Since our cruise left on the 15th of April, the 112th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, I had seen some comparisons between the largest of current cruise ships and the Titanic:
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| Titanic vs Wonder of the Seas -- one of the largest of current cruise ships -- our ship, the Norwegian Gem, is a smaller sized ship |
From https://www.cruisehive.com/titanic-vs-modern-cruise-ship-how-do-they-compare/51627:
The Titanic was…
- 48,328 GRT
- 882 feet, 9 inches long
- With 9 decks
- And a passenger capacity of 2,435, with a crew of 892
[In 2022, the] current, largest, in-service cruise ship [was] Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas. It measures…
- 228,081 GT
- 1,184 feet long
- With 18 decks
- And a passenger capacity of 6,680 passengers and a crew of 2,200
The Wonder of the Seas debuted in 2022 with similar size to Symphony of the Seas.
Norwegian's Gem is a bit smaller among modern cruise ships (information from ncl.com: https://www.ncl.com/cruise-ship/gem)
- 93,530 GRT
- 965 feet long
- With 15 decks
- Passenger capacity of 2,394 and crew of 1070
Anyway,
as people who were on the same cruise with us were commenting on the
Titanic sinking anniversary being our sail-away date, a picture of
perhaps some questionable Transatlantic humor was posted:
Someone on one of the Facebook groups we were following posted a picture of the Gem as she was passing the Statue of Liberty on her way to port on April 15, Saturday morning, before we boarded.
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| We had tried to watch for it from our hotel, but too many obstructions between us. |
No, we're not still on the cruise, but I had looked up this information a couple of weeks ago and decided to go ahead and post it!
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