SteveinSC

One Love! 

Look, people...this is supposed to be our happy place, where we talk about things that make us happy. A sanctuary from the outside nonsense of the world. Our distraction from the chaos.  I have participated in, and observed a lot of division of opinion and ideology on this board lately.....so I figured Id give us something to talk about that we can all agree on. WE LOVE CRUISING!  So, im going to pose a couple questions to you.....
1. Whats your favorite thing about cruising? Relaxation, seeing parts of the world, the food, the party? 
2. If you could go on a cruise, anywhere in the world, right now.....where would you go and on which ship? 
Kumbaya, Peace be with you, Woosah, Hakuna matata....... 

There are so many things I love about cruising--the vastness of the ocean, watching the sunrise/set, spending lots of time with my family and sometimes friends, relaxing by the pool, having the deluxe drink package and being able to try a wide variety of drinks I would never otherwise try, visiting new places, the wonderful shows onboard, trivia in the Schooner Bar (especially trivia in the Schooner Bar with a grapefruit-habanero or lavender daiquiri), lots of time to read for fun, etc. But especially because it is a TRUE vacation-- nothing to clean, no laundry to do, no meals to cook or clean up after-- no worries or stress at all. Just relaxation.
I would love to do a really long around-the-world itinerary. I just read about a 180-day one on Oceania that starts in San Francisco, goes down the west coast of North- and South America, up the east coast of South America, across the Atlantic to Africa, all around Africa, across the Indian Ocean, all around SE Asia, up to Japan, back across and around Alaska, back down the west coast, through the Panama Canal, through the Caribbean, up the east coast ending in New York. That's my dream. I don't know if RC offers such a long itinerary, but it sounds absolutely amazing. My husband also wants to take a cruise starting in Europe across the North Atlantic with stops in Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, and the Maritime provinces. That sounds pretty spectacular too.

I have that feeling all the time.  Honestly, that is my dream cruise...a solo cruise! 

It's been subtly suggested I should "wash my hands like 50 times a day".
 
It's a practice we should have all been doing long before we began worrying about a new strain of the flu.
 
Sometimes change is good. 
 

@SteveinSC I meant to just piggyback of the notion that by not being more hysterical we somehow don't care about the people who have died. But kudos on being extra healthy. I am a hypochondriac and when the swine flu hit in 2009 I was in my home for 9 months straight..I mean my husband had also just died so my mental state was a bit cray cray. But I brought into the whole thing. Now I am like meh, something will eventually kill me so "gorl live your best life!"

I'll believe it when I hear Ron Burgundy tell me! 

You know those days when you're tempted to list your children for sale on Facebook? Just saying my answers may be skewed a little today. ?‍♀️
We cruise to vacation together without always having to be together...it's nice to ship the kids off the AO so DH and I can have a little grown up vacation time too.
Right now I would take any ship...going anywhere...as long as it was solo.
On a side note...Anyone need a helping hand or two around the house? They can take out the trash, unload, the dishwasher, work in the yard...anyone? No? Serenity now! 

I grew up in Jamica. I have many happy memories, thoughts, events, my first kiss and etc...... Anytime I go back to the Island, i am in a happy place. Let's get together and feel alright, mon.

Look, people...this is supposed to be our happy place, where we talk about things that make us happy. A sanctuary from the outside nonsense of the world. Our distraction from the chaos.  I have participated in, and observed a lot of division of opinion and ideology on this board lately.....so I figured Id give us something to talk about that we can all agree on. WE LOVE CRUISING!  So, im going to pose a couple questions to you.....
1. Whats your favorite thing about cruising? Relaxation, seeing parts of the world, the food, the party? 
2. If you could go on a cruise, anywhere in the world, right now.....where would you go and on which ship? 
Kumbaya, Peace be with you, Woosah, Hakuna matata....... 

I hope people cancel so my Royal Up bid gets accepted..... FACT
I hope people cancel so theres less of a line at the Windjammer..... FACT
Im going to enjoy my cruise..... FACT 

Perhaps its a personality thing. I really dont worry about...well...much of anything. My wife would tell you its annoying as hell. ?
I am what some would call a "health nut" to an extent (i eat very consciously, except on cruises, and workout everyday, even on cruises)...but I dont do these things out of worry. I just do them because its smart and healthy. I just view things from the standpoint of "Can I control it, to a point" and "what do statistics tell me the odds of it happening are". I have faith that things will happen as theyre meant to....and "live our best lives".   

Look, people...this is supposed to be our happy place, where we talk about things that make us happy. A sanctuary from the outside nonsense of the world. Our distraction from the chaos.  I have participated in, and observed a lot of division of opinion and ideology on this board lately.....so I figured Id give us something to talk about that we can all agree on. WE LOVE CRUISING!  So, im going to pose a couple questions to you.....
1. Whats your favorite thing about cruising? Relaxation, seeing parts of the world, the food, the party? 
2. If you could go on a cruise, anywhere in the world, right now.....where would you go and on which ship? 
Kumbaya, Peace be with you, Woosah, Hakuna matata....... 

I hope people cancel so my Royal Up bid gets accepted..... FACT
I hope people cancel so theres less of a line at the Windjammer..... FACT
Im going to enjoy my cruise..... FACT 

Look, people...this is supposed to be our happy place, where we talk about things that make us happy. A sanctuary from the outside nonsense of the world. Our distraction from the chaos.  I have participated in, and observed a lot of division of opinion and ideology on this board lately.....so I figured Id give us something to talk about that we can all agree on. WE LOVE CRUISING!  So, im going to pose a couple questions to you.....
1. Whats your favorite thing about cruising? Relaxation, seeing parts of the world, the food, the party? 
2. If you could go on a cruise, anywhere in the world, right now.....where would you go and on which ship? 
Kumbaya, Peace be with you, Woosah, Hakuna matata....... 

I love the ocean!  I love stars at night!  I love the all inclusive nature of a cruise ship along with different places to see and entertainment at night.  Not cooking any meals help my love of cruising. 
 
16 days I’ll be back on Harmony! Luckily I have 2 other bucket list cruises booked: Alaska this summer and Greece in 2021.  My dream cruise is to the Galapagos.  
 
 

@SteveinSC Also what about the suicides, death by domestic violence, hate crimes etc. Not to be a Debbie downer but people are always flippant about death until it could directly affect them...like in the case of the beer virus.
However fearmongering does no good. Remember when people wouldn't even shake hands with a person with HIV? Not enough is known about the beer virus and mass hysteria does far more harm than good. There have been instances in history of people killing themselves and their family to avoid horrible fates. The best thing we all can do is to exercise caution and live our best lives.

Look, people...this is supposed to be our happy place, where we talk about things that make us happy. A sanctuary from the outside nonsense of the world. Our distraction from the chaos.  I have participated in, and observed a lot of division of opinion and ideology on this board lately.....so I figured Id give us something to talk about that we can all agree on. WE LOVE CRUISING!  So, im going to pose a couple questions to you.....
1. Whats your favorite thing about cruising? Relaxation, seeing parts of the world, the food, the party? 
2. If you could go on a cruise, anywhere in the world, right now.....where would you go and on which ship? 
Kumbaya, Peace be with you, Woosah, Hakuna matata....... 

Look, people...this is supposed to be our happy place, where we talk about things that make us happy. A sanctuary from the outside nonsense of the world. Our distraction from the chaos.  I have participated in, and observed a lot of division of opinion and ideology on this board lately.....so I figured Id give us something to talk about that we can all agree on. WE LOVE CRUISING!  So, im going to pose a couple questions to you.....
1. Whats your favorite thing about cruising? Relaxation, seeing parts of the world, the food, the party? 
2. If you could go on a cruise, anywhere in the world, right now.....where would you go and on which ship? 
Kumbaya, Peace be with you, Woosah, Hakuna matata....... 

I love the ocean. I love any body of water but the ocean is the most amazing thing to me. Waves make me happy and take any worries away. Grew up on an island (peninsula) and going to the beach isn't just a summer thing. Many memories from a child to this past summer are from the beach. I am my best self near water (don't care how dumb that sounds) because I'm calm and relaxed. There are so many things to love on a cruise but just being on the water is the number one.
I'm mainly a Caribbean cruiser because of ^^^ but I'd like to go back to Italy from a cruise perspective. Or to go Greece. Or any part of Europe that is cruisable. Thanks to blogs here Alaska is finally a thought for the future. Don't care what ship at the moment.

Gah...still 290 days out!!
1. What's your favorite thing about cruising? Relaxation, seeing parts of the world, the food, the party? Yes!! And that someone else prepares and brings it to me and then cleans it up!
2. If you could go on a cruise, anywhere in the world, right now.....where would you go and on which ship? To the Caribbean anywhere on any Oasis class.

@SteveinSC  1. I like cruising because it is a mobile hotel....how awesome to have a home for a period of time to take you to places that are possibly better than your real home. Also as a slight DDP-er..dooms day prep-er, I swear I am not crazy I just watched a lot of zombie/apocalypse stuff and know how I would survive....I am super in love with boats. Like my dream is to retire on a boat. Also there is food and other stuff like shows that may or may not involve humans dressed up like felines, scooting across the stage.
2. If i could go on a cruise right now I would want to go Celtic and like maybe Nav or Mariner....I am a huge Scotland and Ireland person....like Highlanders and sheep are me peeps. How can you not love a kilt?? But bucket list I would go Ovation and Australia/New Zealand or Alaska

I just really dont understand......I wish people cared about CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE the way they care about some virus.....its exponentially more likely to kill you. Yet, the same people canceling cruises out of fear are lining up at McDonalds for a sack of burgers, killing themselves happily.  
 

....and still not nearly as deadly as MANY, MANY other things that arent mentioned ONE time on this board. 

I hope people cancel so my Royal Up bid gets accepted..... FACT
I hope people cancel so theres less of a line at the Windjammer..... FACT
Im going to enjoy my cruise..... FACT