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edhopper

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19. Basing cruises on this monstrosity in the Caribbean

Thu Apr 4, 2024, 07:11 PM

Apr 2024

is just wrong.
I have been on many cruises in many parts of the world. Norway, Alaska, South Africa, the Baltic, even Antarctica.
They have all been on much smaller ships going to great places. NEVER drunken party boats in the Caribbean.
There are places that a cruise is the best way to see.
This ship is an anomaly, not the norm.

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Crying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever [View all] Nevilledog Apr 2024 OP

Thanks for this! Drum Apr 2024 #1

This is hilarious Sympthsical Apr 2024 #2

Just what I feared a cruise would be. Biophilic Apr 2024 #3

Basing cruises on this monstrosity in the Caribbean edhopper Apr 2024 #19

Viking?* cilla4progress Apr 2024 #26

Viking is good edhopper Apr 2024 #30

Thank you! cilla4progress Apr 2024 #35

You are right. Atlas is so much better. My second voyage with them is at the end of this month. CTyankee Apr 2024 #28

Sounds great edhopper Apr 2024 #32

Yes, I have been to Lisbon and enjoyed the food enormously in the past. CTyankee Apr 2024 #36

Incredible article. The author vividly portrays his journey through Dante's Inferno... Hekate Apr 2024 #4

Great read, start to finish. I went on my first and only cruise pre-Covid, and have no desire for another. chia Apr 2024 #5

I may do one more cruise qwlauren35 Apr 2024 #6

At some point I am going to take a cruise, but I've decided it will be .... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2024 #7

That monstrosity sounds like hell on earth for me, too Warpy Apr 2024 #13

LOL... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2024 #22

Well, Delphinus Apr 2024 #16

I would recommend Alaska or Norway edhopper Apr 2024 #20

I've looked into both A HERETIC I AM Apr 2024 #23

Look at Azamara edhopper Apr 2024 #24

Try Atlas. I think you'll find what you are looking for. CTyankee Apr 2024 #29

On our voyage to Autralia in 2018 on RC Explorer of The Seas.... ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2024 #31

Wonderful! snowybirdie Apr 2024 #8

Sounds terrible. surfered Apr 2024 #9

I looked up a photo of the Icon of the Seas. What a nightmare of design! Lonestarblue Apr 2024 #10

"51, old and tired" GenThePerservering Apr 2024 #11

Now I know how to make my husband hate me. shrike3 Apr 2024 #12

An homage to the periodic table. On ice. It's true! muriel_volestrangler Apr 2024 #14

I appreciated Delphinus Apr 2024 #15

In the 1990's my wife and I were comped several cruises on the Enchanged Capri localroger Apr 2024 #17

I used to love cruising but the glory days are over nini Apr 2024 #18

Screenshot FakeNoose Apr 2024 #21

Rather extreme! 😄 😕 Definitely not for me electric_blue68 Apr 2024 #47

Very entertaining read ! Pluvious Apr 2024 #25

It looks like an upside-down catamaran. marybourg Apr 2024 #38

My daughter is a lawyer in Miami. NEVER GO ON A CRUISE! Marcus IM Apr 2024 #27

While that was a trauma for your daughter, for sure, you can't say it happens frequently on all cruise ships. CTyankee Apr 2024 #34

CTYankee - cilla4progress Apr 2024 #37

No. The only voyage I took was a misadventure -- a trip down the rivers of France that was plagued by bad weather. CTyankee Apr 2024 #39

Viking? cilla4progress Apr 2024 #40

No. It was Road Scholar, a nonprofit offering travel to seniors. CTyankee Apr 2024 #41

Oh yes, I know of them. cilla4progress Apr 2024 #42

In a sense, it was. You definitely missed the atmospherics of the experience. CTyankee Apr 2024 #43

Yah.. cilla4progress Apr 2024 #44

Had you already gotten the Covid vaccine? I ask because we are old and will need extra protection which I am willing to CTyankee Apr 2024 #45

Oh, multiple. cilla4progress Apr 2024 #48

This is one of the funniest things I've read in a long time! Ocelot II Apr 2024 #33

my wife has been on several cruises mike_c Apr 2024 #46

River cruises look interesting to me. Not these gigantic floating amusement parks. Nevilledog Apr 2024 #49