# Why are the bows of cruise ships mostly no-go areas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 22, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-bows-of-cruise-ships-mostly-no-go-areas/938400 "2021-03-22T05:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-bows-of-cruise-ships-mostly-no-go-areas/938400/21 "2021-03-24T00:12:13Z")
> [@ratatoskK](#): > > > [@Snipe70e](#): > > > > It was not the best place for a crew member to be birthed. > > … or berthed! 😉 If you’re born in the crew quarters of a cruiseship, you get to write country sea chantey about how you were born a ramblin’ seaman. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-bows-of-cruise-ships-mostly-no-go-areas/938400/22 "2021-03-24T01:13:38Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > Many people were recreating the scene in the movie where Jack and Rose are leaning over the tip of bow and he shouts “I’m king of the world!” For safety reasons, I’m sure they don’t want people leaning over the front of the ship. As previously noted, it was Jack, without Rose. Anyway, a business team I was working with was on a day cruise once, and some drunken idiot decided to re-enact Jack’s Titanic scene. That’s when we discovered that the ship had a REALLY LOUD PA system. The pilot was not amused, and made that very LOUD and clear! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-bows-of-cruise-ships-mostly-no-go-areas/938400/23 "2021-03-24T02:15:42Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > As previously noted, it was Jack, without Rose. Why do people keep saying this? [![](https://i.redd.it/bncgip4j25311.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/bncgip4j25311.jpg) [https://www.dkoding.in/wp-content/uploads/Titanic-Jack-Rose-TrendingToday-DKODING.jpg](https://www.dkoding.in/wp-content/uploads/Titanic-Jack-Rose-TrendingToday-DKODING.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-bows-of-cruise-ships-mostly-no-go-areas/938400/24 "2021-03-24T02:22:47Z")
Missed the edit window: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8MDPeL8lpzo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGEsgRCh_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBt6mikeSh6AlJHbAA-7ORahL8DJg "Titanic - "I'm Flying" Scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDPeL8lpzo) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-bows-of-cruise-ships-mostly-no-go-areas/938400/25 "2021-03-24T02:25:15Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Why do people keep saying this? Ah, it was two different scenes, thank you. The “king of the world” scene was the first one. [![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/newscms/2019_06/1408736/leonardo-dicaprio-james-cameron-today-inline-190208-01.jpg) ](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/newscms/2019_06/1408736/leonardo-dicaprio-james-cameron-today-inline-190208-01.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-bows-of-cruise-ships-mostly-no-go-areas/938400.md?page=1)