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Getting into ship-shape
Marathon effort gets cruise liner ready for each new voyage
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Jose Hong
What was just a speck on the horizon slowly grows in size as it approaches the Marina Bay Cruise Centre.
Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas looks like a metal cliff that towers over the terminal building, as it pulls to a lazy halt at the cruise centre at 7.30am. In just eight hours, the cruise liner will say goodbye to up to 3,800 disembarking passengers and then get itself ready for the next batch of guests later that day.
