Royal Carribean's "Icon Of The Seas"

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12. I have a love/hate relationship with cruises

On one hand, they represent a lot of things I don't like.

However, they are the only real low-key vacation available to me as the "planner" of the family. Taking an equivalent vacation without a cruise takes a lot of legwork, driving, scheduling, booking, and transporting. That can be exhausting to do and can really affect the quality of the vacation.

Cruises, on the other hand, are set-and-forget. Show me where to sleep, show me where to eat and take me where I need to be. It is the only type of vacation where I can actually completely unwind.

Honestly, I like the ships to be big because it gives you more options for places to eat and things to do.

The real downside is in the ports. You dump 5000 people into a small tourist town and it ruins it. Key West has never been the same since cruise ships started going there. It is just too many people in too short of a time frame.