Costa Concordia Before the Accident - Costa Cruises Promotional Video

[Cooley Hurd]

I'm not pleased with how liners have evolved on the outside, but the interiors are fucking STUNNING!!!

Every room in this video is now in darkened ruin.

[murielm99]

1. The Titanic was very luxurious, too.

Any death is bad, but I a glad they are rescuing as many as possible in this disaster.

You are right. The ship was stunning.

[Old and In the Way]

2. These ships look inherently unstable.

You have a relatively shallow drafting hull and an exaggerated superstructure. Just looks top heavy. What's interesting about the way this boat sank is that it did not topple over on the side of the damage - water coming in on the side of the hull breech would be the side that I'd think would be susceptible to toppling over.

Still, i agree, this one was gorgeous ship...my wife wants to do one of these cruises someday. This accident doesn't really change our thoughts about doing it.

[PearliePoo2]

3. Once the hull is breached

and the ship is taking on water, any inherent list will be the side or end that the water rushes to.
I imagine the ship hit the rock, her hull was ripped open, she settled on the rock with a list and the water filled all the voids as it "water-falled" with gravity's help.

[Sherman A1]

4. A very pretty ship

unfortunate what happened to her & the loss of life.

[msongs]

5. shoulda spent their $$ on a better hull instead of marketing nt