Today's large cruise liners are like floating cities, with all the amenities and problems that entails. Staid British lines aside, they also tend towa


Today's large cruise liners are like floating cities, with all the amenities and problems that entails. Staid British lines aside, they also tend towards a homogeneous generic style; let us call it 'Post-Vegas' - make it glitzy, add some more glitz for luck, plus lashings of marble and spotlights. The results tend towards over-the-top, but can be exciting, if a tad exhausting. Take this image of the ship's totally glammed-up main atrium, shopping arcade, with the video ceiling displaying moving graphic images or external scenes. Plus, apparently, a lot of people walking on the


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