How Big Cruise Ships Are
Length, tonnage, decks, and capacity — modern megaships compared to historical vessels.
Read guideHow Cruise Ships Work
How does an 18-deck floating city actually run? The engineering, operations, and crew systems that keep a modern cruise ship moving — explained without the jargon.
Engineering & propulsion
Common questions
- How anchors work
- How ships dodge storms
- How ships handle sewage
- How ships float
- How ships make power
- Overboard detection
- How ships make money
- Navigating at night
- Why ships don't tip over
- How ships steer
- How much sits underwater
- Is ship water safe?
- What fuel ships use
- Where ships get fresh water
- Why ships have morgues