how do you cure the addiction after 1st time?

[MicCanberra]

Yes I am.

I am suffering post cruise syndrome now, and has been exasperated by the boss saying, ''There will be no cruises in 2017, next one can be a b2b island jan/feb 2018''.

 

Well see about that mmh.

 

In the meantime I guess its C.C, oh arnt you lucky:):eek::cool:

 

Save those $ and see how the boss feels by March 2017, I think they will be tempted to get on another cruise.;)

[MicCanberra]

That post cruise syndrome is a bugger isn't it?

 

And Mrs Gut says I'm banned from booking anymore at the moment, well I guess we'll see about that.

 

We all need to have cruise control installed.:eek:

[PoppyandNana]

Only because we didn't think it through... we wanted to try a vast ship which was sailing to the fjords, and the weather was terrible, so the ship was crammed inside; all the pools and many activities were outside, including a sea screen, which were unused for most of the trip.

That taught us not to sail on a ship built for the Caribbean in Northern Europe.

 

Where did you get the ridiculous notion that cruise ships are built for a particular area of the world? Does that really make sense to you when you think about it?

 

We have been to Norway and the fjords on the same celebrity ship that we have been to the Caribbean on. The weather was mixed. Some days were sunny others were down right freezing. The ship was not overly crowded in all areas at all times. Sounds like you picked the wrong cruise line.

[PoppyandNana]

:D

 

I'd prefer that 'final' cure (the final 'sailaway') then sitting home landlocked and accidently see a television ad with one of those BIG beautiful white MOUNTAINS sailing majestically on the bright blue ocean and feel..Well, you know 'that feeling', the longing to be THERE. :(

 

Mac

 

Go watch the movie Soylent Green staring Charleston Heston.

[MicCanberra]

Where did you get the ridiculous notion that cruise ships are built for a particular area of the world? Does that really make sense to you when you think about it?

 

We have been to Norway and the fjords on the same celebrity ship that we have been to the Caribbean on. The weather was mixed. Some days were sunny others were down right freezing. The ship was not overly crowded in all areas at all times. Sounds like you picked the wrong cruise line.

 

That is exactly what they implied.

I agree that some ships are built for a particular market and that may not necessarily suit another region.

[jocap]

Where did you get the ridiculous notion that cruise ships are built for a particular area of the world? Does that really make sense to you when you think about it?

 

We have been to Norway and the fjords on the same celebrity ship that we have been to the Caribbean on. The weather was mixed. Some days were sunny others were down right freezing. The ship was not overly crowded in all areas at all times. Sounds like you picked the wrong cruise line.

 

From noticing the ships which were built for cruising from the UK; until the last few years they were built with inside pools and cinemas, and many glassed-in areas from where you could see the ocean.

Large ships which cruised the Caribbean began appearing, without these important areas. People use them for going to the Med, which often means cold weather for the 3 days travel..

The line we mainly use, P&O, has two identical large ships built by Carnival, from the Grand Class. One has the UK requirements, and was originally for Northern Europe; the other is without, and is taken to the Caribbean in winter time. We have had a cold cruise on that, and wouldn't travel on her again.

Another P&O ship, Aurora, was built specifically for world cruising... like the QM2, several ships have been produced for certain climates and conditions.

An accident prevented us from sailing on Celebrity Eclipse to the fjords one year; having an indoor pool made a difference to our choice.

So, yes, it makes sense when I think about it.

Thank you for your reply.

[MicCanberra]

Good post, explained the differences well.:D

Another point that I will make is some ships have bar and café areas that are far too small for the amount of passengers on board, and yet they have shops and a Casino that seem to take up so much ship space.

For certain demographics (i.e Asian cruisers) this is fine but for others such as Aussies the ship design does not suit as well.

[MicCanberra]

Where did you get the ridiculous notion that cruise ships are built for a particular area of the world? Does that really make sense to you when you think about it?

 

Read the article on MSC's new ship built for warmer climates in the 4th paragraph.

http://www.cruisecritic.com.au/news/news.cfm?ID=7374