Re the wheel...I know that, on QM2, the ship is propelled by a joystick instead of a traditional wheel. I think this is because of the azimuthig pods, which are too adjustable to be controlled with a simple wheel. Does anyone know if the Baby Mac has the same thing?

It seems that big wheels are falling out of fashion. Even the 40-year-old QE2 has a tiny, 1 foot diameter wheel. These days, technology has moved beyond it. When you think about it, it's amazing what technological marvels modern ships like QM2 and Baby Mac are like compared to their ancestors QE2 and Big Mac. Big leaps in the past few decades.