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Showing Original Post only (View all)"I sailed on Royal Caribbean's wildly hyped Icon of the Seas ": [View all]
Last edited Fri Feb 2, 2024, 12:48 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.businessinsider.com/royal-caribbean-icon-of-the-seas-cruise-ship-photo-tour-2024-1I am posting this article because some here are genuinely curious about what this monster ship is like.
And it gives those who hate everything about the cruise industry, even though they have never been on a cruise and never will be, to rant about it.
https://i.insider.com/65b3d2b3f4b446f3be9d3ef5?width=800&format=jpeg&auto=webp
I have been on 10 or so cruises. And for me where the cruise goes is more important than having a theme park at sea. I like smaller ships going to interesting ports. I just returned from a cruise in South Africa. My favorite cruises were Antarctica (the trip of a lifetime) Norway and the Baltic.
I have no desire for a Caribbean cruise. The drinking can get out of control and you don't have the time to really enjoy what the islands have to offer. But I know people who find a Carribean cruise a perfect vacation.
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Read up on Atlas voyages. Not all cruise ship companies are like that. Not "The Love Boat."
CTyankee
Feb 2024
#30
For someone who enjoys having peace during their vacations, this is a bloody nightmare.
Chakaconcarne
Feb 2024
#3
An overcrowded floating hotel where you could have to deal with everything from
highplainsdem
Feb 2024
#10
Yep. People make generalizations. There are cruises and cruises. That's why I call the one I like "voyages."
CTyankee
Feb 2024
#38
They buy the land and develop cruiseline "villiages" turning local artisans into retail clerks ...
marble falls
Feb 2024
#46
Sounds awful. Imagine being stuck on a ship with a bunch of other people's children.
Goodheart
Feb 2024
#24
On our 21 day voyage from Seattle to Sydney on Royal Caribbean in 2018...
ProudMNDemocrat
Feb 2024
#33