Comments on: “Won’t You Let Me Take You on a Sea Cruise?”

By: Rebecca Floeter

Rebecca Floeter — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:22:24 +0000

So true! I did a cruise for my clients last year and I felt like an alien! I too am used to immersion vacations and not day trips that were populated with all the people I used to make fun of while I was slumming it on some remote beach. I had become one of them. But on the gluttony side, I still dream of the food and endless buffets. I said I’d never do one again, but like childbirth (which I’ve never experienced) the alienation and otherness I felt on the cruise melts away as I imagine being the “Peel Me A Grape” Queen again. If we all went on one together I think we’d have a good time!

By: dearpru

dearpru — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:50:02 +0000

I agree with Carine. Age does open our (figurative) eyes even as our presbyopia shutters them. The realization that we’re on the downward slope of the bell curve hits hard around this time of our lives. Why not get our sea legs while we still can make it to the guardrail to vomit over the side? What’s the point of putting anything off until a more convenient time? What’s that? When you’re in a diaper and can be carried in along with the luggage? No thanks! Go on a Barefoot cruise, schedule a week-long kayak trip in the Hebrides, go to Canyon Ranch for a week with a girlfriend, run with the bulls in Pamplona, build homes with Habitat for Humanity. Say “yes” to everything while you still can! That’s what credit cards are for.

By: Jeff S

Jeff S — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:05:09 +0000

People fly thousands of miles to Cruise to Alaska from Seattle. I could be at the cruise ship terminal after a 30 minute ferry ride, and I’ve never been there…….yet. All I can say is, I can watch all the Cruise Ships sail right past my house on the way to Alaska each summer. I have been on a cruise though. One of the fun parts was the last night at dinner. The Captain handed out “silly” awards. The final award was for the person who had lost the most weight on the cruise. When the Captain opened the envelope, it was empty. Never say they don’t feed you on a ship!

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:27:12 +0000

My parents have been cruising for years. Alaska was a fave. I’m not a big fan of the stuck on a boat with a bunch of people you may or may not want to be in close quarters with type of vacation. Did the Love Boat to Mexico once, everyone got seasick. Looks like that’s the bargain holiday these days and boomers are jumping ship, I mean on board. Glad you enjoyed yourselves.

By: Carine

Carine — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:31:01 +0000

I’ve never been on a cruise because they’ve never appealed to me. But lately, more and more of my friends have mentioned the great cruise they went on for the first time because the idea never appealed to them before… Maybe age opens our minds? I’m thinking about it hard now that I know someone might tell me I look smart.

By: kerry smith

kerry smith — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:25:48 +0000

Did you invite Godwin to come home with you??? Did you get enough to eat and drink???? Ker