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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HHI $300k

White collar professionals with fancy degrees living in the dc metro area

We thought we weren’t (gasp) “cruise people” until we took a Disney cruise and realized how relaxing cruising is. No stress. No planning. Just show up and have fun. You have a picky eater? No problem! The waiters will literally bring you whatever you ask for, or you can just order room service for the kid before or after your dinner (and it’s included).

Go price out a Disney cruise for a family and you’ll realize it’s not a trashy lower-class trip. It’s $$$$$. We’ve done Europe for less than a cruise.

I chuckle at the quips about cruising not being “real” travel or less “authentic.” No clue how your weeklong stay on an island is more authentic than my day trips to 5 islands during a cruise. I mean, we hire a driver or charter a boat for the day, hit local spots for food, and spend the day on off the beaten path beaches or outer islands that you probably never saw because you didn’t leave your resort unless you were herded onto a catamaran for an excursion.

I wonder if the cruise haters simply hate the Caribbean.

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Disney cruises are expensive but still trashy.  Let’s not pretend your “day trips” off the cruise ship are filled with authentic food and adventures.  They aren’t.  They are places that are catering to cruise folk.  They know you are coming.  But I feel the same about all inclusive resort trips.  So at least we can agree on that [/quote]

I’m not sure how a week at a luxury resort is more authentic then spending the entire day with a local tour guide. I mean, you aren’t interacting with servers in any meaningful way. One guide (who I’m still FB friends with and hire whenever we are on his island) took us to his aunt’s bakery, a truly behind the scenes tour of historical sites, a secluded beach (we were the only family there), a restaurant/bar filled with locals and local music. We were the only tourists wherever we went. We got an earful about their local politics and shifting demographics. We talked sports. He gave my teen son a beer.

Needless to say, we never have experiences like this when we stay at resorts or villas unless we hire a guide or captain for an entire day. [/quote]

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