Posted on 02/23/2010 8:19:55 AM PST by Kartographer
That’s the way I was until my husband convinced me to try one. I loved it. It was much more affordable than many other types of vacations.
I went to Alaska, and you see lots of beautiful scenery by being on a boat.
Heard a radio report, there was so much vomit, it was rolling up and down the decks with the ship movement.
That ain’t my heaven!!!
The cruise ships we’ve been on have been very clean. Plus, they have hand-sanitizer everywhere.
Last year, my daughters’ school had a fund-raiser with food. Over 40 people got sick because of something at the fund-raiser.
(It was at the height of the whole H1N1 outbreak, and I skipped going to the fund-raiser because I was limiting unnecessary public functions because my daughters are very high-risk for complications from flu. I’m glad I missed that fund-raiser.)
Illnesses happen everywhere. I personally wish schools would implement some of the health policies as cruise ships (hand sanitizers for everyone on the way into and out of restaurants, hand sanitizers everywhere, reminders to wash hands)
I like to add sausage and cheese.
This was a story that examined cruise ships and how well things were cleaned by staff. They went in with uv lights and this was when they discovered that the staff folks were skipping over or doing really poor jobs at cleaning the public restrooms on the ships.
Nowadays there is not even room for a small child to stand in front of a seated adult. Also back then everyone dressed up. I wore a suit with a matching pillbox hat, stockings (with seams) and heels. Several people commented on my resemblance to Jackie Kennedy because of my square face, and large, wide-set eyes.
Sounds of a moth flapping its wings in a hopelessly thick cocoon.
I cut up sausage patties and mix them in with grits and a couple of over-medium eggs. Add tobasco and umm umm good..
If I were to ever do one, it would have to be the Alaska cruise.
“I am amazed at the idiots who take cruises”
I was snorkeling in the Caribean when 8 inches of snow was falling on my front yard. I’m ready to go back tomorrow but I don’t have enough vacation as it is..... But Alaska, that sounds fun and NEXT.
Food was GREAT a couple of weeks ago, service was GREAT, friendliness was beyond belief. It’s the best bang for the buck that exists.
My #1 fav reason: Visiting multiple destinations without living out of a suitcase, catching planes, trains, or automobiles.
Maybe it’s because I’ve probably only had instant grits, but any grits I’ve ever eaten had the taste of lint soaking in water, and once they got cold, I think they were suitable as a handy caulking material.
Seems like some of the tards love the cruise lines who pay NO income taxes. Check it for yourself. RCL pays zero and Carnival pays less than 1%. RCL is Obama’s pals the Pritzkers.
Loads of rapists are crew members too. No thanks. Yeah - I want to go “cruising” with 4,000 other fat a**es who pig out at the buffet line. No wonder Hussein is TOTUS.
LOL! I hear idiots say “yeah it is all you can eat and it was great.” No wonder morons like that have high blood pressure or a bum ticker.
Like going to Disney World with overweight idiots who have a medical pass to go to the front of the line cause they are lard a**es. These morons love crappy Chinese all you can eat buffets where the illegal aliens from China load all the food up with crappy fillers and fat.
No wonder the USA is broke. The Coast Guard is now some ambulence service for some fatties gorging themselves at the buffet. Let em eat cake.
I see these fatties at the airport all the time going on their cruises. They cannot wait to get on the ship and gorge themselves at the pig trough. “Honey you got my high blood pressure pills?” Sheeple.
Since you will not defend your position, nor retract the stupid statements you have made on this thread, I will try once more:
Enjoying good food does not mean a feast of gluttony. A bite here, taste there, all cooked to perfection and presented superbly is good food.
A waiter who also entertains you, a bartender who remembers your name and what you drink, a room attendant who will show a little child how to fold a towel to make a rabbit, all go into the cruising experience.
You my FRiend have not a clue about cruising.
.....Bob
May I also add that cruises have been wonderful for my daughter with epilepsy.
It’s very hard to find a vacation that can accomodate a child on anti-seizure medication who needs supervision and who gets tired easily, especially when she has very active siblings.
Well, cruises are wonderful. There are kids programs with counselors so that my husband and I were free to ourselves. Also, when my daughter was tired, she could stay in the cabin and sleep, and our other kids still had lots of fun things to do on the boat. My daughter also can start feeling bad because of low blood sugar, and there is always good food available on a boat.
Also, when my daughter was taking naps in her cabin, I didn’t mind hanging out with her. I could just sit on the balcony and drink hot chocolate and watch the beautiful Alaskan scenery. It wasn’t like being stuck in a boring hotel room.
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