Large cruise ship
- Category
- passenger
- Size envelope
- 100,000-180,000 GT
- LOA typical
- ~300 m
- Cargo
- ~2,500-4,500 passengers plus ~1,000-1,800 crew
- Route archetype
- Global cruise itineraries
- Crew size
- 1,000-1,800
Overview
Mainstream large cruise segment. Freedom-class, Voyager-class, most modern MSC + Costa + P and O + Princess ships. Global itineraries. Best pay:responsibility ratio for cruise deck and engineering officers (proportionally more responsibility for the same pay tier as mega-cruise).