What are the drawbacks of a large cruise ship?

What are the drawbacks of a large cruise ship?

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I would say the actual drawbacks are when a ship comes into port of call and there's three thousand people on a ship and they all want to get off. It's a little bit of a mess. The cruise lines take very good care of it. It's very well managed. But there's a lot of difference between coming to port on a ship with three thousand people and coming in with three hundred people. So getting on and off the ship, it's not a problem, but it's just a lot more movement going on and so for some people that can be a drawback. When at the end of the cruise when everybody is ready to get off the ship, it's three thousand people getting off the ship with all their hand luggage and again there a ways that different cruise lines organize this and they do it very well. They've done it for years, but it's not the kind of experience that some people would really like to end their vacation with. So it's not so much a drawback. It's just the reality of dealing with that many people. Some people might think about how three thousand people eat. Well, that's not a problem, there are multiple dining venues. There are some ships now that have a dozen restaurants on board. So your not necessarily in a dining room with three thousand people. That's never the case. Seating is staggered, there's multiple dining venues. So again, it goes to the concept of being on a ship that's that large and having a sense of not being on a ship that's that large.