An uber-cool ocean cruise experience

The Abyss, a 10-storey high dry slide on Harmony of the Seas is the cruise liner’s showpiece. Photo: The Star/N. Rama Lohan

Already eaten by the tendrils of cold, well before reaching that final step which would put us on the launch platform, I turned back to see if there were cowards like me, and what escape plans they had hatched. But I was alone ...

Trying to seem composed as I finally reached the peak, the fear multiplied as soon as it was apparent the platform was, in fact, transparent, so, the drop from that lofty height was disturbingly clear to see.