SEATAC 400 Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 As I made a low pass near the Carnival Cruise ship Triumph, people waved and shouted. asking if I was there to help. "Help?" I answered, "No way!" "My idea of a vacation is getting away from people and crowds. Not booking passage on a floating condominium with 4,000 people, foodborne illness and no way to get off until docked at a tourist trap in the caribbean". "Enjoy the rest of your trip, your bus ride to a fleabag motel and charter flight home." Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 I must admit, cruise ships have never taken my fancy! Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 ha ha! very topical Richard Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Forget the giant cruisers, Go for the smaller ones. My Mum fulfilled her dream a few years ago before she passed away. She and her close friend went on a cruise round the Norwegioan fjiords. A small ship, around 150 travellers and all the luxury you find on the bigger ships but a quarter of the size, able to get into the small harbours that the big ones cannot get near. She loved it! If you want more exclusive still, Go to sea on the Cargo ships. about 30 of you on something usually a lot bigger than most cruisers. OK you don't get the service but then you don't need it. And you'll get to see places that the cruisers will never go to! Worked for me! 5 years on tankers cruising round the world and getting well paid for doing so! Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 You could have made a couple of low passes to cool them off and then tossed them out a flashlight at least. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 You could have made a couple of low passes to cool them off and then tossed them out a flashlight at least. A crate load of Imodium would be more useful judging by the number of cases of Diorhea and sickness that keep occurring in the cruise ships just lately! Link to post Share on other sites
SEATAC 400 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Forget the giant cruisers, Go for the smaller ones. My Mum fulfilled her dream a few years ago before she passed away. She and her close friend went on a cruise round the Norwegioan fjiords. A small ship, around 150 travellers and all the luxury you find on the bigger ships but a quarter of the size, able to get into the small harbours that the big ones cannot get near. She loved it! If you want more exclusive still, Go to sea on the Cargo ships. about 30 of you on something usually a lot bigger than most cruisers. OK you don't get the service but then you don't need it. And you'll get to see places that the cruisers will never go to! Worked for me! 5 years on tankers cruising round the world and getting well paid for doing so! You are right Alan. That sounds much more interestng. Link to post Share on other sites
SEATAC 400 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 You could have made a couple of low passes to cool them off and then tossed them out a flashlight at least. Good idea. I bet I could have made a lot of money too Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 We've been on several of the large cruise ships and enjoy it a lot. Yes, there are lots of people, but it's not really much of an issue once aboard. The food and service is great and there's plenty to do. To each his own. They've found the source of the fire on the Carnival Triumph - a broken fuel return line. I ALWAYS have at least one small flashlight on a cruise ship (with extra batteries) or in a large hotel, and carry it with me when I'm out of the cabin/room. Not many things are darker than the inside of a ship if the power fails. John Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 The trouble with modern cruise ships, as tecnolically advanced as they are, Yes they have all the toys, the modern fittings etc, but most of them look like floating apartment blocks or hotels with a pointy bit at one end and a rounded or square bit at the other. They have none of the curves and grace of ships like the SS France (Latterly the Norway), The Canberra, QE2, QE1, the Queen Mary (the original one, not that ugly new thing), Normandie, Rafaello, Southern Cross etc. They just lack the style of these older ships. Space age and futuristic is ok, and yes they go to town on the designs, but they still look like oversized car ferries! Link to post Share on other sites
SEATAC 400 Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 The trouble with modern cruise ships, as tecnolically advanced as they are, Yes they have all the toys, the modern fittings etc, but most of them look like floating apartment blocks or hotels with a pointy bit at one end and a rounded or square bit at the other. They have none of the curves and grace of ships like the SS France (Latterly the Norway), The Canberra, QE2, QE1, the Queen Mary (the original one, not that ugly new thing), Normandie, Rafaello, Southern Cross etc. They just lack the style of these older ships. Space age and futuristic is ok, and yes they go to town on the designs, but they still look like oversized car ferries! I agree. The new ships look like they look because the goal is to pack as many people as possible into a ship. That's why there is no deck space. It,s a floating condominium / shopping mall. It's an ungainly, top heavy eyesore with no style. Link to post Share on other sites
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