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I am getting ready to go on my 4th this year and it's a 15 day cruise. When I book a cruise, I'm not thinking about food. I just like being at sea on a ship. Similar to another poster, being at sea is very relaxing for me. Unpack once and everything I need is onboard the ship.
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Tasty food in unlimited quantities... that does sound good.
However, my dream cruise destination would be the coast of Norway...
those fjords and islands look so stunning that I'd want to be up on deck
throughout the daylight hours, so as not to miss anything.
The meals would just be quick refueling stops.
We did the Norwegian fjords cruise (RT from dublin) several years ago. We've traveled extensively, but the scenery on that trip was spectacular. It was light out for 21-22 hours a day. I got less sleep than I ever imagined I could live on because I spent all night watching the fjords go by. The ship travels slowly.
That said, the Norwegian port stops were underwhelming - very little to do. We usually stop for a local lunch or in a bar when we are in ports. One look at a menu in Norway sent us running back to the ship for food and our alcohol package. Prices were just INSANE.
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Cruises are offered following many themes, from educational to entertainment, spiritual to orgies.
Pick your pleasure. Neighbor gals (age 50+) do science based excursion cruises several times / yr. Also travel to regions that are often not served by air / rail.
Currently for traditional cruise lines there is a lot of focus on LGBTQ...(Whatever fills the cabins)
As with S&S (above) I prefer to use a cruise as a transport option (relocation of ship, happens 2x / yr)
Our last one was <$40 / day. ~6,000 miles. plenty of events, relaxing, exercise, new friends, variety of terrain and weather. Port stops get you a small sampling of the region. You can come back later if you like. I prefer to book private tours with a few others I've met on board. That way you can tailor your short shore leave time to your mutual interests. Gained a wealth of travel and WW ideas and information from other passengers and crew.
More ideal is to spend a few weeks or month traveling the region prior to your departure, then another long period at your destination. Hop-on-Hop off cruises are also available in some areas.
Ecological... there are issues with cruises. I don't think we want to know the 'waste'...
The relocation cruises have been less than 1/2 capacity, last one was 1/4th capacity. Great service, more crew than passengers. Pretty impressive food quality and choices for <$40 / day +plus informative classes, pools, exercise gym, dancing, entertainment, casino, duty free shops.... Outside balcony cabin, great sunsets and sunrises. Gain a free hour each day (west bound).
From the way I’ve heard some tell it, it is mostly about gorging on the food. One woman also droned on and on about how much she loved dressing up formally for assigned-seat dining. GAG. This woman also followed Dallas and similar TV shows obsessively.
Yawn. Those are the ONLY things she talked about for years, daily, on our vanpool commute.
The cruises designed with educational or other foci probably draw more people with other, nonpassive interests.
I know a lady that went on a alaska cruse, it was so freezing cold half the passengers got sick.
Although it can be cool at the glaciers, the average temperature in Southeast Alaska during the cruise season is about 5Of degrees and closer to 60 in July/August. I’ve never heard of anyone getting sick on a cruise due to it being cold.
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