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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure if I get seasick mainly but also I am somewhat introverted and the idea of dining with others at the same table makes me anxious a little. I do have some health complications including MS so emergency medical care does come up for me as something to look into.

What do you enjoy most or dislike?
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I just took my first one, a short one, so I could decide whether or not I was a cruise person. I didn’t think it was right to sit back and disparage them without every experienced one. I suspect many who sneer at them do exactly that.

My experience was ok. It’s not something I would clamor to do again and it wouldn’t be my preferred way to vacation but I would be open to it again under the right circumstances (like an Alaskan cruise maybe).

The service was excellent. The convenience was nice. The food was hit or miss. The activities were fine. The shows were something you might find at a theme park. The shore excursions were ok but one thing was canceled due to high winds so I don’t know for sure. I didn’t really like feeling nickel-and-dimed. And I didn’t like the cattle call nature of it, especially on the first day. But the state room was nice (get an aft room!). At times I felt like I was in the movie Cocoon or walking around Wal-Mart, what with the olds and the obese.

One thing I learned is there are basically different levels of cruise lines. We were on Royal Carribean, which is evidently one step up from Carnival, which is the “slumming it” line. Norwegian and Viking, I am told, are more upscale. Holland is in the middle. Disney is better than RC but obviously caters more to kids.

Or so I was told by people I met who basically cruise all the time. It’s a lifestyle.[/quote]

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