Cruise ships Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
passenger ship used for pleasure voyages
About Cruise ships
The golden age of transoceanic passenger travel has faded greatly. The few surviving ships from the era of the greatocean linershave mostly been converted to cruising, preserved as museums and/or hotels, or are laid-up. That does not mean that travel across the sea by ship is gone too. In truth, modern-daypassenger shipsare sometimes faster than the ocean liners of yore, and in some ways more luxurious – and you do not have to buy first class tickets to enjoy most of it. The Cunard "Queens"Queen Mary 2,Queen VictoriaandQueen Elizabethstill make traditional fast Atlantic crossings seasonally and receive use as cruise ships at other times.Queen Mary 2, launched in 2004, runs fromSouthamptontoNew York City, formerly a well-beaten path for multiple rival trans-Atlantic passenger lines. In
Cruise ships Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 14 sections including: