OASIS OF THE SEAS, THE LARGEST CRUISE SHIP

IN THE WORLD, HAS ENOUGH ELECTRICAL WIRES

TO STRETCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS NORTH AMERICA

THE WORLD DISCOVERER IS AN ABANDONED AND

BEACH WRECKED CRUISE SHIP HIDDEN IN A

REMOTE BAY ON THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

IN 1991, WHEN THE OCEANOS SANK OFF OF SOUTH

AFRICA'S EASTERN COAST, THE CREW ABANDONED

SHIP AND GUITARIST MOSS HILLS LED THE

RESCUE EFFORT

CRUISE SHIPS USUALLY HAVE A MORGUE WITH

ENOUGH ROOM FOR 1 TO 3 BODIES

CRUISE SHIPS OPERATING IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

ARE EQUIPPED WITH HIGH PRESSURE HOSES AND

POWERFUL SOUND CANNONS TO DETER PIRATES

MANY SHIPS FLY "FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE". THIS

MEANS THAT THEY REGISTER IN WHATEVER

COUNTRY HAS THE MOST LAX AND FAVOURABLE

LAWS. THIS IS ALSO WHY THEY ARE LESS

REGULATED THAN MOST OTHER INDUSTRIES

(AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER)