For me, it would be just being on a boat; I love the water! I want something smaller and cozy though - we've been looking to someday book a private yacht with 8 friends through this company and hit the Greek isles or cruise the Mediterranean.
The ginormous floating barges with people crammed in doing what you can do anywhere on land holds no appeal, but actually helping sail/cook/fish - that would rock!
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Dumblonde wrote: I truly don't get the allure of a cruise. It sounds like being trapped at sea in a Holiday Inn eating Darden quality food while experiencing no foreign culture at all.
We take our cruises through Europe so we get to explore different towns and different native cuisines every day and at night have a gourmet dinner on the boat waking the next day in a new port. Cruising on a boat with three other couples and splitting up the chores and food prep sounds like work to me.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
That will not stop me. I only go on certain cruise lines. Carnival is not one of them. But then I am use to ships only difference I do not have to do anything on thier ships. I get to enjoy the water, the food, and friends.
navycpo7 wrote: That will not stop me. I only go on certain cruise lines. Carnival is not one of them. But then I am use to ships only difference I do not have to do anything on thier ships. I get to enjoy the water, the food, and friends.
You have cruised as a civilian? I have thought about it but can not quite get over the hump. I might want to shack up with the fathometer.
navycpo7 wrote: That will not stop me. I only go on certain cruise lines. Carnival is not one of them. But then I am use to ships only difference I do not have to do anything on thier ships. I get to enjoy the water, the food, and friends.
You have cruised as a civilian? I have thought about it but can not quite get over the hump. I might want to shack up with the fathometer.
:rofllol
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
navycpo7 wrote: That will not stop me. I only go on certain cruise lines. Carnival is not one of them. But then I am use to ships only difference I do not have to do anything on thier ships. I get to enjoy the water, the food, and friends.
I would think you would never want to go to sea again.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
navycpo7 wrote: That will not stop me. I only go on certain cruise lines. Carnival is not one of them. But then I am use to ships only difference I do not have to do anything on thier ships. I get to enjoy the water, the food, and friends.
You have cruised as a civilian? I have thought about it but can not quite get over the hump. I might want to shack up with the fathometer.
Yes I have, was reluctant at first but did it. Had a pretty good time. Was on Holland cruise lines, one was the Alaska inland waterways cruise. Then took the train from Seaward to Anchorage. My son was stationed in Alaska at the time, drove down from Fairbanks so went spent some time with him. It felt weird though cause I did not have to do a damn thing, as a hole snipe, it was just strange, had to get use to it.
The wife & I like Holland, even though they are owned by Carnival. We did the train ride from Fairbanks to Anchorage, pretty cool. I want to go back but it might be next year before we do.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
