I hope you are not a time traveler from the future.

You say that now, but with how big US truck grilles are becoming I expect the Canyonero II to be at least a few stories tall. .

That happened to me too. I couldn’t imagine myself liking being stuck on a boat for a week, but we had 50 days in a row below zero one year so when my wife said we should go on a last minute cruise I went just to thaw out. Ended up loving it. Started going at least every other year. Hope to go again some day once…

Your idea of “mistreatment” is paradise for someone whose alternative employment options are far, far worse. White privilege much?

Blah, blah, blah. Whatever. All sorts of things we do are “environmental disasters”. Nobody holds a gun to anyone’s head to work on one either. Shanghaiing isn’t a thing anymore.

A hotel that goes to different places. There’s always going to be people who want that sort of thing.

When I was in Miami Beach last month, the Uber from the airport drove past several of the ships docked in a row (which is impressive to see, as I have maybe seen a single one pulling out to sea before), and the National Cruise Lines and Carnival buildings...they are pretty cool (and massive) to see in person!

I love being at sea for one. But practically you can visit cool places without going from hotel to hotel, you can spend time with friends and family (assuming you go with a group of course) and the cooking and cleaning is handled by the paid staff. You meet new people and have lots of time to get to know them. You can…

They could do that with a regular building at a fraction of the cost and with far less maintenance. Your heart is in the right place but this is not even close to being realistic financially or otherwise. It wouldn’t be long before it was absolutely trashed and turned into a nightmare of drugs and violence that would…

The initial builds of the hulls are usually still done on either slipways or drydocks, it’s just the final finishing and adding all of the amenities that are done in these facilities.

I never said it was. I was simply impressed that some very large ships are now built indoors. 

Itd be easier to just load it with homeless and then sink it

We still build aircraft carriers the old-fashioned way (albeit in drydocks, not on slips). And I live near one of the two shipyards in the US that builds guided missile frigates - same thing. So this is new to me, and rather neat. It certainly makes sense to do it out of the weather, bound to improve the quality of…

In area sure - but nowhere near as tall, nor the sheer amount of open area. 

Seriously. The engineering required to build a structure that cavernous is probably worthy of its own article.

Cars aren't several stories tall, though.  The engineering required to build a structure that cavernous is impressive on its own.

My wife hated cruising with a passion without having been...we went on one with some friends and she actually enjoyed it. Me thinks there’s a lot of those ppl out there.

Cue all the typical cruise ship hate on jalopnik…

As big as those things are, I am even more impressed that there is evidently a building big enough to build one *indoors*. I have never seen that before.

Think I’ve teared up three times reading this site: Mike’s struggle with gaming addiction, Mike’s story about being in a coma, and today reading this tribute.