Having missed the debacle in real life, I watched Trainwreck [sic]: the Poop Cruise on netflix last night.
it was decent if you enjoy seeing people suffer. But for me even the good times where a couple hundred people are rocking around the pool and hitting up the buffet looks like sheer misery. My best friend and husband love them, and they’re happy to lug 3 full suitcases worth of formal wear for the type of cruise they favour.
has anybody done a mega cruise? what’s great? what am i missing?
Not sure if it was a “mega” or just a really big boat, but we did one and that will be the only one. The advantage - we could drive to it in about 2 hours and once on the boat vacation started vs. flying to a nice resort. Basically a 4 day vacation took 4 days and not 5 or 6. That was the only benefit and not worth it.
Friends of ours do one every year. Alaska, Caribbean, etc. Really nice people.
Wife and I see no appeal to vacationing with them though.
I’ve done cruises that had 2,000 guests onboard. They were nice and what I prefer. I’ve also done them with 6,000 guests and did not like those. Just so many guests that everything (deck chairs, pool, bar, vendors, shows) are overwhelmed and too crowded.
I’ve done three cruises on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis class ships. They were the three biggest ships in the world at the time, now surpassed by the Icon class.
Had a perfectly fine time the first two but that last one seemed so overcrowded (even though it was same number of people as other two) that it kind of sucked.
I agree that the midsize ships are better at all that. But you don’t get all the amenities of the mega ships.
I also did a cruise to Alaska on Norwegian’s (at the time) largest ship. The only time things were a pain in the ass was when we wanted to do things more kid oriented like go carts and laser tag. Otherwise, it was smooth sailing (pun intended). Also since it was sailing to Alaska the outside weather wasn’t exactly pool weather so nobody was at the pool.
Megacruise, no.
Nordic or Alaskan, yes.
European cruise that goes from port to port daily and serves basically as a floating hotel, sure.
Baltimore to Bermuda and back with 7 of 9 days at sea, I’d pay to be left off the boat. No fucking way.
Never will do it. I get the feeling that the staff are mainly poorly paid and obligated to be absent from their families for long periods of time. Sort of like a cheap all inclusive where they don’t get to go home at night. Thousands of people likely overeating on a daily basis. I have pts come back from these cruises having gained a pound per day. I say the trailer for the poop cruise where some ladies complain passengers from a large cruise ship that came by didn’t seem sympathetic to their plight. “They just kept partying” Like if the shoe was on the other foot they would be acting differently.
my best friend (same as above) was part of the show crew for a couple summers, she loved it because of the camaraderie. The doc said the same – super hard work for the crew but they had fun too. Maybe not as true for the cleaners, line cooks, waiters.
what was most striking about the doc was how some passengers immediately regressed to hoarding food and staking out territory for ‘their people’ – human nature i guess
That’s pretty funny.
I have never been on a cruise, but am considering a Disney one for my kids. I feel like I’d rather give them a Disney experience on a cruise vs making the trip to Disneyland.
Well you should give them the Disney experience at Disneyworld not Disneyland.
If I was to do a cruise I would do Disney. The most persnickity person I know RAVES about them.
I did a 9 day cruise that went from NY down to the southern Caribbean. Six days were at sea. I didn’t like that much.
The Alaskan cruise stopped somewhere everyday. I can’t say I loved that either because we were on the go everyday and often very early. But I’d prefer that over the other example.
There’s no way in hell I’m going to Florida.
We went on our first cruise back in May, to The Bahamas, on Carnival Pride. A smaller ship; 2500 passengers I think they said, but no wave pools, roller coasters, or shit like that
Left from BAL - easy 2-hour ride down 295>95; sailed 2 days to Nassau for a day where we swam with some nurse sharks, then Half Moon Cay (an island exclusive to Carnival) where we horseback riding on the beach and in the water, finally to Freeport where all the touristy souvenirs were acquired
The food was very good, both the buffets for breakfast & lunch, and sit-down dinner in the evening
The shows were fun, a little cheesy at times, but entertaining
They had a gym, but we didn’t use it
We opted out of the drinks packages ($85/day per person), and the Internet package ($150/day per cabin)
Will definitely go again
Some people REALLY love their cruises, as we found out
Why? Disneyworld is SUPERIOR to Disneyland
one thing that makes no sense
±4000 passengers
need to poop in hazwaste bags
a couple days from rescue
1 poop per day (conservative, given potential for food poisoning)
did they have that many hazwaste bags just sitting around? reddit will know for sure
How much better, and in what ways?
A castle is a castle and a princess is a princess.
There are very few direct flights from yvr to Florida, and I have a strict no-layover policy with the kids until they are at least ten. My daughter is a great flyer and would be fine. My son is an absolute tornado of energy and would be exploding out of his seatbelt before we even taxied to the runway.
If we are going to endure that, it’s going to be to go somewhere awesome.
Not for me. If I was going to do a cruise it would be a smallish one in Alaska or one of those European river ones.
Forgot to repost THIS find from a little while ago
We also witnessed the phenomenon known among veteran Cruisers as “The Pier Runner”
My idea of a perfect vacation is a week with my family in a silent, desolate, empty (of humans) wilderness backpacking, a bit of swimming, and sitting around with absolutely no agenda.
So a cruise has no appeal. Someone would have to pay me to go.
