Ocean Liner Vs Cruise Ship

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Ocean liner vs cruise ship. Cruise ships are like floating luxury resorts while ocean liners. 2A cruise ship has a regular route and usually returns its passengers back to the port where they came from while an ocean liner usually lets off passengers to their various destinations. An ocean liner is a term that was used many years ago in place of a cruise ship.

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Also Ocean liners have a deeper draft in order to maintain a better balance in rough seas whilst modern day cruise ships dont. Cruise ships are known for their speed whereas ocean liners may take things a little more slowly. This means ocean liners will characteristically carry more fuel than cruise ships.

In fact while a cruise ship will slow down in a storm ocean liners are more likely to plow right through. Thread starter Colin W. Started by kevinh Board Cunard.

Ocean liners have a V bottom and cruise ships have a much flatter keel and usually do not get the speed of Ocean Liners. Cruise ships and ocean liners are both huge ocean-going vessels but there are differences in design. Cruise Ships - YouTube.

This means ocean liners will typically carry more fuel than cruise ships. If you are young you probably are only familiar with the term cruise ship and not ocean liner. Unlike a cruise ship where people happily relax for weeks at sea ocean liners are built for speed.