Cruise

[Aphro]

Have you been on one? Are they fun? Is it like the Love Boat? Do you get seasick?

 

[JohnnySavage]

I've never been on a ship I didn't have to paint!


Although I'd like to go on a cruise ship someday. Every woman I've dated over the past decade or so was anti-ship.

ETA: I have traveled by freighter several times. There's a thread about it.

 

[pete]

Have you been on one? Are they fun? Is it like the Love Boat? Do you get seasick?

i've taken 4 or 5, they're a blast. i'd definitely do another.
a lot of your overall experience depends on your destinatons, how many days you're at sea, which cruise line you book with, etc.

i'd recommend sailing with either norwegian or royal caribbean, they're both excellent. the boats are huge and don't sway all that much, seasickness generally isn't an issue for most folks.

there's a ton of stuff to do on each boat, some have certain features others don't, but you really can't go wrong. better to choose the vacation based on ports of call, not on the boats amenities.

when were you thinking of going?

 

[Aphro]

I've never been on one. I'm wondering if it would feel claustrophobic.

I love boats though, and the ocean.

Apparently the food is good. Unless of course the whole ship comes down with Norovirus.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I enjoyed the cruise I took. The food is excellent and plentiful but not available in the early morning hours when they clean the kitchens. None of my party had claustrophobia, because there's too much activity aboard. Bring a coat because the ocean breezes are cool.

 

[Lancecastor]

Cruise ships are floating petri dishes.

 

[Aphro]

Cruise ships are floating petri dishes.

I know, right?

There's one big cruise ship now where half the passengers are either puking, or shitting, or both. What a way to ruin your vacation. I always end up sick after flying on a plane. I can only imagine a week at sea.

I just want to stand at the bow and spread my arms wide and pretend Leonardo DiCaprio is rubbing up behind me.

 

[thør]

Take loose clothes on the cruise. They'll be tighter when you disembark.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

So stay home and whine about something else.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Only ever took one cruise, it was with the USN so it was totally luxurious....you should see what those squiddy fucks get for chow, like 1/3 of the crew was female most lookin' hella good even in their lil blue utility outfits, it's like a luxury vaycay up in those fart cans.


I never got sea sick until I had my ears blown out....now I get motion sickness from looking left or right too fast.

 

[doowdniw]

Been on four transatlantic cruises from New York to Southampton and vice versa. It was back when I was a kid. Had a great time every time, although one crossing was particularly rough. Never got sea sick (I just don't ever suffer from any kind of motion sickness) although everyone else did (and I mean everyone). The ships were Cunard ocean liners, except for one run on the S.S. United States, not the modern day floating cities, which I personally have no desire to get on. Cruised around the Aegean this past summer on a small yacht (8 cabins) and had a great time.

 

[doowdniw]

I've never been on one. I'm wondering if it would feel claustrophobic.

I love boats though, and the ocean.

Apparently the food is good. Unless of course the whole ship comes down with Norovirus.

I never felt claustrophobic, but you don't want to be stuck in a small inside cabin. Splurge a little and get a cabin with a balcony.

 

[trysail]

Everybody gets seasick. All it takes is the right conditions. If you haven't been seasick yet, count yourself lucky. It is true that some people are less susceptible than others.

Lord Horatio Nelson puked his guts out for the first day every time he left port.

"There are two kinds of sailors: those who have been seasick..., and those who will be."​

When you do get seasick, you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and you puke and puke some more. Eventually, you'll see something round and hairy; that'll be your asshole.

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[pete]

http://1.1.1.1/bmi/i.imgur.com/iWKad22.jpg

 

[oggbashan]

I went from the UK to Australia and back two years later in the early 1960s. The ships were passenger liners, not cruise ships, and between 22 and 28,000 tons, very small by modern cruise ship standards.

As liners, they kept to a schedule whatever the weather, and weather forecasting for the oceans wasn't very reliable then before satellites.

Former passenger liners didn't make good cruise ships because they were built for rough weather and over-engineered (and expensive to run) as cruise ships.

But my experience as a First Class passenger was incredible. The standard of service couldn't be matched today. The shore excursions, before long-haul tourist air travel, were exclusive e.g. The visit to Pompeii - those 60 first class passengers who went to Pompeii took a packed breakfast and arrived at Pompeii at 7am, three hours before the general public were admitted. For those three hours we had English speaking archaeologists taking us around in small groups, including to store rooms and laboratories that the public never saw. We had Pompeii to ourselves - impossible now.

For lunch we went to a hotel in Sorrento, and afterward had a tour of the surrounding countryside, stopping to sample the local wine, and staggered back on to the ship for the evening meal.

 

[sr71plt]

About a dozen. Depends on what you're looking for. They can be. No.

 

[GimpyIntellect]

I went on a cruise many years ago.

Horrible experience.

It was with my parents, and I think my dad tried to finger my mom while I was sleeping. It was traumatizing.

I'd rather not talk about it, Aphro. Do you mind?

 

[Aphro]

I'm not really planning a cruise. Not in the next five years anyway.

It was a parody of Cruz. As in Ted.

But thanks for the advice anyway. And no, Gimpy, I don't need to hear about your parents sex life. Kthx.

 

[silver gurl]

My best friend loves to cruise. I don't think it would be anything that I would do.

I don't like the idea of being in the middle of the ocean, for days on end. Also, have you seen the size of the rooms?

Personally, I would rather book an all inclusive to Aruba. Fly down in a few hours and start my vacation on the beach.

 

[Lancecastor]

I'm not really planning a cruise. Not in the next five years anyway.

It was a parody of Cruz. As in Ted.

But thanks for the advice anyway. And no, Gimpy, I don't need to hear about your parents sex life. Kthx.

Interestingly, Cruz is also considered a floating petri dish.

 

[nerfhearder]

They can be fun but it's gotta be your thing. If you're the type that spends their vacation laying around, swimming, tanning, eating and fucking then a cruise is for you. If you like to go out and do a bunch of shit you could never do where you live and always be active and sight see and get into other cultures and shit then it's probably not for you although the day excursions give you a little of that.

 

[Aphro]

Interestingly, Cruz is also considered a floating petri dish.

I've heard that too. Probably no worse than what's under Trump's combover.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Three of our kids and many friends have been on many cruises. Mostly they talk about eating and drinking--------------- and eating and drinking------------- and eating and drinking. Get it?

To me it would be like going to a large hotel and being stuck there. At least we could leave the hotel now and then. Leaving a cruise ship in the middle of an ocean doesn't sound lke fun.

 

[trysail]

I just want to stand at the bow and spread my arms wide and pretend Leonardo DiCaprio is rubbing up behind me.

Never, ever believe anything from Hollywood.

If it suits their whims, in order to make a buck, they'll tell you black is white and up is down (truth is the last thing on their minds).



A) No cruise ship will allow a passenger to attempt such a stupid and dangerous act,

B) if you insist on scaling the various barriers and bulkheads intentionally placed in order to prevent morons from attempting such stupid and dangerous acts, you will discover that the ship's forward motion of 25 or more knots will make it feel like you are standing in a very strong and uncomfortable breeze.






Only fools believe anything they see in a movie. Believe nothing until you check it for accuracy.


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[nerfhearder]

Never, ever believe anything from Hollywood.

If it suits their whims, in order to make a buck, they'll tell you black is white and up is down (truth is the last thing on their minds).



A) No cruise ship will allow a passenger to attempt such a stupid and dangerous act,

B) if you insist on scaling the various barriers and bulkheads intentionally placed in order to prevent morons from attempting such stupid and dangerous acts, you will discover that the ship's forward motion of 25 or more knots will make it feel like you are standing in a very strong and uncomfortable breeze.






Only fools believe anything they see in a movie. Believe nothing until you check it for accuracy.


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Some of them do allow it just for that purpose.