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phantasmagoria of animegirl view @lookatthesky7/7/2023, 8:09 PM

Cliff 🦖 Pervocracy @pervocracy

Tom @tomotter7/7/2023, 7:36 PM

ocean liners are cool we should do more of those

ngl i hate the fact that the only practical option for crossing the ocean is planes. Ocean liners are awesome, who fukkin cares if it takes you a few days, I don’t want to be crammed into a tiny seat on a plane, I want to at least have the OPTION of going in a cool boat. More energy efficient too.

Like rn you can find a couple CRUISES but those are expensive as hell and the boat itself is supposed to be the attraction so you’re paying for a ton of extra shit to make it an Experience™ and I don’t like that

There should be ocean liners again, boats that are comfortable but getting you from one place to another is the main point

#Ocean liners #cruise ships #minor rant #Vacations #travel #oceans #boats

Cliff 🦖 Pervocracy @pervocracy7/7/2023, 8:05 PM

YES

let's take ships, let's take trains, let's use less fuel, let's enjoy the quiet days in between, and let's live the kind of lives where we don't always have to travel as quickly as possible because our work and home responsibilities aren't built with single points of failure

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hellojed @hellojed7/7/2023, 7:42 PM

I think its at least possible for transatlantic journeys, ive looked into it. id prefer it over flying if I could

@joXn7/8/2023, 12:13 AM

Your only genuine Ocean Liner option is Queen Mary 2, which is operated by Cunard (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carnival plc) as a cruise ship out of the Bahamas for much of the year, with some occasional stunt ocean travel like round-the-world-in-80-days runs.

cat @catball7/8/2023, 4:35 AM

I've seen agencies that help you book a cabin on a cargo ship. googling, here's a few results

downsides though is it takes a long time and generally more expensive than flying unfortunately

hellojed @hellojed7/8/2023, 4:52 AM

yeah it doesn't sound realistic

cat @catball7/8/2023, 4:57 AM

yeah :(

Anschel @Anschel7/8/2023, 5:24 AM

Wouldn't surprise me if "more expensive than flying" is inevitable at current fuel prices. The cost of, like, feeding and housing you and staffing the boat can really add up on a long trip.

@ElliotBaggott7/7/2023, 9:12 PM

Only thing I've ever really experienced like this was a three day ferry trip I took through the fjords of Chile (Puerto Natales - Puerto Madryn). It's a basically a huge car ferry that carries a lot of heavy freight to the southern districts of Chile and bills itself as a "hostel on the sea" rather than a cruise, to manage tourist expectations. Incredibly chill and relaxed trip where the only things to really do were make friends, read, watch the scenery go by and wait for meals. 10/10 would do again

Tom @tomotter7/7/2023, 10:19 PM

That sounds great

Μάρκος @postgarf7/8/2023, 2:25 AM

god i need this

S. Harriet @s-harriet7/8/2023, 2:29 AM

I knyow, right??? OwO Cruise ships are ass, ocean liners are made for this sorta thing =w= I don't wanna pay a couple hundred dollars to be sent rocketing across the sky in a cramped seat in an aluminum can, I just wanna take a little week-long trip in my gay little cabin on my big boat qwq 💜

Kyle @kyle907/8/2023, 3:33 AM

I am very down with this but also: bring back airships. I want to travel by airship at least once in my life; I know it's ridiculous but I love them

cohosted faeries @transfaeries7/8/2023, 4:08 AM

Hard same
And it's not even that ridiculous. With modern safety measures it would be cheaper more environmentally friendly air travel

Brett Eveleigh @Brett-7/8/2023, 4:44 PM

I've had the same desire stuck in my head ever since reading The Ministry For The Future.

Great Joe @Great-Joe7/8/2023, 8:38 AM

Soon as we can legislate them to run proper fuel in international waters, I'm on board.

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@joXn7/8/2023, 12:17 AM

A long while back I thought that the thing to do would be to take one of the lifting-body zeppelins that were under development in the late 2000s and turn them into work-from-the-skies travel options for business passengers. But lifting-body zeppelins seem to be pretty much a failed commercial idea, probably because nobody wants to travel as slowly as they travel and their huge cargo capacity doesn’t make up for the inconvenience of running them?

Anyway, makes me sad, because — zeppelins.

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