Need Cruise Ships With A Difference
I think it was the Love Boat which put me off going on vacation on cruise ships. I also think it’s true to say that the average age of passengers is retirement going on a hundred. Some people have unkindly dubbed them floating waiting rooms for God. In fairness, the cruise ships firms are trying to attract younger people. Some of them are putting on more modern entertainment and are offering a more informal vacation. Not everyone wants to dress up and sit at the Captain’s table and be organized all the time.
The thought of visiting lots of tropical, paradise islands is appealing but I don’t want to spend weeks on the ocean. I just imagine endless table tennis and a sea of blue rinse hair do’s. For people like me, cruise ships have got to change if they want our custom. If they have a decent jazz band on board, that would be fine. Anything but middle of the road, a few nights of some Sinatra wannabe doing cabaret will drive me overboard. The same goes for ballroom dancing and games of bridge.
If the vacation companies really want to change, perhaps they should be radical and specialize for different sorts of customers. They could have a Heavy Metal Cruise or a Naturist Cruise. Maybe the Naturist idea wouldn’t be very practical if it came to an emergency rescue situation.
The trouble with a cruise vacation is the chance you take on who will be your fellow passengers. There’s no escaping people you don’t like when you’re on board ship. You can’t even pretend to be out. They seem to be breeding grounds for lonely divorcees on the hunt for a husband. My husband is taken so hands off!
I might be tempted by one of those cold water cruises. It would be more interesting to look for whales or dolphins, than to sunbathe on deck. Some cruise ships go to Alaska and Nova Scotia and the scenery is fabulous. If the weather was a bit chilly, there’d be marvelous food and drink to warm me up. Spotting a humpback whale would beat dinner at the Captain’s table any time.
If I ever have enough money, I may just give a cruise vacation a go. I shouldn’t let Love Boat put me off. If I’m not enjoying myself, I can always jump ship, swim to Barbados and fly home. If I’m in Nova Scotia, I may be like that guy in Northern Exposure, and never come home.
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