What is it that attracts 'Seafarers' and Passengers to particular ships?

[Twynkle]

Thinking of Crew Members, Officers, Staff and Passengers here!

Looking at pictures of other ships - does the Look of the Ship count?
Is it the Shipping line?
Which ships are easier to work on?
Or the 'type' of passenger - families or not?
Would it be where the ship sails to?
Does the interior matter more than the exterior?
And why does the exterior matter?


QE2 had everything - and it's really difficult now to choose what needs to be 'sacrificed'!
At least if you are 'in' then you can't see 'out'!

[Twynkle]

Good News about Seafarers from Lloyd's List

'IMO pays tribute to seafarers
Wednesday 23 December 2009

The International Maritime Organization has paid tribute to the world’s 1.5m seafarers. By dedicating 2010 as ‘the Year of the Seafarer’, IMO secretary general Efthimios Mitropoulos said the agency intended to highlight the unique, and all too often over-looked, contribution seafarers make....'
http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/imo-pays-tribute-to-seafarers/20017732354.htm?src=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[rough crossing]

In relation to the QE2, for me it represents completely the spirit of the age in which it was designed, constructed and named by a young Queen.