Maritime Carnival Cruise Ship: Elation

[FowlersFreeTime]

As seen from my cabin this weekend in Nassau, Bahamas. I was able to catch this ship as it was leaving dock to continue its journey at sunset.

• E 17-70mm F2.8 B070
• 17.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 100

• E 17-70mm F2.8 B070
• 17.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 100

Pity I couldn't frame a sun-star on the second shot, but was just glad to get the shots before it was gone.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Jeez, they are ridiculous in size.

 

[spudhead]

looks like it is 6 floors for cabins most are 12 + now so a small one really

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Jeez, they are ridiculous in size.

There were 6 cruise ships in port that day, parallel parked in 3 rows (3x2), so it looked like a floating city block!
We did NOT get off the boat that day, too many people in port, it would have been a zoo...

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

looks like it is 6 floors for cabins most are 12 + now so a small one really

Probably mid-sized category with around 10 decks total, not counting any storage space below the portholes. Yes, our Disney ship was bigger, but all of these modern cruise ships are a feat of engineering.

 

[JimsZ]

Heading north of 200,000 tonnes if not already over that for the latest ones being built.

My last one (enchanted princess) was around 160,000 tonnes or more and around or just over 1,000 metres long.

Two fighting for space on the last trip in Santorini.

The second picture, we were inland a mile or two at a high point in Messina, the ship still towers the surrounding area and high rise buildings

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
• 95.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 100

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
• 105.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[spudhead]

been on that very ship last month the ncl Breakaway

• ILCE-9
• Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
• 30.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 320

• ILCE-9
• Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 100

 

[JimsZ]

Both were tracking a similar route, my trip was October 15th Athens to Barcelona. We got caught in a storm with 4 to 6 meter waves, ship hardly moved to be fair although a few passengers got sea sick from the motion

 

[spudhead]

The bay of Biscay can be rough did it last year on Anthem of the seas wife and daughter did get ill even with stability legs down

• ILCE-9
• FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS
• 108.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 320

• ILCE-9
• Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 160

 

[JimsZ]

There was a large cruise ship recently got into difficulties in the Bay of Biscay, literally throwing furniture and passengers all over the place, some got injured quite badly apparently. The sea well was 6 to 9 meters if I recall.

I don’t fancy any ship in the open seas let alone the bay of Biscay or similar

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

There was a large cruise ship recently got into difficulties in the Bay of Biscay, literally throwing furniture and passengers all over the place, some got injured quite badly apparently. The sea well was 6 to 9 meters if I recall.

I don’t fancy any ship in the open seas let alone the bay of Biscay or similar

my wife used the motion sickness patch all weekend, and seas were less than a meter... she wouldn't make it out alive in 6-9M conditions

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

There was a large cruise ship recently got into difficulties in the Bay of Biscay, literally throwing furniture and passengers all over the place, some got injured quite badly apparently. The sea well was 6 to 9 meters if I recall.

I don’t fancy any ship in the open seas let alone the bay of Biscay or similar

Same, never appealed one iota.

 

[Brownie]

Same, never appealed one iota.

So how do you go on cruises?

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

So how do you go on cruises?

I don't!