johns624 wrote:ArchGuy1 wrote:If it had so much life left, why didn't any other cruise line buy it? Ships as hotels is a very niche market. Have you ever been in a cruise ship cabin? Even the outside balcony suites are very small compared to a regular hotel room. If the historic Queen Mary can't make it, so cruise ship from the last 40 years can do it, either.The Carnival Sensation arrived in Aliaga for scrapping in early April 2022 after sailing for 29 years. This is a ship that had 15 years of life left, much of it with a secondhand or thirdhand line. I also see this ship as one that had some value as a hotel and museum ship.
https://cruiseradio.net/carnival-sensat ... ard-video/
I suspect the massive changes in what people want and demand in their in their cruise ship experience as well as the costs for maintenance, higher fuel burn, is shortening the lives of modern ships. well before their designed life.