Basically the communal areas had not be scaled up in proportion to the number of passengers. I started thinking how the Oasis of the Seas's would be as it's the largest cruise ship but also has a lot of passengers.
I then started thinking was there a way to measure this and as a result came up with this fairly crude formula and the sardine quotient. How packed in would we be?
| Ship | Gross Tonnage | Max Passengers | Sardine Quotient |
| Oasis of the Seas | 220,000 | 5,400 | 2.5 |
| Freedom of the Seas | 154,407 | 4,370 | 2.8 |
| Liberty of the Seas | 154,407 | 4,370 | 2.8 |
| Independence of the Seas | 154,407 | 4,370 | 2.8 |
| Norwegian Epic | 153,000 | 4,200 | 2.7 |
| Queen Mary 2 | 151,400 | 3,056 | 2.0 |
| Navigator of the Seas | 138,279 | 3,114 | 2.3 |
| Mariner of the Seas | 138,279 | 3,114 | 2.3 |
| Explorer of the Seas | 137,308 | 3,114 | 2.3 |
| Voyager of the Seas | 137,276 | 3,138 | 2.3 |
| Adventure of the Seas | 137,276 | 3,114 | 2.3 |
| MSC Fantasia | 133,000 | 3,900 | 2.9 |
| MSC Splendida | 133,000 | 3,900 | 2.9 |
| Carnival Dream | 130,000 | 3,652 | 2.8 |
| Celebrity Solstice | 122,000 | 2,850 | 2.3 |
| Celebrity Equinox | 122,000 | 2,850 | 2.3 |
| Celebrity Eclipse | 122,000 | 2,850 | 2.3 |
| Ruby Princess | 116,000 | 3,080 | 2.7 |
| Azura | 116,000 | 3,092 | 2.7 |
