Why? Seriously.
Cruises sort of bill themselves as "resort experiences" or some shit like that. But I cannot see why anyone would willingly go to a resort that can catch fire and/or sink.
OK, so I am coming from a different viewpoint. I spent a fair amount of time in my younger days on ships that were painted haze-gray. I know what it is like to try and catch some sleep while lying in a rack when the ship is rolling and pitching in a heavy sea. I cannot see paying to do that.
I've been on a vacation or two where the experience was so crappy that we loaded up the car and went home early. Hard to do that from a ship in the middle of the ocean. Hotels don't sink or collide with other hotels. Hotels don't brush up against icebergs and sink.
If I were so inclined, I could eat like a pig and drink like a fish without setting foot on a big-ass boat, thank you very much.
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Well, I have pretty much the same opinion as you, but a) these floating castles don't lurch back and forth like your low grey "cruise" ship of youth, b) the food is *much* better (one Marine of my acquaintance was unlucky enough to be on a ship where the supply officer traded away all the food for Spam so they ate Spam for breakfast, lunch, and dinner all the way from Norfolk to Norway... to this day he becomes nauseous at the *smell* of Spam, and when I eat Spam sandwiches for lunch he has to go elsewhere), c) it's a nice way to meet nice old grey-haired people, if you're a nice old grey haired person looking for a new mate it's a veritable meat palace. And d) for some reason Da Fixer likes it, so maybe you better go ask Da Fixer about this subject :-).
-- Badtux the Cruiseless Penguin
We like to take Amtrak 1st class across the country, we think of it as our land cruise. Best thing about it is the view out the windows and the people you meet, very sociable and from every walk of life, and political views too. The foods ok, the train doesn't rock too much for decent sleep (I actually like it). You can't be in a hurry to get anywhere, delays are common, but with the right attitude it beats the crap out of coast-to-coast cattlecar flying. And there's virtually no waiting in lines, no baggage or personal searches, and most of the time you get treated with respect. So it makes a big part of our vacation time, and for us its enjoyable. I think I would get severely bored on a ship. Next time take the train!
i have been on a few cruises - with the family - while that part was fun - being trapped in a boat without Kate Winslet wasnt all that it was cracked up to be
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