Patent ID: 7617790

Claim:
In a cruise ship having a plurality of decks, certain of said decks having a plurality of staterooms therealong providing living quarters for passengers of the cruise ship, the improvement which comprises: a bottom floor extending along one of said decks, said bottom floor having a first number of walls attached on opposite sides thereof defining first entrance ways to a plurality of spaced staterooms on opposite sides of said bottom floor, said first entrance ways having doors mounted therein to selectively allow access to said plurality of spaced staterooms; an upper floor extending along another one of said decks, said upper floor having a second number of walls attached on opposite sides thereof defining second entrance ways to a second plurality of spaced staterooms on opposite sides of said upper floor, said second entrance ways having doors mounted therein to selectively allow access to said second plurality of spaced staterooms; and a single central double height corridor extending inboard of each said plurality of spaced staterooms, all of said staterooms opening on to said corridor, and said corridor terminating at one end in a transparent glass window extending from said one of said decks to said another of said decks.