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A cruise ship is a $2-billion floating resort where you can watch the sunset over a private balcony, eat breakfast prepared by a chef you’ll never meet, and contract norovirus via buffet tongs before you’ve even cleared international waters. In this episode of No One Is Coming , we’re looking at the strange, highly optimized world of modern cruising. We talk to Titanic expert Tim Maltin about atmospheric illusions, travel journalist Daniel Klein on why the ship itself became the destination, Cambridge epidemiologist Dr. Charlotte Hammer on why floating cities are a pathogen’s dream, cruise-industry expert Ross Klein on medicine, crime, and jurisdiction at sea, and former FBI investigator…