Of course I'm not talking about there being no accidents or other incidents on ships! That would be absurd. I'm talking about the design of these particular windows; the ones they are claiming are so dangerous. These windows have been on RCCL ships for more than 20 years now, and CW was the first time anyone has gone out one. Therefore, my point was that these windows do not pose any kind of hidden danger.
There are going to be accidents, injuries and crimes on ships as there are anywhere else in the world. The guest capacity on some of these ships is more than the population of many small towns. They are micro-climates with malls, bars, restaurants, casinos and the list goes on. Each of the three Freedom class ships carry more than 3700 passengers per week. Each of the five Voyager class ships carry about 3300. When you have 27,000 people per week on just eight ships, you're going to have incidents. (This doesn't even account for the four Oasis class ships which carry just under 5500 people per week; an additional 22,000.) So, between the 12 ships in these three classes, we're looking at 49,000 passengers per week, or 196,000 passengers per month. To think there would be no incidents when you're looking at these kinds of numbers would be completely unrealistic. But, when you look at the number of incidents on ships, compared to those on land, ships are considerably safer.
I've been on more than 20 cruises (leaving for another today). If I sat around watching Dateline without ever experiencing a cruise for myself, perhaps I would think they're dangerous too. But, alas; all I do is experience the real thing.
