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Sunday, February 16, 2025
Just absurd. Has anyone sailed on a ship like that one?
Floating petri dish. Imagine being in a cabin on the top deck in rolling seas. Heard about somebody who went on one of those. To borrow a song lyric, "...and his fate is still unlearned".
Yes, we've been on several cruises, and I'm going to go against the grain and admit that we enjoy them. There's plenty to do for everyone, but that doesn't mean that you have to do everything that they offer. Wash your hands frequently....as in, with soap and hot water....and in my experience, you'll be fine.
But if you still don't like the idea of cruising, then don't go.
I'd like to get on one of them behemoths one time before I cash in. I'd be all down in the gutz checking everything out...yes I want to see them axle bearings! Wind bents, cross beams, all of it.
Different cruise lines handle things differently, but of our six cruises (5 ocean and 1 river), we've had only one opportunity to see anything beyond the public faces of the ship, and that was a dinner with one of the ship's officers. As I understand things, some cruise lines will offer behind-the-scenes tours, but you're unlikely to hear about those unless you've rented one of their premium cabins (like the cabins that come with butlers), or if you're a "frequent flyer" with a particular cruise line.
I would never get on a ship with 6,000 people I don't know or like and be stranded in the middle of the ocean. These floating blubber factories have become like the low cost airlines flying from big cities to Orlando filled with fat sweat hog dregs that had to max out their EBT accounts to get a room in the bilge where they warn you not to open the porthole because it’s 8 feet below the water line.
If I've gotta be on a ship with 6000 other people (but I don't) then I prefer a USN aircraft carrier. Better class of people, and I'm thinking the chow would be better.
rickn8or. Uncle Sam treated me to a pair of Med Cruises with 5000 of my buddies. The chow was pretty good, and the airplanes landing and taking off on the roof didn't bother me much after I got used to it.
The memsahib and I agree on something - we have no desire to go on a cruise to be surrounded by the kind of people who go on cruises! The ships have all the visual charm of a block of flats. ( That's an apartment block for those in the colonies! )
Given the people they feature on their commercials, I have no desire to be trapped with 3,000 of them on a boat for multiple days. You have the clueless Dad who is trying and failing to do anything involving hand-eye coordination or coherent thought, the sloshed Soccer Mom out to prove she's still a wild child and that nothing is really sagging yet, their teenage daughter who has decided she will be angry no matter what (especially at herself if she finds she might actually be enjoying something), and their hyperactive, slightly pudgy and kind of creepy twelve-year-old son who is bouncing off the bulkheads after snorting all the powdered sugar off the brunch buffet doughnuts. I'd rather go shoot rats at the dump.
I did a couple of cattle boat cruises. Since then, we've been on Viking river boats and Viking ocean cruises. No photographers, not art auctions, NO CHILDREN and an included excursion at every port.
Nope. Never will, either.
ReplyDeleteFloating petri dish. Imagine being in a cabin on the top deck in rolling seas. Heard about somebody who went on one of those. To borrow a song lyric, "...and his fate is still unlearned".
ReplyDeleteOne of my uncles died of a Legionaire's Disease thing he caught on a cruise ship.
ReplyDeleteI would if the passenger list was limited to, oh, 12 or so.
ReplyDelete12 or so.
DeleteAnd I get to pick 'em.
Yes, we've been on several cruises, and I'm going to go against the grain and admit that we enjoy them. There's plenty to do for everyone, but that doesn't mean that you have to do everything that they offer. Wash your hands frequently....as in, with soap and hot water....and in my experience, you'll be fine.
ReplyDeleteBut if you still don't like the idea of cruising, then don't go.
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I'd like to get on one of them behemoths one time before I cash in. I'd be all down in the gutz checking everything out...yes I want to see them axle bearings! Wind bents, cross beams, all of it.
DeleteYeah! I'd want to see their auto-leveling systems that keep the ship from rolling in really big seas.
DeleteDifferent cruise lines handle things differently, but of our six cruises (5 ocean and 1 river), we've had only one opportunity to see anything beyond the public faces of the ship, and that was a dinner with one of the ship's officers. As I understand things, some cruise lines will offer behind-the-scenes tours, but you're unlikely to hear about those unless you've rented one of their premium cabins (like the cabins that come with butlers), or if you're a "frequent flyer" with a particular cruise line.
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The higher the cost, the lower the volume of riff raff.
ReplyDeletePrefer small sloop rigged sailing craft 30ft or smaller on fresh water.
ReplyDeleteI can't shake the feeling that I'm constantly being processed somehow. That's what keeps me off these things.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the internet.
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ReplyDeleteI would never get on a ship with 6,000 people I don't know or like and be stranded in the middle of the ocean. These floating blubber factories have become like the low cost airlines flying from big cities to Orlando filled with fat sweat hog dregs that had to max out their EBT accounts to get a room in the bilge where they warn you not to open the porthole because it’s 8 feet below the water line.
ReplyDeleteIf I've gotta be on a ship with 6000 other people (but I don't) then I prefer a USN aircraft carrier.
DeleteBetter class of people, and I'm thinking the chow would be better.
rickn8or.
DeleteUncle Sam treated me to a pair of Med Cruises with 5000 of my buddies.
The chow was pretty good, and the airplanes landing and taking off on the roof didn't bother me much after I got used to it.
The memsahib and I agree on something - we have no desire to go on a cruise to be surrounded by the kind of people who go on cruises! The ships have all the visual charm of a block of flats. ( That's an apartment block for those in the colonies! )
ReplyDeletewal mart of the sea.
DeleteGiven the people they feature on their commercials, I have no desire to be trapped with 3,000 of them on a boat for multiple days. You have the clueless Dad who is trying and failing to do anything involving hand-eye coordination or coherent thought, the sloshed Soccer Mom out to prove she's still a wild child and that nothing is really sagging yet, their teenage daughter who has decided she will be angry no matter what (especially at herself if she finds she might actually be enjoying something), and their hyperactive, slightly pudgy and kind of creepy twelve-year-old son who is bouncing off the bulkheads after snorting all the powdered sugar off the brunch buffet doughnuts. I'd rather go shoot rats at the dump.
ReplyDeleteSo much for "getting away from it all".
ReplyDeleteVoyager of the Sea. It was the biggest at the time. 18 stories
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, small ships, around 900, can be nice, but for real comfort and high service levels go for Viking river boats!
ReplyDeleteThose sound intriguing. I would not do the ocean mega vessels.
DeleteIf I can't shoot skeet off the fantail I ain't going.
ReplyDeletePlague ship.
ReplyDeletei prefer cruise ships i can drive my car onto.
ReplyDeleteI did a couple of cattle boat cruises. Since then, we've been on Viking river boats and Viking ocean cruises. No photographers, not art auctions, NO CHILDREN and an included excursion at every port.
ReplyDeletethat's nearly 3x bigger than the township I live in, with most of them jammed on the lakeshore. too many people here
ReplyDeleteFloating prisons no thanks. I don't do islands either. Hawaii he** no.
ReplyDeleteOh hell no!
ReplyDeleteA Motel 6 you can't leave. And I'm with Anon11:36
ReplyDeleteNo Thank-you..Even the boonies are getting too crowded.
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