Imagine a Las Vegas neighborhood that flows from city to city. Imagine a ship for 7,500 people, of which 2,500 are employees and staff. Add to them an ice skating rink, volleyball and basketball courts, a golf course, a bowling alley, climbing walls, a fitness center, a spa, and infinity pools and you get the largest cruise ship in the world - Allure of the Seas.
A cruise ship is, in fact, several enterprises independent from each other. One team deals with navigation, another with hotels and accommodations, a third feeds thousands of people every day, a fourth arranges and conducts entertainment, and so on. The life activity of such a sea monster is very complex and interesting.
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Photos and text by Sergei Dolya
1. This was my 15th or 16th cruise. I remember that even on large ships I sometimes got seasick. Here there is no feeling at all that you are on the open sea. The colossus is so huge that no rocking is felt at all. We were sailing into a force 6 storm, the waves were 4.2 meters high. The ship was motionless, like an Egyptian pyramid.
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3. There are original diagrams and signs on each floor and in each lobby. Everything highlighted in white is a hotel, purple areas are public.
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4. Upper deck:
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5. There are a lot of public places. It is impossible to get around everything at once.
6. The liner consists of two parallel houses connected to each other by jumpers - in front and behind. Between them is an empty space with a green area. On the roofs of the “houses” there are swimming pools and sun loungers.
7. There are a lot of swimming pools, for every taste and color. There are adults, children, with slides, fountains, jacuzzi, etc.
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8. Mini golf:
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9. Basketball and volleyball court:
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10. Zip Line - high-speed descent along a cable from one side of the ship to the other:
11. There are two “waves” you can surf on. One for beginners, the other for more or less advanced ones.
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13. On the upper deck there are “wings” that protrude from the hull of the liner to the sides. There are 2 large Jacuzzis in the wings. You lie in warm water 18 floors above the sea and look at the waves below you. Very cool.
14. The bow of the ship. Several decks are dedicated to public areas. The design of the canopies is such that it provides maximum protection from the wind, while maintaining a feeling of open space.
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15. There are three swimming pools at the bow of the ship.
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17. Now let's see what is between the “houses” of this liner. At the stern there is a carousel, a bar, a park, and in the distance there is a cinema:
18. In the evening, acrobats from shows like Cirque Du Soleil perform in the cinema. Very cool. I thought about stopping by and taking a couple of photos for the report, but I sat there with my mouth open until the end of the show.
19. On the other side, Central Park is an open space with trees and plants on the 8th floor level.
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20. The green zone is divided by a jumper into two sections:
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21. Let's go down to the 8th floor.
22. Glass roofs are provided for the walking area, which is located three floors below. There are streets here, birds sing - you have the complete feeling that you are walking in the city.
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23. Famous international restaurants and shops are located in this area.
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24. The stern of the ship. There are two walls for climbing. Mountaineering, Karl!
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25. Bars in Central Park:
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26. Cinema of the largest cruise ship in the world:
27. The deck at the fifth floor level overlooks the lifeboats. It goes throughout the entire liner, and people are brought here in emergency situations. To ensure that the space does not go to waste, it is used as a treadmill. Passengers on large ships often do this, but only here they have specially marked paths for running and walking. Even the direction was agreed upon so as not to collide with each other. Full circle - 700 meters.
28. The bow of the ship is occupied by a helipad; passengers are not allowed there. You won't be able to act out a scene from Titanic.
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29. Fifth floor under Central Park. Shops, bars with karaoke, even Starbucks.
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30. A rare car to add chic and luxury to the space:
31. Fourth floor - casinos and nightclubs. Gambling establishments open only when the liner leaves the territorial waters of a particular state. It doesn't work at the port.
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32. Central hall for shows and concerts:
33. There is no excursion to the captain's bridge, but I was lucky to sail with a group of Spanish journalists. Their visit was agreed upon, and I managed to attach myself to this company. The captain's bridge looks a bit empty. A huge area, but the controls occupy only a small area in the center.
34. The ship is controlled not by the captain, but by the first officer. He gave us a tour. The officer's name is Gennady. He is from Odessa. Our boy. The ship has no steering wheel. The three engine propellers rotate 360 degrees and are adjusted either manually using three rotators (in the foreground of the photo) or using a computer. The system monitors the course and steers:
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39. The command headquarters is located nearby and can be separated from the captain's cabin by a partition. All aircraft controls are duplicated here.
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40. When the ship is moored in port, the officer uses the exits on the “wings” left and right:
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41. There is also a control system here:
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42. From here you can clearly see the side of the aircraft and this allows you to “park” without incident.
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Imagine going on a free cruise on the largest ship in the world. There is a whole metropolis of entertainment and services inside, and everything is free. Fantastic? Yes. But one day, when a parade of planets takes place, the company launches a new ship, this fairy tale becomes reality. Tour operators, the media and everyone who will subsequently sell trips to this liner are invited to the first flight.
Harmony of the Seas is by far the largest cruise ship with a capacity of 8,200 people, of which 2,200 are crew. The height of the ship is comparable to the height of a 20-story building. The length is 362 meters, which exceeds the length of Red Square in Moscow. The construction of the liner cost Royal Caribbean more than 1,000,000,000 euros.
But the most impressive thing is not the dimensions, but the filling of the liner - a helipad, swimming pools, water slides, a casino, a theater, an ice skating rink, a garden with 12 thousand different plants and much, much more. There is even a Bionic bar on board, where robots work as waiters. Let's see what it looks like inside...
General plans of the liner. This is a really huge thing, a giant Noah’s Ark with a displacement of 227,500 tons:
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We left the port of Barcelona. Two fire ships saw us off: in honor of the first voyage, they staged a “salute” of water cannons:
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The first place you go on a cruise is, of course, your cabin. I won’t give the footage, I’ll just mention that my cabin had a separate dressing room:
Common areas of the ship. On the right in the photo is a giant head sculpture that rotates in layers in different directions:
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There are pedestrian streets on board. There is a complete feeling that it is not a ship that has gone out to sea, but a piece of the mainland. There are a lot of people. After a number of incidents on cruises, Royal Caribbean installed an advanced facial recognition system that can, if necessary, identify each passenger in a crowd:
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Many sculptures and works of modern art:
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Let's go up to the upper decks. There are two types of decks - indoor, comfortable in windy weather, and outdoor:
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There are 16 decks on board. 6 main pools and 10 giant Jacuzzis:
The upper deck is replete with public areas:
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Plenty of sun loungers. Pay attention to the slides behind the pool:
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On the other side of the golf course:
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Waves for surfing:
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Rope crossing at seven floors:
There is a huge aqua theater at the stern of the ship. There are two pipes leading down from the upper deck, through which you can go down with your clothes on. It feels very fast, very scary and very dark. You overcome almost 30 meters of height in 13 seconds, making two 360-degree turns along the way:
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To the right of the aquatheater is a pedestrian area called Central Park:
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Naturally, there is a gym, and it is gigantic. Lots of training equipment and equipment:
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There are 20 restaurants on board Harmony of the Seas. The main one occupies three floors, where daily dinners are held:
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And this is the same Bionic bar where robots work. The mechanical arms have 30 alcohol components in their arsenal. The range of cocktails they can make is endless. One cocktail takes 30 seconds. Looks fantastic:
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Another memorable restaurant is called “Wonderland” and is based on the famous work of Lewis Carroll:
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Hall decoration:
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Instead of a menu, they bring an empty picture that needs to be painted with water. After these manipulations, words appear. It might seem like a small thing, but it leaves a lasting impression:
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Molecular cuisine restaurant. The dish is called “Vegetable Garden”, and the “ground” is made from bread with the addition of cuttlefish ink:
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A dessert made from a ball that is poured over hot chocolate. After a minute, the ball melts, revealing the ice cream inside. Delicious:
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Every week, the liner's restaurants consume 4,500 kg of chicken and almost 7,000 kg of beef. There are a total of 4,900 seats on board in restaurants and bars. The assortment of desserts again confused me:
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Central Park has dozens of stores to suit every budget:
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You won't be bored in the evening. Rather, on the contrary, you will need to run from one view to another:
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At the theater there is a Broadway production of “Grease”. The film of the same name, based on this musical, made Travolta a star already in 1978:
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Ice show. Just pay attention to the quality of the costumes that were prepared for the performance.
The cruise ship MSC Seaside is a 20-deck giant designed for year-round sea travel in the Caribbean Sea.
Gorgeous swimming pools
On deck 16 there is a long, narrow Miami Beach pool surrounded by plush lounge chairs that give the impression of a glamorous beach, albeit without the sand. Nine decks below is the smaller South Beach pool. Not far from it there is a spacious hall where you can drink a cocktail, listen to music and dance.
Panoramic glass elevators
Two panoramic glass elevators take you up to Deck 16, where there is an almost 30-meter-long glass walkway called the “Bridge of Sighs.” The view of the ocean from here is amazing.
Water park and nightclubs
The highlight of the ship's entertainment is one of the largest and most interactive water parks on the high seas. Even though there are only 4 slides in the water park, there is a lot to admire as you fly down the 160 meter transparent tube and jump out of it in the middle of the jungle, where all sorts of adventures await you.
You can't help but enjoy surfing on a board equipped with an electric console. In it, surfers plunge into the abyss, where bright lights pulsate to the rhythm of electronic music. If it weren't for the splashes in the face, one would think that this was not a board ride, but a party in a nightclub. In the water park, as elsewhere on the ship, bracelets are used instead of traditional key cards, which allow passengers to open their cabin, book a table at a restaurant and spa treatments, make payments and monitor children on board using geo-search, and most importantly, save them from having to stand in queues.
Jungle with pool
Next to the water park there is another pool, surrounded by tropical jungle. If you don’t pay attention to the children squealing with delight, then you can calm down here, sitting comfortably on a deck chair among ferns, palms and bamboo trees. There is a bar with a wide selection of cocktails and hot baths. When it rains, a large glass roof closes over the pool and jungle, and you continue to relax in the greenhouse with exotic plants and pool.
Rope ride
From deck 19 to deck 16 you can take a 105-meter cable car down. As you descend, you can admire the helipad below and wave to all the sunbathers near the Miami Beach pool.
Formula one
There is an F1 simulator on board the aircraft. You sit in an exact replica of a famous racing car, fasten your seat belt and drive through a given course on a video monitor. During the passage, you forget that you are driving a simulator; everything is so authentic. Of course, missing a turn doesn't end in tragedy, and the worst that can happen is your friends ridiculing you about your terrible driving.
Restaurants
On board the ship you will find bars and restaurants to suit every taste, which amaze with a wide range of dishes and drinks. There is an Asian restaurant created in collaboration with chef Roy Yamaguchi, a seafood restaurant and a meat-based steakhouse. The prices will be pleasant; lunch at any of the restaurants will cost about $39.
Promenade
The liner is framed by a magnificent panoramic promenade 323 meters long. It is designed for leisurely walks in the fresh air. You pass bars, restaurants, shops and sun loungers. The most impressive thing about the walk is the skywalk - a transparent glass floor along the side through which you can see the ocean directly below you.
XD cinema
Fasten your seat belt, pick up a “gun” and go on a “fun” mission to save the world from terrible zombies. Creepy creatures will “eat” you and will not choke if you do not have time to pull the trigger in time. Don't want zombies? There are 3 other scenarios for the development of events.
Luxurious cabins
The cabins are located in two towers of passenger accommodation superstructures - at the bow and at the stern. They are spacious with huge floor to ceiling windows.
Accommodation prices for a 7-day Caribbean cruise start at $449, while cabins with balconies cost around $900.
The design, food, water slides, attractions and much more on the ship make it worth going on a cruise and enjoying the proximity to the sun and ocean.
The Allure of the Seas liner is a modern invention that entered the Caribbean fleet. It is considered to be the largest cruise ship today: there are 2,700 rooms on 16 decks. The modern liner looks like a miniature city with its own houses and entertainment centers. You can travel on it from the resort town of Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean islands. The ship moves along the water surface at a speed of 22 knots.
“The Charm of the Seas” is the translation of the name of the largest cruise ship, which amazes with its scale and characteristics.
Main settings
The weight of the liner is 225,282 tons. Its length is 360 meters, width - 64 meters, respectively, height from the waterline - 65 meters. Just think about these numbers.
Moving at a cruising speed of 22 knots. 
“The Charm of the Seas” accommodates its travelers on 16 decks, with 24 elevators for the convenience of passengers. 
The main engine moves this monster across the water surface by 4 auxiliary ones, each of which has a power equal to 7.5 thousand horsepower. 
This cruise ship will accommodate 2,384 crew members and 6,296 guests.
There are 46 cabins for people with disabilities.
Exceeded all expectations
If you place this ship vertically, its height will be 362 thousand meters. This, in turn, is 38 meters more than the Eiffel Tower.
You can measure the area of the airliner with a football field. There could be 3 of them.
The ship "Charm of the Seas" is built from 500 thousand individual parts.
It took approximately 600 thousand liters of paint to paint the ship. 
If you measure how many electrical cables are on the ship, their length will be equal to the distance from the city of Fort Lauderdale to Alaska. 
The ship has restaurants, shops, a cinema, a green area and much more.
Environmental characteristics
The Allure of the Seas is the first ship in her class to receive the DNV Green Label. This means that the ship is considered a fairly clean design that respects the environment. 
Wastewater passes on the liner through a deep cleaning system. It is twice as stringent as the federal cleaning standards that exist in America. 
Anything can be recycled on board a ship. Compactors, various shredders, glass and aluminum crushers work here. There is a huge refrigerator in which it is safe to store food. 
The hull of the "Charm of the Seas" liner is made of non-toxic modern materials that reduce drag, thereby reducing fuel costs.
How the largest cruise ship in the world works aslan wrote in July 4th, 2016
Imagine going on a free cruise on the largest ship in the world. There is a whole metropolis of entertainment and services inside, and everything is free. Fantastic? Yes. But one day, when a parade of planets takes place, the company launches a new ship, this fairy tale becomes reality. Tour operators, the media and everyone who will subsequently sell trips to this liner are invited to the first flight.
Harmony of the Seas is by far the largest cruise ship with a capacity of 8,200 people, of which 2,200 are crew. The height of the ship is comparable to the height of a 20-story building. The length is 362 meters, which exceeds the length of Red Square in Moscow. The construction of the liner cost Royal Caribbean more than 1,000,000,000 euros.
But the most impressive thing is not the dimensions, but the filling of the liner - a helipad, swimming pools, water slides, a casino, a theater, an ice skating rink, a garden with 12 thousand different plants and much, much more. There is even a Bionic bar on board, where robots work as waiters. Let's see what it looks like inside...
General plans of the liner. This is a really huge thing, a giant Noah’s Ark with a displacement of 227,500 tons:
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We left the port of Barcelona. Two fire ships saw us off: in honor of the first voyage, they staged a “salute” of water cannons:
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The first place you go on a cruise is, of course, your cabin. I won’t give the footage, I’ll just mention that my cabin had a separate dressing room:
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Common areas of the ship. On the right in the photo is a giant head sculpture that rotates in layers in different directions:
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There are pedestrian streets on board. There is a complete feeling that it is not a ship that has gone out to sea, but a piece of the mainland. There are a lot of people. After a number of incidents on cruises, Royal Caribbean installed an advanced facial recognition system that can, if necessary, identify each passenger in a crowd:
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Many sculptures and works of modern art:
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Let's go up to the upper decks. There are two types of decks - indoor, comfortable in windy weather, and outdoor:
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There are 16 decks on board. 6 main pools and 10 giant Jacuzzis:
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The upper deck is replete with public areas:
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Plenty of sun loungers. Pay attention to the slides behind the pool:
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On the other side of the golf course:
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Waves for surfing:
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Rope crossing at seven floors:
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There is a huge aqua theater at the stern of the ship. There are two pipes leading down from the upper deck, through which you can go down with your clothes on. It feels very fast, very scary and very dark. You overcome almost 30 meters of height in 13 seconds, making two 360-degree turns along the way:
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To the right of the aquatheater is a pedestrian area called Central Park:
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Naturally, there is a gym, and it is gigantic. Lots of training equipment and equipment:
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There are 20 restaurants on board Harmony of the Seas. The main one occupies three floors, where daily dinners are held:
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And this is the same Bionic bar where robots work. The mechanical arms have 30 alcohol components in their arsenal. The range of cocktails they can make is endless. One cocktail takes 30 seconds. Looks fantastic:
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Another memorable restaurant is called “Wonderland” and is based on the famous work of Lewis Carroll:
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Hall decoration:
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Instead of a menu, they bring an empty picture that needs to be painted with water. After these manipulations, words appear. It might seem like a small thing, but it leaves a lasting impression:
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Molecular cuisine restaurant. The dish is called “Vegetable Garden”, and the “ground” is made from bread with the addition of cuttlefish ink:
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A dessert made from a ball that is poured over hot chocolate. After a minute, the ball melts, revealing the ice cream inside. Delicious:
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Every week, the liner's restaurants consume 4,500 kg of chicken and almost 7,000 kg of beef. There are a total of 4,900 seats on board in restaurants and bars. The assortment of desserts again confused me:
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Central Park has dozens of stores to suit every budget:
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You won't be bored in the evening. Rather, on the contrary, you will need to run from one view to another:
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At the theater there is a Broadway production of "Grease". The film of the same name, based on this musical, made Travolta a star already in 1978:
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Ice show. Just pay attention to the quality of the costumes that were prepared for the performance:
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The actors swim, fly, or something else. Looks stunning:
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The actor fell off the rope a couple of times right above the audience, causing the audience to scream in surprise:
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Our team from Russia:
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It is often said that cruises are for European retirees. However, the situation is changing, and companies are increasingly targeting middle-aged people and young people. Discos, good restaurants, fitness, shopping and beach holidays - it’s really not boring and eventful.
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