My Very Own Very Strange Cruise Ritual

[BHappy2Day]

I have to start at the lowest passenger accessible deck and walk both sides from the front to the back, touching the walls at each end. I repeat this on every deck, moving upward. It takes one to two hours. I usually do this Day 1 or Day 2, but absolutely every cruise. This is most fun on a Disney ship, because many cruisers decorate their cabin doors. I have talked my sister into doing this with me. My husband refuses. I get to see the whole ship, and I get exercise. The touching the walls at both ends is probably just some OCD.

[mr green]

I have to start at the lowest passenger accessible deck and walk both sides from the front to the back, touching the walls at each end. I repeat this on every deck, moving upward. It takes one to two hours. I usually do this Day 1 or Day 2, but absolutely every cruise. This is most fun on a Disney ship, because many cruisers decorate their cabin doors. I have talked my sister into doing this with me. My husband refuses. I get to see the whole ship, and I get exercise. The touching the walls at both ends is probably just some OCD.

 

Very odd!!!:eek::):):)

 

john

[LBumb]

embarkation photo i always kiss my dw, mainly for her taking me on another cruise. she pays the bills in our family.

[patseacruiser]

I have OCD. Thanks for giving me another stupid thing to do with OCD.

[cb at sea]

If you were my spouse, I'd have to send you on your way, alone, too! I could get a good tan going in the time you spend walking the hallways!

[BroncosFan2010]

I like to explore the ship as well, but I don't care about the cabin areas. Just the main venues!

[rhuntington3]

I have to start at the lowest passenger accessible deck and walk both sides from the front to the back, touching the walls at each end. I repeat this on every deck, moving upward. It takes one to two hours. I usually do this Day 1 or Day 2, but absolutely every cruise. This is most fun on a Disney ship, because many cruisers decorate their cabin doors. I have talked my sister into doing this with me. My husband refuses. I get to see the whole ship, and I get exercise. The touching the walls at both ends is probably just some OCD.

 

Ever see anything interesting?

[tgptmp]

I have to start at the lowest passenger accessible deck and walk both sides from the front to the back, touching the walls at each end. I repeat this on every deck, moving upward. It takes one to two hours. I usually do this Day 1 or Day 2, but absolutely every cruise. This is most fun on a Disney ship, because many cruisers decorate their cabin doors. I have talked my sister into doing this with me. My husband refuses. I get to see the whole ship, and I get exercise. The touching the walls at both ends is probably just some OCD.

 

 

At some point on every cruise I end up walking every hallway on every floor. I don't have OCD, just a bad sense of direction.

[cruising to paradise]

Last year on our cruise we walked a couple of halls for exercise and to see how far it was to go all the way around . There was some interesting art work and it was 1/2 mile to walk all the way around. We were on Liberty of the Seas.

[Burpelson]

Awesome! Enjoy!

 

Artwork on doors, great idea!

[Gunner22aa]

Although I don't quite do it your way I too see most of the ship but for me it is daily. I am a very early riser. 5am is sleeping in. Mother is just the opposite so I get up and walk, have a coffee and walk, have a coffee and walk. Frankly out time tables are so different I'm surprized we had children.

[oliverdr]

I also have to walk the decks from top to bottom first thing after lunch- I usually skip the cabin areas however. I will walk the cabin areas if the weather is not good for exercise! I also decorate our door- loads of fun and I know which room is mine!

[jg21]

I have OCD. Thanks for giving me another stupid thing to do with OCD.

 

Shouldn't that be CDO?... Alphabetical, you see.

[buchhalm]

And I'm a dyslexic insomniac agnostic.

I am awake all night, wondering if there really is a dog.

;)

[penguinscott]

I....like it! I recently realized on a cruise that there are many ships I've never set foot on a particular floor. Last year, I coordinated a writer's luncheon and found that I needed to deliver notes to those who had signed up. It took me all over the ship and on nearly every level...a first for me. It was fun. I guess touching the walls on either end just fortifies that you actually did the length.

[scubadogbones]

We always order a banana split for the dessert after the last dinner. We tell the waiters it is our ritual and they aim to please :)