I love to cruise do you?

lilypollen - no, I don't! Claustrophobia and seasickness, even on a ferry, puts me right off - along with crowds of people, too close!

Free WiFi on Viking. They may seem expensive but it's really all included.

Norwegian Fjords with two friends - sick, sick, sick, (despite calm waters) dehydration, food allergy, put on a drip and flown home! Discharged myself from hospital - as they don't really get allergies either - so just too dangerous to stay. Lovely holiday not!

Oh no not for me … dropped my mum off at Southampton for Fjords cruise few weeks ago … chaos at port to drop off ( 2 hour line ) think she said 5000 people … they struggled at meals time as no smartphone to book on app ….. gives me shivers

I used to love to go on small ships. as I go on my own I found the large ships quite off putting, a bit like big hotels, which can be be very lonely places.

HomeAgain123

Oh no not for me … dropped my mum off at Southampton for Fjords cruise few weeks ago … chaos at port to drop off ( 2 hour line ) think she said 5000 people … they struggled at meals time as no smartphone to book on app ….. gives me shivers

they struggled at meals time as no smartphone to book on app 🤔

But you have your own table each night for dinner and waiter/waitress service, perhaps breakfast and lunch might be self-service but there are different sittings.

I think that must have been one of those awful huge ships. We've done the Norwegian fjords and also more recently the Arctic region and both were magnificent. We loved Norway.

We've done a lot of cruises and absolutely love it . We do prefer the smaller ships but have been on larger ones too. There's always places to go for entertainment or peace and quiet, whichever you prefer. I have food allergies and have always found that they give me the menu the day before so that I can make my choices and the food can be prepared for me.

Never been on one, never want to go on one. The thought of being trapped on a boat with people.....ugh! The only upside I could see would be the photo ops during the stops, but even that couldn't entice me. Nope, far too people-ly!

'Trapped' . There speaks another one who's never been on a cruise! Just waiting for the classic 'floating Petri dish' to be trotted out.

Aveline

'Trapped' . There speaks another one who's never been on a cruise! Just waiting for the classic 'floating Petri dish' to be trotted out.

People! 😲

Perhaps some posters aren't really people themselves . 🥶 😁

I’m with you lilypollen it’s our little week of luxury and I say to the doubters don’t knock it till you’ve tried it hope you have a wonderful time

Aveline
I think these people who trot out these comments don’t realise how huge these ships are.
I think the the last one we went on carried 4,000 passengers. I often wondered where they all were.
Even on the excursions it wasn’t over crowded.
I had a cruise on a small ship on the Yanktze. If there was someone you didn’t like there was nowhere to hide.

I think those of us who like to be alone and choose what we do, where we go and who if anyone we talk to are unlikely to be happy on a cruise - let alone the potential for infection. We are solitary people and happy that way. A recent cruise advert mentioned ‘just 900 (plus) like minded people’. I think not.

We had our first cruise reluctantly years ago, we had decided that we couldn't go abroad again because of health problems but cruising opened new doors. We loved it, you can make the experience what you want it to be plus you get to places that would have otherwise been inaccessible. I've seen the gold room in the Hermitage in St Petersburg, seals on ice floes, the Blarney stone and a whole lot more. Sadly our cruising days are over but we have good memories.

grannymags

I’m with you lilypollen it’s our little week of luxury and I say to the doubters don’t knock it till you’ve tried it hope you have a wonderful time

Exactly. People who have never tried it are not speaking from experience. We never came across any infection and the ships were immaculate.

Germanshepherdsmum

I think those of us who like to be alone and choose what we do, where we go and who if anyone we talk to are unlikely to be happy on a cruise - let alone the potential for infection. We are solitary people and happy that way. A recent cruise advert mentioned ‘just 900 (plus) like minded people’. I think not.

With you all the way on that. I can just about bear being on a plane with a couple of hundred other people for a few hours if it means I'll get to my holiday destination, but even that is just a bit too 'peopley' for my liking.
And as for not being 'trapped', well if you're out at sea and decide you really can't stand it any longer, what are you supposed to do?

We love cruises, the food the entertainment, dressing for dinner , cocktails around the pool, great value for money

Blondiescot

Germanshepherdsmum

I think those of us who like to be alone and choose what we do, where we go and who if anyone we talk to are unlikely to be happy on a cruise - let alone the potential for infection. We are solitary people and happy that way. A recent cruise advert mentioned ‘just 900 (plus) like minded people’. I think not.

With you all the way on that. I can just about bear being on a plane with a couple of hundred other people for a few hours if it means I'll get to my holiday destination, but even that is just a bit too 'peopley' for my liking.
And as for not being 'trapped', well if you're out at sea and decide you really can't stand it any longer, what are you supposed to do?

For us, nobody else it seems, the idea that we couldn't swim to shore is daunting. Smaller 150-200 people river cruising is a lovely choice.

It's personal, some may want to dress for dinner on the high seas and attend 'shows' - I'm happy they have the choice!

Perhaps some posters aren’t really people themselves.

Not for me as I'm concerned about the climate emergency the world is experiencing.

If you are concerned too then you may like to read this - don't live in ignorance:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X21010134

Now you're eyes have been opened, cancel your cruises!

Here's an extract:

*CLIA also said it would join the Global Maritime Forum’s Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization, making zero-emission vessels and fuels the default choice by 2030.

But the industry has its work cut out to reduce its environmental impacts. According to a recent study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, a large cruise ship can have a carbon footprint greater than 12,000 cars, while passengers on an Antarctic cruise can produce as much CO2 emissions on a seven-day voyage as the average European in an entire year, the study said. Meanwhile, the industry is a major producer of waste, with the total amount of rubbish produced by a large cruise ship exceeding a ton per day.*

If all the cruise ship passengers stayed at home and produced the usual amount of rubbish and effluent and used up the usual amount of fuel and electricity it probably cancels out any potential cruise ship pollution.

Norah

Blondiescot

Germanshepherdsmum

I think those of us who like to be alone and choose what we do, where we go and who if anyone we talk to are unlikely to be happy on a cruise - let alone the potential for infection. We are solitary people and happy that way. A recent cruise advert mentioned ‘just 900 (plus) like minded people’. I think not.

With you all the way on that. I can just about bear being on a plane with a couple of hundred other people for a few hours if it means I'll get to my holiday destination, but even that is just a bit too 'peopley' for my liking.
And as for not being 'trapped', well if you're out at sea and decide you really can't stand it any longer, what are you supposed to do?

For us, nobody else it seems, the idea that we couldn't swim to shore is daunting. Smaller 150-200 people river cruising is a lovely choice.

It's personal, some may want to dress for dinner on the high seas and attend 'shows' - I'm happy they have the choice!

I'm all for choice - horses for courses and all that. I'm honestly not knocking cruising that if that is literally what floats your boat. River cruising I could possibly just about handle. The one on the Norwegian Fjords which my in-laws did was a very small boat, but actually being out at sea would be way beyond my comfort zone. The very idea of it freaks me out.

Blondiescot, being out of your comfort zone for long stretches of time is a sensible reason for not doing something.

It does us good to get out of our comfort zone occasionally