The Blue Noseout of Maine to Nova Scotia is a side loader and feels and acts and is shaped like a real ship. Great ride that.
About ½ way down the page.*
I vagulely recall this (Irish Ferries’ Ulysses) not having a bow door, and so all loading was done from the stern, with traffic driving around in a U-shape on the car deck. I suppose depending on your definition of ro-ro, this doesn’t quite qualify.
For the last 7-8 years or so, the Bah Hahbah to Nova Scotia route has been handled by the cat ferry. It’s a nice ride and it has easy slot machines!
Hey, that looks kinda fun.
My Wife and I have taken the ferry from Cozumel to Cancun. We ride outside, on top at the back of the ship. I think that’s probably the safest spot.
Cool on th e’cat’ ferry. Been a while since I was up that way. Can you even get to an outside deck on that? I liked being up in the bow on the Blue Nose.
What scr4 said.
This is the ferry we will take to Manitoulin if our vacation plans come through: Chee-Cheemaun .
IIRC, the only place can go outside is a small deck area at the stern, above the car deck. Given the speed that it travels*, it’s probably the only place outside you’d want to be.
*The Cat moves pretty damn fast - certainly a lot faster than any Coast Guard cutter. In the winter during the late '90s, the Cat used to operate between Freeport Bahamas and Miami. When I was stationed aboard a patrol boat in Miami back then, we picked up the big, fast moving RADAR contact heading west and gave chase at 30 knots. She blew our doors off; we never came close her. The OpCen confirmed who we were chasing as it passed through Gov’t Cut. We got a hold of her schedule to spare ourselves any future embarrassment.
Fffft. Try this - 1500 passengers at 40 knots. Yes, I’m being childishly competitve 
I said we were doing 30kts. The Cat does 48 kts. However, I have no doubt that Stena Lines operates ferries just as fast if not faster than that.
But gimme one of these anyday!
I’ve also ridden the Cape May / Lewes ferry between NJ and Delaware, as well as the various North Carolina ferries to and from Ocracoke. I’ve never felt insecure on any of them.
I have hit too many ‘sinkers’ in small boats to be comfortable in that style of hydo-foil. If you are doing 40 kts, might as well be using wings and fly, 