I worked on the construction of Disney Magic and Wonder in 1998 and was on the delivery cruise of Magic from Venice (Marghera yard) to Port Canaveral.
I mainly worked nights, primarily finishing and sound checking the nightclub overnight so had breakfast each morning on deck overlooking a completely flat Atlantic Ocean after we went through the Straits of Gibraltar on 4th July.
I just found these pins / badges in the bottom of a box.
BESIDES #Halifax not being a departure point for a #Cruise , (Fly to a departure city & probably visit Halifax as the next port of call?), there's Virus & Bacteria taking vacations with you.
But #eew in the drinking water?
Somehow I got on some German cruise ship company's mailing list. I have no idea how. My German is poor at best, and I have never been interested in taking a cruise ship anywhere. But I can't quite bring myself to unsubscribe because this is so weird.
Icon of the Seas: World's largest cruise ship to set sail from Miami - you’d never find me or my partner on a cruise ship, let alone one of these behemoth floating hotel resorts. They strike me as unsustainable, claustrophobic disease incubators. Plus, I hate buffets. Too many passengers, too many floors, too much to clean and sanitize - just too damn big. What do you think? Would you book a cruise on this ship? #Cruise#CruiseShip#Travel#oceanshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68118822
Sitting in a meeting with many scientists in #Greenland to coordinate fieldwork to minimise disruption to local communities and ecosystems.
Apparently there were 25 cruise ships that arrived in Ittoqqortoormiit this year - each time with ~700 people on board 😱 😳 #ittoqqortoormiit is a tiny community of ~470 people
#CruiseShip#Tourism is essentially unregulated in Greenland, some hope for it to be a source of income - but the impacts are horrendous + little evidence it benefits locals
Kairi isn’t entirely a monster. Despite being a predator, she knows it’s important to take time for self care. A long, cool bath is a perfect way for a kitefin shark to unwind. She has plenty of bath toys to relax with, even if her toys might not have agreed to join her in the bath. Despite her love of technology, she’s keenly aware of the fragility of the oceans and intolerant of those who fuck with the seas. She shrank a few of those threats and reduced them to mere bath toys for her amusement.
An entire cruise ship rests on a sponge as if beached on a sandbar. Thousands of people who were on an environmentally-unfriendly island-hopping vacation are now looking out at a giant shark girl’s island-sized breasts. Though some might dream of such a destination, most are terrified by the way they’ve disappeared from the world without any hope of reconnecting with it.
A nuclear submarine is also marooned on the rim of her tub. The seas are not for humans to control and assert superiority over. It’s the domain of sharks and other sea creatures who shouldn’t have to put up with deafening sonar blasts and disorienting propeller wakes. At this reduced size, the submarine cannot mount an attack. Tactical nuclear weapons won’t function when they’re too small to achieve critical mass.
Even those who indirectly abuse the seas are subject to her wrath. Private jets are profoundly unsustainable and used by the unconscionably wealthy. Her greatest contempt is for bullies and to call a billionaire a ‘bully’ is an understatement. One such jet hangs near her sink, in a position where it cannot hope to fly, until she chooses to use the aircraft in some other way. She alone has control over air traffic in her bathroom.
You, for whatever reason, are on the opposite rim of her tub. You have the dubious honor of looking out on this scene. Maybe you were among those she kidnapped for fucking up the world. Maybe you’re a consenting bullyslut who she’s messing with because you’re cute when you’re flustered. Given the way she’s looking at you, though, she clearly has something in mind…
We’re finally in a place where I can see most of the side of the ship. This is the Allure of the Sea. She can accommodate ~5480 guests and has a crew of ~2100. That is roughly one crew member for every 2.6 passengers. Needless to say, we’re well taken care of. The ship is about 13 years old.