Welcome to Week 21 of the MFRW 52-week challenge. The topic is "Love Cruises Or Not."
In order for me to answer this prompt a cruise has to be defined. The first thought was one of the immense floating cities with pools, zip lines, and for entertainment Broadway shows or reunions of big-name bands. I can't answer if I love them or not because I've never been on one and most likely never will. Besides the costs and logistics, a spouse who couldn't sit still for the 7 or 14 days would argue against such a trip. News of reports of passengers and crews stranded aboard ship for weeks due to COVID-19 is another strike for cruising. Although I admit the writers' retreats/conferences aboard ship sounds intriguing.
Then there are what I call tourist cruises. Smaller vessels geared toward specialty itineraries. The themes could be food and wine or a specific area such as up close to glaciers, a paddlewheeler up the Mississippi River, or a windowed boat up the Rhine. I think I would enjoy all three, especially the castle cruise up the Rhine River.
In order for me to answer this prompt a cruise has to be defined. The first thought was one of the immense floating cities with pools, zip lines, and for entertainment Broadway shows or reunions of big-name bands. I can't answer if I love them or not because I've never been on one and most likely never will. Besides the costs and logistics, a spouse who couldn't sit still for the 7 or 14 days would argue against such a trip. News of reports of passengers and crews stranded aboard ship for weeks due to COVID-19 is another strike for cruising. Although I admit the writers' retreats/conferences aboard ship sounds intriguing.
Then there are what I call tourist cruises. Smaller vessels geared toward specialty itineraries. The themes could be food and wine or a specific area such as up close to glaciers, a paddlewheeler up the Mississippi River, or a windowed boat up the Rhine. I think I would enjoy all three, especially the castle cruise up the Rhine River.
The last type of are local, short cruises, with to without a meal being served. Over the years a few have been part of our vacations and were enjoyed. Before we moved, we took another kind of cruise. Although we had talked about it for years, we had never taken the plunge to buy tickets for the 4th of July fireworks cruise to New York City to see the Macy's display. The trips were rain or shine, and since tickets had to be purchased well ahead of time, it was a roll of the dice. No rain for the trip to Manhattan, nor the hours waited for the fireworks, and even the several fireworks displays on both sides of the Hudson went off fine. However, returning to the dock, a storm rolled in and the ship was pounded. The night ended with dashes to the parking lot to drive to the pickup zone rather than everyone walking back to the cars. The commuter ferry we were on was large enough that other than watching rain on the windows the storm wasn't bad. I felt sorry for the people on the smallest of the three ships. Intended for the short run from northern New Jersey across the river, there was less interior space and commuters generally sat aside. Not a pleasurable thing in bad weather.
~Happy sailing from a landlubber, till next time, Helen
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