CarpeCerevisi

That was kind of the point I was going for in an obtuse way.🙂 You are correct, a higher length to beam ratio generally results in a faster ship, something that can be very important to a ship in combat or an ocean liner built to cross an ocean in as timely a fashion as possible. For a cruise ship it's generally about fitting more cabins and attractions aboard with speed being secondary.

The Iowa class was designed as fast battleships capable of 33 knots as compared to the 28 knots of the South Dakota and North Carolina classes and the 21 knots of the old standard class battleships. Even though the Iowas had basically the same main and secondary armaments (50 caliber 16" as opposed to 45 caliber) they were longer and had more powerful machinery than the preceding classes.

I was on the Nordic Empress (Empress of the Seas) that sailed from NYC on 9/9/2001. After 9/11 the port was closed so they brought us back to Philadelphia. The cruise line helped rebook people's flights to go out of Philadelphia and had buses available to bring people back to the NYC pier. It was very well organized given the short time they had available (the cruise was a 7 night to Bermuda). I think the Bayonne option for Vision would be the best given that there are three major airports and easy access to I95 and NJ Turnpike for buses down to Baltimore. I'm sure Royal Caribbean is looking at the logistics of various alternatives as well as getting an emergency exemption of the PVSA.