Cruise Ship Will House U.S. Basketball Teams During Olympics
by Daniel McCarthyThe Silver Cloud. Photo: Piergiuliano Chesi.
Some of the biggest—or at least the tallest—sport celebrities in the world will all be on one cruise ship at the same time.
Both the men’s and the women’s U.S. Olympic basketball teams will be staying on Silversea’s Silver Cloud during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the AP reports.
The Silver Cloud is an ultra-luxury vessel with all-ocean-view suites large enough to accommodate, or try to accommodate, the height and wingspan of the U.S. players. It holds 296 passengers and 222 crew members.
The U.S. teams have stayed away from the Olympic villages in each of the past seven Olympics, citing security concerns. They stayed on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 during the 2004 games in Athens.
Silversea plans eventually to convert the Silver Sea into an expedition ship.
