Top 10 Ugliest Cruise Ships
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Many people criticize cruise ships for being ugly. Even those who don't know much about ship design or how beautiful passengers ships were in the past can recognize a truly ugly ship when they see one. When compared to traditional ocean liners, most modern cruise ships are unattractive, but there are some which stand out in this regard. This is my list of the top 10 ugliest cruise ships.
This video is part of the GBM Vlog Series (#8).
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Which ugly cruise ships did I miss?
Icon Of The Seas even though it's brand new
Definitely the Icon Of The Seas because of its big forehead and it’s straight bow that looks like early 1900’s ship and I think that it should have that Normandie style bow
Ocean Majesty. She's quite an old cruise ship, but her overall side structure looks like a whale coming out of the water. And the MSC Seaview is missing. She looks like a shoe cardboard box.
I actually like the carnival princes, but on another note I rather like the new parabolic bow design, when it’s done right, though I agree with the number one
All of them. 😂
Not gonna lie, Scarlet Lady does resemble a hotel placed on top of a barge.
Most of them do.
I have sensory autism the Colors white and red trigger me and make my skin crawl, I try my best to avoid Ted and white themes, candy canes peppermints just irk me and the scarlet lady looks like a floating Target Super Store.. I cringed the entire segment. I was curious about the whole aesthetic so tried to watch a tour of the ship.. NOPE
They all look like that to me. I've always thought that.
Scarlet lady is somewhat like a huge flat iron.😂
@@PaulieLauraXombie1331 Awkward. Scarlet Lady is Red and Grey
the Shopping Cart handle ship I always thought it looked cool. I always thought it was more like a spoiler you see on supercars
That's one way to look at it!
I was never fond of spoilers on cars.
I like the Scarlet Lady I think she represents where modern cruise ship design is going in the future. I understand that she is nothing compared to Ocean Liners however i think she is a bold ship and stands out from other coppy and pasted ship designs
The covered bow of Caribbean Princess may be functional for sheltering people walking on deck, but the first time I saw it or some other ship of the Grand/Gem class, my first thought was "Why did they make the ship look like a toilet seat?"
Interesting video! Can you please make the opposite video? The top 10 most beautiful (in your opinion of course) cruise ships in the market? 🙏
Yes, I'm thinking of doing that. I'm glad you liked this one.
End of the day the people who use Cruise Ships arent spending their holiday looking at them from the outside. they have basically evolved to become floating resorts and to meet the need of fitting more in by using one massive ship instead of two smaller ones.
Anything constructed since about 2000. Disney Magic and Disney Wonder were among the last to be designed with aesthetics in mind, but you'd have to go back to P&O's Aurora and Oriana (and the early 90s Carnival ships) to find ones that look nicely proportioned and not like apartment blocks on an alarmingly low freeboard hull. There's QM2 of course, but even she was spoiled with that stubby funnel
I actually think Caribbean Princess looks cool its a ship with a spoiler! Also I like the Scarlet Lady too.
No hate but i like some of these ships that were shown on the list * World Europa,AidaNova,Norwegian Prima* 😢
Admittedly, the modern cruise vessel designers have excelled themselves with your apposite no1 ugly scow choice. An unrelievedly odd and baffling ship reminded me of the weird "Push-me-pull-you" beast from the old "Dr Doolittle" movie.
Specifically in that one can't even identify which end is which.
Just like many of their passengers, those cruise liners are getting hideously bloated
Thank you so much for mentioning the scarlet lady!!! I think she’s so ugly
I think the carnival ships look good
Carnival sunshine got disrespected here
i feel like most of your viewers, myself included, are cruise ship haters
would love to see a top 10 prettiest MODERN cruise ships, could be nice to see that there are still some beauties out there!
I’m agree! The think there’s still a few cruise ships that look good.
I think you'd need a time machine and go back to the halcyon days of cruising to see Queen Mary, Normadie, SS United States, SS France etc for beautiful ships. Today's offerings are tacky theme parks on water.
Agreed I've recently started doing 3d models of cruise ships and all 4 of my ocean cruise ships are on your top 10 worst list (via their identical sisters) - P&O Iona, Arvia, Ventura and Azura, Am hoping my next ship - P&O Arcadia isn't in the bottom 20!
I definitely identify as another cruise ship hater, lol.
A Disney ship is definitely going on that list
*icon of the seas tried to join the chat. But her big forehead was in the way*
And don't forget that Icon OTS looks like she went down to Columbia to get some junk added to her trunk.
@@df3555 isn’t that Icon Of The Seas?
@@Someguy4007 It is...big forehead and bulging junk in the trunk, lol
@@df3555 and I’m guessing it’s supposed be a mall or restaurant in which you can do it inside!
She can't exactly bend down either. By the time she's low enough to enter the chat, her forecastle is underwater.
The AIDAnova really said: 👁👄👁
I honestly don’t think anything can top Icon of the Seas lol
"Human lasagne" 😂
So true.
Gigantic boil/pimple over her bridge
Megamind looking ahh
My opinion too. 😨
I have cruised on the Caribbean Princess and I love the Skywalker Lounge. It's a great reading room during the day with a nice view. It definitely looks ugly from the outside though. The bridge wing supports are also unattractive, but the concept is what drew me to the Grand Princess for my first cruise (Alaska). I saw a photo of the platform with people on it and thought "I want to be there". Sadly, some Princess ships no longer allow passengers to access that space.
We went on this ship over a year ago, and, although not that attractive from the rear, the shade it offers for the aft pool is wonderful. The Skywalker lounge is also pretty cool, like being in a totally separate place, not on a ship.
We enjoyed our recent cruise on the Caribbean Princess! The crew is top notch and we loved how the staff is from all over the world! We had a great stateroom steward and onboard activity supervisor! Her name was Silviya!
Not only that, but it was also the coldest spot on the ship, perfect after you've burned up soaking in rays all day.
The other ships in the same class still have a Skywalker's; it's just not propped up on stilts at the very stern, it's tucked in behind the funnel. While that alone doesn't give those ships an elegant finish, it's certainly an improvement. And there's no real loss in terms of the views from inside the room.
As to the viewing platform atop the bridge, yes, that has been lost on Princess' newer ships. What's really regrettable, though, is that the wrap-around promenade on the Grand Class of vessels is gone on the Royal Class ships. Why, I don't know. I was just on _Ruby Princess_ and people were out walking and/or sitting on the promemade every day and evening. On _Discovery Princess_ , passengers seemed to go out on the kind of... platforms on "Promenade" Deck just to smoke.
I've always thought the Sapphire Princess looked nice compared to other cruise ships.
What’s up with those weird metal tube things on the funnel? I was on it a week ago and they were plugged up and appeared to serve no purpose.
@@tylerlittle4436 They are completely cosmetic. Meant to look like air turbines.
The metal tubes were confirmed to be useless BMT (Big Metalic Things) by one of the crew member in one of the on-board presentation. I was on Sapphire Princess last week for an Alaska cruise; the bow extension to the Promenade Deck was a unique location for wild life sighting as it is not to high nor too low. Prefect ship for such type of cruises.
It is hard being a cruise ship enjoyer when literally your favorite ship you've ever been on was put 9th place on this list
But also I want to set a "challenge" you could call it. I want you to now make a list of, in your opinion, the best looking cruise ships. But here's the catch: You cannot use Cunard (more specifically the QM2), or any cruise ships that were once ocean liners but got converted.
QM2 couldnt be on a list of cruise ships anyway as its an ocean liner
@@SwagCat852 ik but people list it as a cruise ship often because it does do cruises quite frequently
So I took a look at some of the cruise ships we have around to figure out what I'd consider the best looking ones and holy crap that was a dire situation. Disney Dream class ships are the first one I found which I actually liked. Also liked MV Balmoral and MS Queen Victoria but after that I gave up because some of these were monstrously ugly. Last one belongs to Cunard, but there's no way that was ever an ocean liner and there are other units of that type in operation too under different banners (Vista-class)
Yes, yes. Good.
Some of the Disney ships are quite nice, smaller cruise ships like the Silver ships are quite nice. P&O and Holland America line also have some nice ships. If I had to pick three I'd say the former Oceana, the Artania and the Aurora are the best looking cruise ships in my opinion.
MSC World Europa is the most beautiful ship i have ever cruised with
I traveled on the Caribbean princes and I loved the sky lounge it looks like a spoiler on the back of a sports car very unique but each to their own haha
I love the Caribbean Princess
No shortage of ugly cruise ships to choose from.
Just like there's no shortage of ugly ocean liners.
@dexterous123 There's an EXTREMELY loud minority on the internet who worships everything that's "vintage" and hates everything that's "modern". People also believed ocean liners and Eiffel Tower were ugly af back in the day, for example.
@dexterous123 Yes, this is the case with architecture as well. They'll also throw around the term "souless" very often.
@dexterous123 facts. It's like comparing a fishing boat with a cargo ship.
@dexterous123some ocean liners are cool but a whole lot of them are ugly
But there is one ship that is kind of conflicting. It’s that the Cunard Queen Elizabeth has all of those features to be considered ‘Ugly’, like the superstructure blocks and the flat stern. It’s just that Cunard has a unique charm to it that you don’t get with other cruise lines!
This video is an unexpected surprise but a welcome one nonetheless.
I absolutely love top ten list like this. 🎉
I would personally disagree with you on scarlet lady, I would say she’s one of the more graceful of the floating hotel variants, she has this modern and sleek look which mixed with her color pallet complements the whole aesthetic. Which other ships such as those from royal Caribbean (particularly the oasis class) don’t do as well, as they very much look blocky with their size and not to mention their color pallet doesn’t help much differentiate from a boring blocky hotel. Also I feel like scarlet lady does the whole bow superstructure thing better than other ships who have attempted it. But that’s just my opinion.
They're all terrible, but I actually kind of like Carnival Destiny. What I hate most about modern passenger ships is how tall the superstructure is. But the design of this ship makes it look substantially sleeker. With a longer bow it'd look really rather nice.
i tought the norwegian's cruise ships werent that ugly exept the epic 1
Icon of the seas should top this list imo. That bulbous front end makes it look like a Barreleye fish.
I must say Carnival Destiny and her sisters were done a very big favour by Carnival's trademark funnel, which does a lot for them and distracts from the arguably stubby bow and the apartment block look of all the balconies. A good funnel can do wonders
All I see is a soulless council buildings that float. Pretty much no more traditional ship characteristics.
Dude the Aida nova is the most beautiful ship on earth
P & O Australia have 2 Grand Class ships that still have their shopping trolley handles attached, Pacific Adventure and Pacific Encounter. They look OK to me but the nightclub shades the pool area below it too much.
I agree with all of the ten except for the Caribbean Princess, i’ve sailed on many of those princess class ships with the Emerald Princess being my favorite. I also sailed on the Caribbean Princess twice, I really really like the bow of the vessel, which allows passengers to walk around and look out, something that is very unique and I haven’t seen on any other ship. this was a great video and I never really thought about the tiny small bows like you mention, but they are very unattractive. Look forward to seeing other videos you produce.
I 100% agree with you and Caribbean Princess was the 1st cruise ship i had ever sailed on and i wont lie, that bow is one of the most unique things about the ship which makes it beutiful.
Not a bad listing! I’d be hard-pressed to disagree with most of your selections. Going in the opposite direction, IMHO to this day nothing has ever topped the graceful lines, beautiful interiors and elegance of the ill-fated SS Normandie.
If you agree (with the premise), I think viewers and followers of your excellent channel might find interest in a video discussing the relative safety of these floating behemoths. Because in my opinion (after listening to many experts, none of whom were employed by any cruise line, and were thus much freer to give their true thoughts and opinions. This includes well-known maritime architects, retired USCG officers, and former mariners, including former captains of the world’s largest cruise ships.) - all of these massive vessels share one thing in common: They are all catastrophes at sea waiting to happen. ALL cruise lines will make endless pronouncements that safety of passengers and crew is and always will be their No. 1 priority. Rubbish. As these ships grow ever larger, capable of accommodating 5,000+ passengers and 1,500 or more crew (on some of the largest), the risks of an incident or accident (especially one occurring during a scheduled “at sea” day) continue to escalate. I don’t believe for one second that a ship, out at sea and possibly sinking, will successfully launch all its lifeboats and rafts without enormous loss of life. These vessels are loaded with elderly passengers and children, who will be slower and more difficult to put in lifeboats, life rafts or transfer to another vessel. Look at the Costa Concordia disaster, which tragically took 32 souls. The main reason the horrific death toll wasn’t MUCH higher was because it capsized right next to land. These ginormous modern cruisers are nowhere near as safe as the public has been led to believe. Those experts I’ve read and listened to? Just some of the entirely possible and predictable disasters which will unfortunately occur to one of these vessels:
1. Fire on ship. With crews frequently speaking multiple languages, even with regular training and drills a fire could easily overwhelm a ship. And depending upon its location, rendering some or all lifeboats useless.
2. Ice. Still a potential ship killer even 121 years after Titanic and with the International Ice Patrol, modern radars and excellent meteorological data.
3. Storms. I have heard expert after expert explain that these modern cruisers are extremely top heavy and could easily be capsized or severely damaged in extreme weather. In fact, that’s already happened many times, most recently with a major line. Loss of all main power and propulsion.
4. Terrorism. The dirty little secret the industry doesn’t want to talk about, but every one of these modern cruise ships, loaded with Westerners, is a target for terrorists. It’s not just the cargo ships.
A major accident at sea, with the vessel in risk of foundering would probably result in thousands of lives lost. All the lines also claim they abide by or obey all SOLAS Regulations or suggestions. Don’t believe it. Mixing a profit motive with millions of lives annually is a recipe for disaster. Fortunately, in the past ~20 years most incidents have been relatively minor. I think your viewers might appreciate a look at the real risks taken when booking a cruise and sailing on these fun, but potentially dangerous ships. (And I haven’t even touched on the subject of crime on board the cruisers, another dirty secret, but crime is rampant on so many of these vessels, with jurisdiction hazy. Everything from cabin rading to assault.). TY for today’s video.
I agree completely. Trying to disembark 8,000 souls from a sinking ship could be disastrous. These ships are top heavy, and fire could be a major issue with so many people on board.
Yes I agree with all that you have said too. I was a cruise ambassador for many years and was lucky enough to sail on some of the greats from the 60's. I quit cruising in 2010 when politics and cruise companies like Carnival started to change previously independent companies identity and pressed their own marketing plans. The whole atmosphere of cruising changed for the worst with many nasty traits creeping in. Younger cruise guests, passengers whatever they are called now, only know the current concepts and are none the wiser of better times. 5000 passengers is far too many panicking individuals to deal with that almost always do crazy things in an emergency situation. I have seen many idiots over the years who would almost certainly die in an emergency or indeed cause somebody else to lose their lives due to their own selfish behaviour. Indeed some passengers these days seem to have great difficulty with actually staying on board when the ship is at sea!! 🙄
Yes, and terrorism is why there are no tours of engine rooms or the bridge.
And I 100% agree that Normandie was the finest looking liner of all time. And the epitome of Art Deco.
@@johnnyhollis9977 : Thank you for your comments and your perspective. We would appear to agree on much. As a former employee of one of more lines, you have an insider’s perspective I lack. Although I am not a mariner or former employee of any cruise line, I am a lifelong amateur historian of just about everything shipping, ships and the industry. I think I would have very much enjoyed passage to or from America-Europe during the Golden Age(s) of transatlantic travel. Sailing on the Ile de France, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, or any of those storied ships must have been a memorable series of days. Back when an ocean liner was the only method of passage from NYC to European destinations. I have only been on one cruise, a small, coastal ship with limited passengers but wonderful food. But there is one trip I can only hope to take whilst still young enough to enjoy: The fabled transatlantic crossing, NYC to Southampton or London aboard the Cunard QM2. And ONLY the QM2, although her Sisters are beautiful. Cunard, as you undoubtedly know, is owned by Carnival Cruise Lines (Which I think of as DisneyWorld on pontoons); a sad fact IMO. Cunard (and Carnival) claim that the Cunarders are sailed independently, without the heavy hand of the corporate parent. I have also read that with the QM2, the ship has a British milieu. An inside stateroom can be booked for a relatively low cost, and provided one doesn’t go overboard (figuratively 😂😂) with the booze, a $900 ticket does not become a $3,500 ticket. Perhaps with your background you might offer some suggestions or insight. There is literally no ship on Earth, including her Sisters, comparable to the QM2.
@@skovner : Well stated. I completely agree.
I love Caribbean Princess even though your observations are undeniably true. Maybe it's its "ugly duck" appearance that I like. I'll be sailing on her until they tow her to the scrapyard, and then maybe sail on Scarlet Lady. ;)
I sailed on Ruby Princess and liked her too (despite being terribly ugly). Designing ships to look nice from the outside comes with its tradeoffs, no doubt.
Hmm, interesting video.
I would only disagree with your comment of AIDAnova’s livery that you consider outdated.
The livery is more or less the same for *every* AIDAship ever since the first AIDA (the late AIDAcara). This is the brand‘s key image that sets every AIDAship apart from the (bland) competition. One of the best-known brands in its core market in Germany.
Replacing the livery would be like changing MickeyD’s arches or Coke’s flowing lines because the look so roundish…
A ship without the Kissing Mouth is no AIDAship. They’ve managed the trick that people don’t go on a cruise on ship X by cruise line Y.
People go on an *AIDAcruise*. (“We’ll sail on AIDA”) The distinct ship is often less of a priority.
aw i like the sunshine. im also going on her in 2024 and even if she's ugly ive herd she's still a fun time. plus she has history.
I don’t even find her that ugly she looks relatively normal to me
I do not find her ugly at all.😀
When I worked at Holland America Line, the Princess ships with the Skywalker lounge were nicknamed "shopping trolleys" by my colleagues due to that feature resembling the handle of a shopping trolley.
...and you mentioned it in the video.
HAL still has some decent looking ships. I went to Alaska on the Volendam couple months back. Class act. The Sapphire Princess was birthed next to us in Vancouver. Still a fugly ship without the shopping cart handle. That well deck that runs around the bow is really strange. Makes it look like a fat bird.
The last one should have been named Norwegian Nightmare.
1:35 for #9 Carnival Sunshine. She was the only cruise ship on here that took the title of the worlds largest passenger ships until 1998.
I don't know, I think MSC World Europa's design has alot of charm to it.
I like the knife edge bow, I like the shaping on the top if the superstructure (even if it is only a facade)
I like the superstructure going all the way to the tip of the bow, it makes it look modern and sleek like a fish.
And even though the stern isn't the best, i like that they bothered with shaping it at all, compared to the gaping maw of the Oasis class' stern.
It looks like a great value Oasis class ship 😂 the all white is so ugly and it just looks like a block, way to many decks of balconies
Royal Caribbean has the best aesthetically pleasing ships in my opinion. Norwegian and MSC are the ugliest operating cruise ships today.
Icon of the Seas should be number 1 in my opinion. I can't believe the designers looked at it and said it was okay...
Yep, I agree. That humongous glass forehead is UGLY!
what
Sail on her. You're basing your opinion on her exterior (as I did). No words can describe her amazing interior beauty.
@@user-lj1zs3wl5l The video is about exterior looks, not interior though
I aint gonna lie i love Aida and if been on the nova and many other of their ships yes they have many cabins but also enough activities and entertainment i just feel like Americans always need to have 30 slides a race track and basically anything you need to have on a ship i just fell like its to much and 2 water slides like on the nova is enough also its not ugly at all and this vid is kinda pointless because everyone has different opinions
So next you should do a top 10 prettiest modern ship video.
I was thinking of it
You wouldn't be able to find one.
@@toddkurzbard Queen Mary 2 and other Cunarders. That's it.
@@toddkurzbard so Cunard ships aren't beautiful to you?
I think grandeur of the seas and other old royal Caribbean ships look ugly, at least the new ones look very nice
Something that I have noticed is that ships with these designs tend to look less imposing if the hull is not painted the same color as the superstructure. Case in point, the ships of Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, which not only seem to be more visually dignified, but also lack a corporate naming convention, and I am thus able to take them more seriously.
That's not to say that putting the company's name in that of its ships can't work, because the Union-Castle Line did just that. But the reason it worked for them was that the majority of them were named after actual castles, and their names would still sound really nice even without the "Castle" suffix, as opposed to, say, Princess Cruise Lines, where their names fall apart without the corporate part of their names. Not to mention that the similar names cause them to blur together for me. It may help with brand recognition, but almost no one is going to remember the names of the ships themselves.
Spot on! Union Castle had real ships that were visually beautiful. Arriving on one of those ships was a great experience. 😉👍
fred olsen's ships look pretty good
Norwegian Costa Carnival Princess of the Seas
Absolutely. Those Carnival ships have counterparts that sail for Holland America and Cunard and a black or dark blue hull makes those ships look about a hundred times better!
@@johnnyhollis9977The _Arundel Castle's_ name in particular always stood out to me for how pleasing it is to read and say.
My ctuise ship has, "three nuclear engines" so that i don't rush for fuel○ 53 year's full throttle○
KJV☆ Amen 🇷🇺 🧸🎩
I legit predicted icon class In class one day I was at school I was thinking of cruise ships and wanted to draw some after I’m done with my homework when I was done I wanted to draw the largest cruise ship I was thinking a mix of the world Europas stern and The Oasis classes bow so I draw looks horrible I decided to add a BIG MASSIVE GLASS dome at the top I looked at it then knew it was bad when icon came out I legit saw the big glass dome at the front I was like WHAT THATS MY GLASS dome
OH. EM. GEE. I saw vids praising the Norwegian Prima, but they never showed the exterior. Oh you nailed it! That is one extremely ugly exterior!
I think perhaps making an actual hotel float would look better than many modern cruise ships. Also, I agree that the Norwegian Prima resembles the Airbus Beluga, but at least the Beluga has a purposeful reason for its looks 😂
Hello ! Icon of the seas front dome is the ugliest thing out there 100%
The Cunard ones are normally quite nice, but their new one Queen Anne looks terrible, it has way too much on top of the bridge
I thought this too. Too top leavy on top of the bridge.
My dad ride an aidanova bruh,now is it ugly? Aidanova is perfect
*can't breathe*BTW icon of the seas is the worst.because it hadca big forhead on it.
It is bad when ferry companies like Viking Line have better looking ships
Also where is Icon of the Seas, that might be one of the ugliest ships currently in existence, at least when it comes to the bow
Uh oh. I really like the appearance of the Virgin cruise ships. They work for my aesthetic. Though hotel stacked on a barge is frightfully accurate
I wonder what a "Most beautiful modern curise ship" list would've looked like. Probably a lot of DCL on the list
You nailed them all. Holy cow, those ships are all two-bag ugly (one bag for her head and one bag for your’s in case her’s falls off).
I think the Sky lounge gives the Caribbean Princess a neat look and I wasn't a fan of the bridge support beams I have a lot of wonderful memories on that ship ❤
I still had a great time aboard Ruby Princess as well, even though the ship is ugly in my opinion. Thanks for watching
I sailed on Star Princess, currently known as the P&O Pacific Encounter, and spent alot of time in the bar that structure at the rear of the ship. Made me fall in love with Princess in general
The Queen Mary 2 is very ugly from the bow, the protruding things from the front in my opinion are very ugly
I would add the hideous Icon of the Seas to this group. I’ve never really minded Oasis class. For being so huge, Royal managed to make them quite attractive. But with Icon class it seems like they went to designers asking for a slightly larger Oasis but make it as ugly as possible. I don’t like the new light blue hull in any of the ships but it seems especially offensive on Icon.
Disagree, I love the icon for just how unapologetically huge it looks.
All Ships. Are. . Dangerous There' Out. DROWNING As. MANY. Passenger. As. possible
aw, i love the norwegian encore, i was just on it for an alaska cruise. i thought it looked odd when i first looked it up, but over time, and especially when i finally arrived in person, i actually quite like it. the part above the bridge was the thing i didn’t like before, but i don’t think it looks too bad now, and especially after going on and realizing it was the (amazing) observation lounge and buffet, i just couldn’t complain. also, the hull art is simple, but i still quite like it. it was by a spanish artist, i forgot his name, but i like how flowy it is and it is 100% better than it just being plain. in fact that’s one reason why norwegian is my favorite line, i absolutely love the hull art and how they commission in different artists to design them, with the getaway artwork being my favorite, and giving it another reason to be my favorite cruise ship of all time, that i’ve been on anyway
i love encore too! I have never been on her, but I have been on NCL joy her sister ship. encore is the only ship that I disagree on
@@Connor-pn4yb yeah, i like the way the breakaway ships look in general,
so i don’t get why it’s on here lol, i loved being on the ship, and i think it looks great
Same. My favourite ship from the Breakaway class is Norvegian Bliss
I loved the skywalk lounge.
The Caribbean Princess and all of the Grand Princess successors grew on me over time. They're nowhere near as attractive as the old Sun Princess (1995) or the current Coral Princess, but I find them more interesting from the exterior than any of the newer Princess fleet. As others have said, the original Skywalker's lounge provides some of the best views I've ever had from a ship. It is my all time favorite venue on any cruise ship. I really miss it on the Royal class. I'm booking Alaska on Caribbean in 2025 for that reason alone.
My God those Norwegian ships are ugly. I crossed paths with Norwegian Joy in Mexico last year, and it's as awkward in person as it is on film. Too tall above the bridge.
The Sea Princess (Sun Class) was the first cruise ship I sailed on, and it endeared me early on to Princess. We've sailed since on the Ruby & Emerald. I agree though, from the stern... not all that attractive, especially when you think of the Oasis or Freedom class by RC.
Well Said @timfross. I agree completely. :) Great views! And why are the some of the latest RCCL ships missing? Whatever class of RCCL ship that has that lame crane with the viewing "ball" at the end of it would is hideous. It makes Las Vegas look classy...and it's not.
I really think that the AIDA nova is the best looking in the fleet (Its still ugly as hell). The Hyperion class is just slapping things on inside until it looks like a bloated mess, and the Sphinx and Icarus class both just look very top heavy and the weird glass thing is not doing any favors. At least the excellence class has some uniformity down its length.
You can update this video to include the new Icon of the Seas ....... a true floating petri dish.
Good list but I think you missed one . The newest Royal Caribbean Icon of the Seas ship. My first impression after seeing the picture was “what an ugly ship!”. From the stubby bow to the huge glass dome that looks like an upside down colander and an arch at the stern that makes it look like a cheap plastic tote overloaded with knick knacks, IMO the design team really missed the mark with overall appearance on this one.
Gosh so true! That bulb like look on top!
Nope.
She's certainly ugly!I can't believe I've seen some people who seriously think she looks good!
I thought the same but having seen the Icon up close firsthand I changed my mind. She is beautiful in person, at least from the front.
I agree with number 1 but I do like the NCL breakaway class ships. I think the artwork is nice and over all pretty pleaseing to look at
Pride of America looks fine to me. Yeah, it has that short bow and stern all modern cruise ships have, but the whole ship seems to be adequately proportional. Nothing is too massive or too small, it doesn't look like an oversized hotel resort glued on top of a ship's hull, its bridge looks nice...
I'd say, IMHO, it doesn't deserve a spot on this list, but I thank you for adding it because I didn't know about it and it's nice finding out about this ship.
I would have added Royal Caribbeans Icon of the seas. Ugly and too big.
Now I'd be curious what you think of AIDA's smaller ships, like the AIDAprima and AIDAperla. Imo they're among the nicest-looking ships from the 2010s.
Really? Nova is just a supersized version of prima and perla, I think.
Personally I’m more of a Sphinx+ class guy like AIDAsol etc. like them both outside and inside. Feels like coming home, every time.
@@chubbywombat7402 yeah i was on all AIDA classes and the sphinx class is the best
@@chubbywombat7402 Really? I've been on AIDAsol and AIDAnova and liked the latter one much more. Everything is just bigger and nicer. Of course it's newer, but I was quite impressed.
Missed out on the Royal Caribbean monstrosities.. especially their newest abomination.
I know Icon of the Seas isn’t out yet but it definitely belongs on this list
Yeah idk what RCL was thinking, all of there ship classes have been elegant except icon. I still prefer Icon over Virgin ships and the new NCL and MSC
@dexterous123 they don’t have to but would be nice if they still looked like ships
I think you may need to do a little more research into the grand class ships. I was on board the Grand Princess when she had the sky walkers lounge and it was especially unique and the views were tremendous. The skywalkers nightclub does not look like a shopping trolly, only idiots think like this, it’s more like a spoiler. The skywalkers lounge has also not been removed from every grand class cruise ship, it has just been removed from one. It’s completely not true that the Caribbean Princess is the only ship with the sky walkers night club because P&O Australia’s Pacific Adventure and Pacific Encounter do also feature the Skywalkers lounge. This moves onto ur next untrue fact. It isn’t true that the grand class ships are just in Princess and P&O, they actually feature in three different cruise lines (Princess, P&O AND P&O Australia). Have sailed on 4 Grand class ships (Grand & Emerald Princess, Azura and Ventura) and with the Caribbean princess booked for June 2024 I can say with certainty that the design of the ship is very pretty and very aesthetically fit for purpose as the ship looks nothing like a block of flats. I also feel more research into the Costa Allegra, Costa marina and Costa victoria should have been made b/c those three ships are definitely far worst than any of the ships on the list.
Too funny. On our last cruise, we were docked by the Norwegian Epic. I commented that it was the ugliest ship I'd ever seen. But I forgot about Caribbean Princess....we sailed on that one, and it definitely deserves the list. There are several things I don't like about Valiant Lady from an "onboard features" standpoint, but not sure she deserved the ugly label. At least her light gray and red color scheme looks better than the big white hulks.
I originally hated Oasis class ships since they look too fat… but compare to these… the Oasis class looked relatively elegant…
The ship that ended life as Ocean Gala 1 (ex-Ocean Gala, Island Escape, Viking Serenade, Stardancer, and Scandanavia) did not win any beauty prizes. In her defense, the ship was originally a cruiseferry designed for function. Royal Caribbean converted her into a cruise ship by removing the car deck and converting them into passenger cabins. There were all sorts of odd angles that gave the ship a strange look.
I love the classic transatlantic ships like Titanic, Queen Mary, SS United States.
Between ages 6 - 9 I traveled on both Queens and SS US, and the Italian Line's Michelangelo ... it's burned in my brain like it was yesterday, especially the SS US
Totally agree with your choice! Cruise ships have steadily become more and more ugly since the modern rash of floating bricks that have been developed since the 1990's.
Elegance and shear grandeur has been lacking for sometime and I feel sure that when this lot go to the breakers not many people will miss them that much.
Many are nothing more than floating fun fair amusement parks and cruising being a secondary factor. Sure they have some amazing idea's incorporated into their fabric but the overall design has gone a bit weird. They are too big too but that is the fault of the greedy cruise company's trying to cram as many wallets on board as possible with the minimum of staff.
Gone are the great days of moderately sized elegant ships of the 50's to 80's that had clean lines and looked immaculate. Some of these new giant leviathans barely go anywhere these days.
Some of the exterior paint jobs look a bit tasteless too! Sorry I just think that they are a joke rocking up. I certainly wouldn't be proud arriving somewhere on one of them!
Totally agree about the paint jobs! Many are starting to look like the graffiti-covered walls in the urban ghetto.... I have wonderful memories of working on the 47th floor of Rockefeller Center many years ago and looking down to see the Leonardo DaVinci berthed in the Hudson River right below ... what serene, tasteful glamour...
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you can still fin smaller cruise ships, the reason bigger ships are more and more popular is because the bigger the ship the more events and attractions they can cram on board which will attract a wider range of people. That's especially true since they tend to mainly attract families so they'll go for bigger ships since it will give their kids more things to do and give the parents more variety as well; the bigger the ship the more types of people they can appease. Bigger ships also mean things like more shows, more famous entertainers, and a wider variety of foods thanks to more and larger kitchens.
@@arthas640I agree with a lot of what you say, indeed I have cruised on some 100,000 ton+ ships myself. Quite a lot of recent complaints that seems to be growing according to some cruise bloggers is that people are complaining more and more at having to queue for a lot of things these days. Possibly not helped by less crew in the hotel side of things being available, as cruise company's try to cut back on expenditure. The amount of things to do on board now especially on the bigger ships is definitely geared towards a family with children! Personally I don't like the huge leviathans now being operated for a few reasons but each to his or her own! 😉⚓👍
I guess in your next ugly cruise ships, you can add Icon of the Seas, which I call Eyesore of the Seas!!
I audibly gagged at number one. Surprised even myself with that.
Princess cruise ships are the ugliest ships, but saying this isn't enough. I hate that bow and stern with a burning passion! It looks like a toy!
Cruise ship are pretty ugly big bricks on top but some times they are beautiful some are Oasis class, Quantum class (not that beautiful but in my opinion kinda pretty) My most favourite is the Sovereign of the seas it’s a classic cruise ship i like that got scrapped in 2020 she looks like a classic she doesn’t have balconies just on both sides of the ship she looks beautiful without those balconies her front is round like that of MV Georgic White star line . Her stern looks like that of a classic 1960s Ocean liner upon from the big windows at the back she also got some balconies at the top deck at a refit in the 2000s Built in 1986 and was the largest cruise ship at its time (my explanation is bad Ik )
Would you be interested in a video on the 10 most attractive cruise ships?
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MSC Armonia stings the eyes.
You are spot on with your choices, especially when it comes to Norwegian Cruise Lines and Virgin. The design of those vessels is grotesque.
Armonia looks like a converted RoRo
i don't even think Nova is that bad as it's like the Iona/Carnival Celebration class however those super tall blocky Norwegian ships look like double decker busses
To add to the list of crimes of the Norwegian line, we could mention the ugly remake that they did to the Norway, previously the gracious France.
Blowing up her boilers was even more heinous.
I fully agree with The Prima, the Encore, Epic, Poesia, and the Princess. Nevertheless, the World Europa looks beautiful to me. I was on it twice and also the interior design is brilliant. Good we all have a different taste.
Things in general just to have got more and more ugly in the last few decades, not just cruise ships. The old city where I live is filled with some of the most splendid art nouveau architecture around, its often used as a film location... the newer areas are all just cement blocks of flats. And nobody seems to care, nobody is saying: why are the new buildings so ghastly?! I don't think they even look at them... I wonder if its because people are too focused on the indoor now, their private domain? People drive everywhere, and when they get where they're going they turn on the screen. They don't seem to stop and soak up the world around them.
I completely agree
im here for most of it but... the prima?? it's pretty, and its blue livery stands out but also blends with the ocean nicely. it is modern, and sure, maybe at weird angles it might not look like a 10/10, but its still a great ship
Seems like a lot of people agree with you in the comments. I truly don't understand, but y'all are free to your opinions.
I like modern ships like Valiant Lady and Scarlet Lady. They have their own nature. And it might be the future of cruise ships.
I would add Icon of the Seas somewhere in this list, with its hideous dome and wierd looking funnel design
I haven't been paying much attention to the reception of Icon, so I'm surprised to see how many people find her particularly unattractive.
Why did this video remind me of a "Ugly Dog Contest?"
Great video, personally I think Norwegian Epic and Norwegian Encore are worse than Prima. Grand class is really bad, too.
I think the Scarlet Lady was a missed opportunity by the builders. In my opinion they got the hull right but when it came to the superstructure they dropped the ball...
I just like that straight bow design, it's a stable of old ocean liners. However I am glad that new ships are better in outward aesthetics.