Cruise Ship Dictionary

Aboard Aft Amidships Ashore At Anchor Astern Balcony from your cabin.

On the ship. Opposite of ashore. Near, toward, or in the rear of a ship. In or toward the middle of the ship. On shore. Opposite of aboard. The position of the ship after it has dropped anchor. Behind a ship, or toward the rear of a ship. A private seating area on the outside of the ship accessed Also known as a Veranda.

Beam Bearing destination. Berth pier.

Width of a ship at the widest part. Direction or position of the ship with respect to its 1. The particular parking space in which the ship docks at the 2. your cabin beds.

Bow Bridge the Captain Bulkhead Bunkering an assistant. Cabin Captain Course

Front of the ship. Navigational, command, and control center of the ship, where works. Wall or partition separating cabins and compartments. To take on fuel. Butler Person who services a suite. May have

Passenger room on a ship. Master or commander of a ship. 1. Path the ship will take to get to its destination. 2. When dining, one part of a meal.

Crow's Nest High look-out point on the ship where crew can observe obstacles in the ship's path (ie. "Iceberg!").

Dealer casino. Debarkation Deckie Departure Deck Dock Docs always seems to actually need it. Draft ship's hull

1. Casino employee running card games in the ship's Exiting the ship, usually at the end of your cruise. A Deck Officer. The Officers who man the bridge. The time at which your ship leaves a port. Floor of the ship, especially the open areas. Act of parking a ship at the pier. (Short for documents) Your cruise and ticket information which arrive latter than you want it, but before you 1. Depth of water a ship draws (how far down into the water the reaches), especially when loaded.

Eastern Caribbean Usually includes any of the following: Nassau, Freeport, Hispaniola, St. John, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Dominican Republic, Tortola, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Embark Excursion Fathom Fore Forward Funnel Galley To board a ship, especially at the start of your cruise. A side-trip, on land or sea, at your ports of call. A measure of water depth equal to six feet. The forward mast or front of the ship. Toward the front of the ship. Ship's smokestack. Kitchen

Gangplank Ramp running from the pier into the side of a ship by which passengers board. Gangway provisioned. Opening in the side of a ship through which it is boarded or

Guarantee Cabin A reserved cabin, usually priced at a slight discount, guaranteed by the cruise ship to be at or better than the category you actually paid for. You do not get to choose your specific cabin or location.

Gross Tonnage cubic feet equals one Hawseholes

The total enclosed revenue-earning space of a ship. 100 gross ton.

1. The opening from which the ship's anchor chain extends. 2. A hole in the front of the ship through which a cable passes.

Heading compass (N-S-EHull deck.

The direction in which the ship is traveling, usually in terms of a W or 0360 degrees). The ships outer shell. Excludes anything built above the main A cabin inside the ship with no view of the water.

Inside /InteriorCabin Kids Club games, arts-andKnot one mile per Leeward is blowing. Midnight Buffet Midships Nautical Mile Occupancy

Programming provided for children, generally consisting of crafts, and various supervised activities. One nautical mile per hour. (One knot is about 15% faster than hour). The side of the ship opposite from the side from which the wind Last fill-up before bedtime. In or toward the middle of the ship. 6,080.2 feet. Slightly more than 1.15 land miles. The number of paying passengers a ship can carry. Atmospheric condition at sea which causes all your or two sizes between the start

Ocean Air Shrinkage (OAS) clothing to lose one and end of the cruise.

Ocean View Cabin At the very least, you have a porthole with a partial view of the water. At best, you have large windows and/or a veranda. Outside Cabin Patter Penthouse Suite Owner's Suite. Pilot and out of your Pitch Usually a cabin with a porthole, window, or veranda. Daily program of the ship's news and events. The largest passenger cabin. Sometimes referred to as an Local from shore who is responsible for bringing the ship into Port of Call. The rise and fall of the front of the ship while at sea. (

Port 1. The left side the ship. Easy to remember because PORT and LEFT each have 4 letters. 2. short for "port of call". Porterage cabin. Porthole Port of Call Porters or workers who take your luggage from the pier to your A small window. A destination that your ship stops at on your voyage.

POSH Port Outbound, Starboard Home. When traveling to America from England (or between England and India) the wealthy would want the Port side going, and the Starboard side coming back to ensure sun in the cabin for warmth (or the cooler side with the better view, as the case may be). Note that despite exhaustive research, the TRUE origin of POSH is unknown. Private Balcony Promenade Prow A balcony that is attached to your cabin. A ship's "shopping mall". The front of the ship.

Purser 1. Official on a ship responsible for papers and accounts and also for the welfare of passengers. . Registry Roll Seating seating) or Late. Country in which the ship is registered. The side-to-side sway of a ship while at sea. Which dinner service you have --- Early (which is the Main

Southern Caribbean Usually includes any of the following: Aruba, St. Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Curacao, and Barbados. Can also include some Eastern Caribbean ports. Stabilizer Starboard each have nine Stateroom Steerage Hydraulic activated underwater fins to minimize ship's roll. The right-hand side of the ship. STARBOARD and RIGHT HAND letters. Fancy name for a cabin. Cabins below the water line.

Steward Suite fare.

Person who services a cabin. . A larger cabin, usually available at a disproportionately higher

Tender The smaller ship, boat, or lifeboat used to transfer passengers from the ship to the shore and back again when the ship is anchored offshore. Veranda A private or semi-private balcony for the exclusive use by passengers occupying a cabin. Wake water. Weigh Anchor 1. Track or waves left behind a ship as it moves through the To raise the anchor.

Western Caribbean Usually includes any of the following: Nassau, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and continental Latin American countries of Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama. Windward The side of the ship that the wind is blowing into.