Does Size Matter? 🤔

[DarrenM]

On 10/18/2019 at 6:07 PM, Heidi13 said:

Gross Tonnage has nothing to do with weight, that is displacement.

 

Gross tonnage is a measure of the volume of total enclosed space, it includes revenue (passenger) and non-revenue (crew & working) spaces.

I actually didnt know that.

 

Adds this to the list of the millions of things about cruising and travelling that I didnt know.

 

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[navybankerteacher]

4 hours ago, ilikeanswers said:

 

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The mega ship operators could just as easily have filled the space with more rooms but they choose to fill it with shopping malls and theme parks which logistically is more difficult to build and probably costs more to run. Those ships are really built to accomodate the amenities and the size is just a consequence of that. ...

 

Since on board spending is a major contributor to profitability, the lines are careful to err on the side of having enough bars, etc  rather than a surplus of inside cabins whose fares barely cover operating costs.