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Backseat Driver

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6. Sweet, a new travel experience for you. Let us know how you found things.

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 02:17 PM

Aug 2023

Is it a themed cruise - not just an itinerary? Not really my cup of tea, so I've never been cooped up with lots of humans in the close quarters of a passenger ship, and what would seem to me like days of nothing but ocean landscape and over-indulgence - more like a floating convention, hahaha!

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I'm going on a cruise. What can you tell me? [View all] CTyankee Aug 2023 OP

Don't leave out of Florida. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2023 #1

Why? Sneederbunk Aug 2023 #3

The History of DeSantis and Covid. So ugly! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2023 #8

Oh goodness. We're fine in Florida. Enjoy! jimfields33 Aug 2023 #26

My wife and I have been on six and we've met people True Dough Aug 2023 #2

Atlas. CTyankee Aug 2023 #10

C'est si bon! elleng Aug 2023 #4

Only 2 days, not as much as I would have preferred. But I had despaired that I would ever get there CTyankee Aug 2023 #12

Great you'll see Caravaggios, a read dramatic treat! elleng Aug 2023 #14

Sorry, I missed the context...can you explain what he meant? CTyankee Aug 2023 #16

In Malta, a land of 2,850 Buttigiegs, they're rooting for Mayor Pete. elleng Aug 2023 #18

Got to see a real Caravaggio the other day - "Judith Beheading Holofernes." Ocelot II Aug 2023 #32

Did you see the original in Italy? CTyankee Aug 2023 #35

No, it's on temporary loan right now Ocelot II Aug 2023 #36

Wear a mask 😷 dweller Aug 2023 #5

Sweet, a new travel experience for you. Let us know how you found things. Backseat Driver Aug 2023 #6

It was not my choice, really. Hubby wanted to go. He doesn't do art tours like I used to. CTyankee Aug 2023 #17

I hope you both have a wonderful relaxing trip together Backseat Driver Aug 2023 #23

Wash your hands Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 #7

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2023 #9

My daughter freaked out over this. The ship has hand sanitizers everywhere and especially before CTyankee Aug 2023 #13

I've only been on a few, Mr.Bill Aug 2023 #11

the Mediterranean. CTyankee Aug 2023 #15

Be prepared to gain weight or be very physically active. Earth-shine Aug 2023 #19

there are several port stops so I don't think that's an issue. CTyankee Aug 2023 #20

My only 'sail' was coming home after Jr. Year of College, Staatendam! elleng Aug 2023 #29

Bon Voyage! Lunabell Aug 2023 #21

Get a small prescription for sea sickness CanonRay Aug 2023 #22

good idea. we're both meeting with our primary care doc next week for what we'll need for trip. CTyankee Aug 2023 #25

Bring things like ibuprofen and pepto, CanonRay Aug 2023 #27

I have used the wrist bands and they seemed to really work. nt avebury Aug 2023 #44

Masks, hand sanitizer, lots of hand washing. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2023 #24

My advice? Don't do it. WhiteTara Aug 2023 #28

agreed Skittles Aug 2023 #37

getting dumped in a foreign country, sick and far WhiteTara Aug 2023 #38

I have never seen the appeal of cruises Skittles Aug 2023 #39

I love the ocean and sea travel WhiteTara Aug 2023 #40

I went to Bermuda Marthe48 Aug 2023 #30

Get acupressure seasick bands. piddyprints Aug 2023 #31

Bring a copy of your health histories and allergies. Lars39 Aug 2023 #33

Get travel insurance. It's expensive but well worth it. Ignore the naysayers " floating Petri dish" Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #34

In 2018 I cruised Barcelona to Rome mnhtnbb Aug 2023 #41

Spent a month in Malta in 1969. We anchored out in Valletta Emile Aug 2023 #42

Number 1 rule of cruising is avebury Aug 2023 #43

True, one of the first things they tell you Mr.Bill Aug 2023 #46

Never, ever in any type of circumstances... Niagara Aug 2023 #45