Abstract: A cruise chip having a plurality of decks, certain of the decks having a plurality of staterooms therealong, the plurality of spaced staterooms extending along one of the decks and a second plurality of spaced staterooms extending along another of the decks directly above the other of said decks, and a single central double height corridor extending inboard of the ship, each of the plurality of spaced staterooms and shared entryways coming from the single central corridor and leading into a pair of side by side staterooms, the corridor terminating in a transparent glass window spanning one the decks to the other of decks.