I am going on a cruise next week.
Cruises are great. Cruise liners can carry thousands of people to sea.
Yes and they are so fun unless someone gets sick.
These ocean liners usually have a lot of resources like food, fuel, and medicine in case that happens. Sometimes emergencies can be very, very problematic, though.
It would not be fun to be sick on a cruise ship, unable to enjoy what you paid for and looked forward to.
I agree. Apparently, cruise ships are a pretty big contributor to pollution, especially in the United States.
I bet they are. Hopefully they can fix that issue.
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In contrast, dedicated transport-oriented ocean liners do "line voyages" and typically transport passengers from one point to another, rather than on round trips. Traditionally, shipping lines build liners for the transoceanic trade to a higher standard than that of a typical cruise ship, including higher freeboard and stronger plating to withstand rough seas and adverse conditions encountered in the open ocean, such as the North Atlantic. Ocean liners also usually have larger capacities for fuel, food, and other stores for consumption on long
Ocean liner
An ocean liner is a passenger ship primarily used as a form of transportation across seas or oceans. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (e.g., for pleasure cruises or as hospital ships).
Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes called "liners". The category does not include ferries or other vessels engaged in short-sea trading, nor dedicated cruise ships where the voyage itself, and not transportation, is the prime purpose of the trip