Find the Supposedly Fun References
The illustrations in Cruise Control contain 10 hidden references to the David Foster Wallace essay, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. How many can you find?
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Hover over the circular images to see where they are on the ship.
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The Nadir's got literally hundreds of cross-sectional maps of the ship on every deck, at every elevator and junction, each with a red dot and a YOU ARE HERE. It doesn't take long to figure out that these are less for orientation than for reassurance.
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Not until Tuesday's Lobster Night at the 5* C.R. did I really empathetically understand the Roman phenomenon of the vomitorium.
![Dfw 4 99faf3491946f65547323837553899519e14073d754e390c07b9614a7e9935ca](https://static.propublica.org/rails/assets/cruises/illos/dfw-4-99faf3491946f65547323837553899519e14073d754e390c07b9614a7e9935ca.png)
Cabin 1009's dimensions are just barely on the good side of the line between very very snug and cramped.
![Dfw 8 67991e89e9fe1e97bbc7b083639c7b63b003b0d42cbe9512cfca20c4366fc27f](https://static.propublica.org/rails/assets/cruises/illos/dfw-8-67991e89e9fe1e97bbc7b083639c7b63b003b0d42cbe9512cfca20c4366fc27f.png)
My cabin bathroom has plenty of thick fluffy towels, but when I go up to lie in the sun I don't have to take any of my cabin's towels, because the two upper decks' sun areas have big carts loaded with even thicker and fluffier towels.
![Dfw 3 007eb26acf8469d05828ef49507b6cdefce3fec196744f2f57d89a12496e2eca](https://static.propublica.org/rails/assets/cruises/illos/dfw-3-007eb26acf8469d05828ef49507b6cdefce3fec196744f2f57d89a12496e2eca.png)
I have seen fuchsia pantsuits and pink sport coats and maroon-and-purple warm-ups and white loafers worn without socks.
![Dfw 10 ba24165eff94d493a1f32162c1d6ce599c8538fa9aecb9eaf6932bfdadc310e5](https://static.propublica.org/rails/assets/cruises/illos/dfw-10-ba24165eff94d493a1f32162c1d6ce599c8538fa9aecb9eaf6932bfdadc310e5.png)
I have smelled suntan lotion spread over 2,100 pounds of hot flesh.
![Dfw 5 7ec3632d2cf4a23fe3d7ffd19ede7e2832c8fa0719fa2fc77e9b9e92b849284e](https://static.propublica.org/rails/assets/cruises/illos/dfw-5-7ec3632d2cf4a23fe3d7ffd19ede7e2832c8fa0719fa2fc77e9b9e92b849284e.png)
But whenever I dart out and then come back, the bed is freshly made up and hospital-cornered and there's another mint centered chocolate on the pillow.
![Dfw 7 2f366cf445b3292600fb7625281a3e480e80f53fc8f54e205e332de2a0996d0c](https://static.propublica.org/rails/assets/cruises/illos/dfw-7-2f366cf445b3292600fb7625281a3e480e80f53fc8f54e205e332de2a0996d0c.png)
It turns out that a seasick person really does look green, though it's an odd and ghostly green, pasty and toadish, and more than a little corpselike when the seasick person is dressed in formal dinner wear.
![Dfw 1 8ce8ac450618022ba56e971e4695bc4ca01c2a0fcd4274e2c15a27c3fb1bd95b](https://static.propublica.org/rails/assets/cruises/illos/dfw-1-8ce8ac450618022ba56e971e4695bc4ca01c2a0fcd4274e2c15a27c3fb1bd95b.png)
I start seeing the first of more WATCH YOUR STEP signs than anyone could count – it turns out that a Megaship's flooring is totally uneven, and everywhere there are sudden little steplets up and down.
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The man himself.