Ship of Cockaigne

The pleasure cruise, not so long ago a rare treat even for the rich, has grown into a notable industry burgeoning, they say, at the rate of 15 per cent per year. As if to bear out some wit’s observation that the means of production for one era tend to become the toys of the next, ships and trains, former workaday necessities threatened with extinction by the airplane, are blithely converting themselves into luxury hotels that have fun, will travel.

To look into this, we could not have done better than to board the M/S Sea Venture of Flagship Cruises, Inc., for her two weeks’ maiden voyage from New York to five Caribbean ports and back, December 21 to January 4. Built

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The pleasure cruise, not so long ago a rare treat even for the rich, has grown into a notable industry burgeoning, they say, at the rate of 15 per cent per year. As if to bear out some wit’s observation that the means of production for one era tend to become the toys of the next, ships and trains, former workaday necessities threatened with extinction by the airplane, are blithely converting themselves into luxury hotels that have fun, will travel.

To look into this, we could not have done better than to board the M/S Sea Venture of Flagship Cruises, Inc., for her two weeks’ maiden voyage from New York to five Caribbean ports and back, December 21 to January 4. Built