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Post by jno on Oct 31, 2023 19:25:48 GMT
 Sea Cruises, loved by some, loathed by others. Where do you stand on this? Are these all they're cracked up to be? What's the attraction of these over say a beach holiday or a city break? To cruise or not to cruise, that is the question. |
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Post by ltd on Oct 31, 2023 20:16:12 GMT
Not my sort of thing really. Don't like the idea of being cooped up on a boat for long periods. Worried about catching legionnaire's disease, or food poisoning.
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Post by jjmolloy on Nov 1, 2023 0:12:31 GMT
Not my sort of thing really. Don't like the idea of being cooped up on a boat for long periods. Worried about catching legionnaire's disease, or food poisoning. Not too mention that annoying couple who you just can't seem to shake off for the whole voyage!  |
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Post by billymedhurst on Nov 1, 2023 0:16:46 GMT
What, and have to endure Jane Macdonald caterwauling for a fortnight ! No bloody thanks !!!  Anyway, I might end up like Mr. Botibol..... |
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Post by ontheslate on Nov 1, 2023 6:24:30 GMT
Never been on a cruise and would be not be bothered or not if I did, but know a fair few people have gone on them at different levels of luxury and they have had mainly positive stories, great food and drink enjoyable excursions and entertainment on board the one negative which popped up a lot were the stories of being stuck with annoying passengers especially at meal times where dining tables were allocated.
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Post by jno on Nov 1, 2023 7:11:08 GMT
I didn't contribute to this discussion until now as I didn't want to be seen starting a thread to bash sea cruises. However, I agree with everything posted so far.
I once went on a 'mini-cruise' when I moved to live in Majorca, we sailed from Portsmouth to Bilbao. Never again, and after about an hour I just couldn't wait to get orf. Felt dicky for most of it but that wore off eventually. Coming back to the UK about a year later it wasn't so bad though.
I've just never understood the appeal of sea cruises, especially longer ones and I'd love someone to convince me why trying it out is worth it. However when I consider the facts as I see 'em:
(a) possible sea sickness
(b) never really seeing the places you sail to other than for a few hours max
(c) stuck on a boat with people you are bound to dine with that you may not like
(d) horror stories of sickness outbreaks and being stuck in your room
(e) any of the above and they ain't cheap either
...they'd have a hard job.
I remember early 2000s my parents went on one with two of their friends. By the end of the trip, they'd got fed up of them dictating times they wanted to come round for a drink in the evening, "your cabin or ours for a few whiskies?" which was just too much for them night after night after night. They never went on another one again and didn't see their friends that often anymore either.
I don't think I'll ever go on a cruise then.
Surely someone on here has been on one and enjoyed it? There must be some positives?
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Post by ltd on Nov 1, 2023 8:46:08 GMT
Not my sort of thing really. Don't like the idea of being cooped up on a boat for long periods. Worried about catching legionnaire's disease, or food poisoning. Not too mention that annoying couple who you just can't seem to shake off for the whole voyage! I was going to say the ghastly people but thought that might have been snobbish of me - reading the other posts it seems my first instinct wasn't far wrong. |
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Post by ontheslate on Nov 1, 2023 9:15:17 GMT
Unfortunately my dad’s sister had the ultimate cruise horror she was a regular cruise goer for about fifteen her and her in laws would go on one every year but one year there was a lot of problems sickness on board, could go on day trips due to port issues and luggage was either stolen or lost. The cruise operator gave them a free cruise as compensation this ship caught fire had total power loss and some crew and the captain abandoned ship leaving the passengers with just a few crew to help them, my aunt got a compensation payout and the cruise company paid for her to have therapy for years unsurprisingly she never went on a boat ship or ferry again.
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Post by ltd on Nov 1, 2023 12:32:58 GMT
Unfortunately my dad’s sister had the ultimate cruise horror she was a regular cruise goer for about fifteen her and her in laws would go on one every year but one year there was a lot of problems sickness on board, could go on day trips due to port issues and luggage was either stolen or lost. The cruise operator gave them a free cruise as compensation this ship caught fire had total power loss and some crew and the captain abandoned ship leaving the passengers with just a few crew to help them, my aunt got a compensation payout and the cruise company paid for her to have therapy for years unsurprisingly she never went on a boat ship or ferry again. Now this is exactly the sort of thing I'd be afraid of. Sounds like one of Uncle Albert's terrifying yarns from Only Fools and Horses. |
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Post by jno on Nov 1, 2023 14:38:58 GMT
Unfortunately my dad’s sister had the ultimate cruise horror she was a regular cruise goer for about fifteen her and her in laws would go on one every year but one year there was a lot of problems sickness on board, could go on day trips due to port issues and luggage was either stolen or lost. The cruise operator gave them a free cruise as compensation this ship caught fire had total power loss and some crew and the captain abandoned ship leaving the passengers with just a few crew to help them, my aunt got a compensation payout and the cruise company paid for her to have therapy for years unsurprisingly she never went on a boat ship or ferry again. Oh my good gawd, I'm definitely not going now then! |
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Post by metro1962 on Nov 1, 2023 14:58:32 GMT
I don't think I ever wanted to go on a cruise ship (even if I had pots of money these cruises are not cheap) just something about being on a large ship with everywhere you go being surrounded by water most of the time and then getting off to view the sites for very short periods of time as you don't get much leisure time in your own pace.
Plus I have seen enough disaster movies to put me off going on one😂😁
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 1, 2023 17:44:54 GMT
Unfortunately my dad’s sister had the ultimate cruise horror she was a regular cruise goer for about fifteen her and her in laws would go on one every year but one year there was a lot of problems sickness on board, could go on day trips due to port issues and luggage was either stolen or lost. The cruise operator gave them a free cruise as compensation this ship caught fire had total power loss and some crew and the captain abandoned ship leaving the passengers with just a few crew to help them, my aunt got a compensation payout and the cruise company paid for her to have therapy for years unsurprisingly she never went on a boat ship or ferry again. . . . Sorry I shouldn’t laugh. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 1, 2023 17:47:52 GMT
(e) any of the above and they ain't cheap either. Here’s the real reason jno doesn’t like the idea of cruises. I knew it would come out.  |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 1, 2023 17:49:00 GMT
I don't think I ever wanted to go on a cruise ship (even if I had pots of money these cruises are not cheap) Careful Mets, you’re starting to sound like jno now. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 1, 2023 17:59:33 GMT
I say, I’ve only ever been on short sea journeys..
I’d love to go on an exclusive cruise.
A really fancy one full of rich, classy people like myself. With no riff-raff or common peasants cluttering up the place, their foul offspring making unwanted noise.
Evening dress, fine cigars, classic cocktails, that sort of venture. Maybe the odd murder to keep one’s amusement levels up during the slow bits without the iceberg collisions.
Sounds fun to me.
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Post by jno on Nov 1, 2023 18:10:21 GMT
I say, I’ve only ever been on short sea journeys.. I’d love to go on an exclusive cruise. A really fancy one full of rich, classy people like myself. With no riff-raff or common peasants cluttering up the place, their foul offspring making unwanted noise. Evening dress, fine cigars, classic cocktails, that sort of venture. Maybe the odd murder to keep one’s amusement levels up during the slow bits without the iceberg collisions. Sounds fun to me. You should try the Titanic. Are you the only one voting FOR cruises so far? |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 1, 2023 18:22:11 GMT
I say, I’ve only ever been on short sea journeys.. I’d love to go on an exclusive cruise. A really fancy one full of rich, classy people like myself. With no riff-raff or common peasants cluttering up the place, their foul offspring making unwanted noise. Evening dress, fine cigars, classic cocktails, that sort of venture. Maybe the odd murder to keep one’s amusement levels up during the slow bits without the iceberg collisions. Sounds fun to me. You should try the Titanic. Are you the only one voting FOR cruises so far? Yes but dear boy, when people see (sea?) I voted in favour of cruises, they’ll all want to go on one.  |
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Post by billymedhurst on Nov 2, 2023 14:03:38 GMT
Anyway, sea cruises are for the comb-over and blue-rinse brigade. Brian and Maureen from Bournemouth.....
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Post by metro1962 on Nov 2, 2023 14:36:23 GMT
I don't think I ever wanted to go on a cruise ship (even if I had pots of money these cruises are not cheap) Careful Mets, you’re starting to sound like jno now. Oh am I?😲 I wonder what the basic cost of a sea cruise is then,an arm and a leg and two of your lower regions.😁 |
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Post by jno on Nov 3, 2023 3:36:12 GMT
Anyway, sea cruises are for the comb-over and blue-rinse brigade. Brian and Maureen from Bournemouth..... I really hope there are no forum members that you have just added a label to billy. |
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Post by billymedhurst on Nov 3, 2023 16:37:01 GMT
Well, me, probably.....! |
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Post by metro1962 on Nov 3, 2023 16:40:55 GMT
Well, me, probably.....! Billy Blue Rinse is a great forum name to have then.😂😁👍 |
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Post by yoyopickles on Nov 3, 2023 19:49:35 GMT
I have been in three cruises,trust me,I'm not good on boats....
I've been sick traveling on a ferry!from Poole to jersey when I was 16, sick on a ferry from Gibraltar to Morocco when I was 31 ( then again I had washed down a garlic coated swordfish with a litre bottle of £2.50 brandy in gib the previous evening!)
Even on one of my beloved booze runs across the 21 miles of water to Calais from Dover I turned green!
Even so,my late mum always wanted to go on a cruise,and in February 2009, we got a last minute deal on a cruise around the canaries with Thompson ( now tui ) As other posters here have correctly stated, you don't really get a good chance to see the country you dock in,unless especially as there are various excursions available,but it does however,give you a taster of a place,so you know if you would like to go back there for a proper holiday
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 3, 2023 22:44:43 GMT
Well, me, probably.....! Billy Blue Rinse is a great forum name to have then.😂😁👍 |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 3, 2023 22:47:10 GMT
Cruises are up two points.  I’m telling you, once we get a murder in the second act, it’ll be tied, I bet even Blue Rinse will be gripped to see what happens next and change his vote. My money is either on the two Johnny Foreigners with the dodgy moustaches that keep to themselves and refused to mingle during the cocktail ball, or that stuck up old b!tch with the stole made out of a dead badger in cabin 13. Having said that, I never did trust the clergy and that reverend in Cabin 666 seems far too sanctimonious to be on the level. |
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Post by yoyopickles on Nov 4, 2023 0:15:02 GMT
I have been in three cruises,trust me,I'm not good on boats.... I've been sick traveling on a ferry!from Poole to jersey when I was 16, sick on a ferry from Gibraltar to Morocco when I was 31 ( then again I had washed down a garlic coated swordfish with a litre bottle of £2.50 brandy in gib the previous evening!) Even on one of my beloved booze runs across the 21 miles of water to Calais from Dover I turned green! Even so,my late mum always wanted to go on a cruise,and in February 2009, we got a last minute deal on a cruise around the canaries with Thompson ( now tui ) As other posters here have correctly stated, you don't really get a good chance to see the country you dock in,unless especially as there are various excursions available,but it does however,give you a taster of a place,so you know if you would like to go back there for a proper holiday For her birthday a few months later, we did a western Mediterranean cruise and four years later, a Greek islands cruise for her 80th birthday |
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Post by daz on Nov 4, 2023 8:12:57 GMT
I like boats and to travel on boats, but would never do a cruise.
In Aberdeen, they have just built a new harbour at the waterside where I was brought up. This is to accommodate supply ships, but also allow these huge ferries to rock up with tourists, usually from Germany.
Because of this, a much beloved part of our coastline is now out of bounds for us plebs.
The first things tourists see on coming to this new Aberdeen port is a sewarage plant, followed by a huge incinerator.
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Post by jno on Nov 4, 2023 9:48:25 GMT
I like boats and to travel on boats, but would never do a cruise. In Aberdeen, they have just built a new harbour at the waterside where I was brought up. This is to accommodate supply ships, but also allow these huge ferries to rock up with tourists, usually from Germany. Because of this, a much beloved part of our coastline is now out of bounds for us plebs. The first things tourists see on coming to this new Aberdeen port is a sewarage plant, followed by a huge incinerator. People go to Aberdeen as part of a cruise? |
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Post by metro1962 on Nov 4, 2023 16:06:16 GMT
I like boats and to travel on boats, but would never do a cruise. In Aberdeen, they have just built a new harbour at the waterside where I was brought up. This is to accommodate supply ships, but also allow these huge ferries to rock up with tourists, usually from Germany. Because of this, a much beloved part of our coastline is now out of bounds for us plebs. The first things tourists see on coming to this new Aberdeen port is a sewarage plant, followed by a huge incinerator. People go to Aberdeen as part of a cruise? Part of the Halloween themed cruise.😂😁 |
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Post by jno on Nov 4, 2023 16:42:02 GMT
People go to Aberdeen as part of a cruise? Part of the Halloween themed cruise.😂😁 That's the same one that stops in Rhyl. |
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