bobosensei
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Post by bobosensei on Apr 19, 2015 3:03:07 GMT -5
I have been on three cruises. Two with Royal Caribbean- one to the Caribbean and one to the eastern Mediterranean. One with Norwegian Cruise Lines to the western Mediterranean and North Africa.
What I like about cruises is that it is a cheap way to see a lot of different places because it is your transportation, lodging, and food all rolled into one. You can cover larger amounts of territory because you are always moving. You generally get great service. The down side is that the food is okay to pretty good, but not great. There are just too many people on board to get excellent food. Alcohol is expensive, and for days at sea where you can't use the pool a lot of entertainment options cost money- casino, bingo, and some of the craft things.
Other things I don't like that might be personal gripes: cruises remind me of a floating wal-mart in terms of most of the people on board. Passengers are often pushy, tacky, and rude. Also I am an introvert and so I hate the group dinners where you are forced to do small talk with strangers. To that end Norwegian has a dining option I liked called where you didn't have a set time to eat you could do that, but you could also just go to dinner whenever and sit alone. Of course then DH was usually engaging neighbors in conversation which was more uncomfortable for me because I wasn't engaging with whoever else was at the other table. Another thing is that I normally go to bed early and wake early when there are less organized entertainment options going on.
Once I have kids I do think I'd be interested in Disney Cruises as it would be nice to be able to have the kids entertained while on board.
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Plain Old Petunia
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Apr 19, 2015 17:55:57 GMT -5
Princess has great food in the sit-down dining rooms. The food on the buffet is OK, not great.
You don't have to sit with others if you prefer not.
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