Love them or loathe them, giant cruise ships are among the most remarkable success stories of the mass tourism age.
Rechristened the Mardi Gras, the first Carnival cruise ship sailed out of Miami that March.
Cruise ships like the Icon of the Seas will spend the majority of their trip at sea.
Eight years later, cruise ships such as the Diamond Princess became early incubators for COVID-19.
Cruise Market Watch forecasts there will be 360 cruise ships in service at the end of this year, comprising less than 1% of the global commercial fleet.
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