PUBLIC AREAS OF CRUISE SHIPS

The modern cruise ships have become a destination on their own as a result of the project's design and not of the charm and history. The ship is designed to arouse desire and interest and to be discovered by the customer day after day. The goal is achieved by building fantastic realities in the interior architecture and design, improved by continuous and renewable sources of attraction, curiosity and fun. Within that system, it is the public areas that play the role of a pole of attraction and entertainment for the passenger and determine the overall standard of the ship. They are places of entertainment, gaming, socializing and last but not least, are a source of income for the shipping companies. The public areas are what unite cruising people, heterogeneous by age, social background and place of origin. The large surface area is destined to be public areas that allow to the design places highly diversified, responsive to every need of the tourist. Casinos, theme restaurants, shopping center, rock climbing, coiffeur ... constitute the "facilities" on board. It is precisely the attractions that have made the success of the cruise ship, once identified as travel for elderly spouses, today is open to families and groups of friends. The holiday is structured around the activities and public areas that underlie it. The entire day is punctuated by numerous moments of food in bars and restaurants. Relaxation is guaranteed by the reading rooms, cinema and spa. It is thus clear that the main attraction of the cruise is the set of services offered and not the destination of the ship. The paper analyzes the public areas on the latest cruise ships, defining goals and their evolution, by associating the images and description of illustrative diagrams of the distribution planning.