TahitiRoses Posted April 2, 2012 #1 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I couldn't find this topic, so let me know if this has been posted before! Are you different on a cruise? Do you let go? Do you become someone else? Do you dress a certain way or use more/less makeup/jewelry/clothes than you normally do when not cruising? Most of these people you will never see again; so, on a cruise, are you someone new? ~ Tahiti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr green Posted April 2, 2012 #2 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I am a little different. I am not in such a rush, and it is nice to be polite with everyone, all the time, the way that things once were. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunkyhungry Posted April 4, 2012 #3 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Actually, I am different. I'm much more relaxed and happier. I'm usually a worrier, but on cruises I feel content and emotionally and physically healthier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorisis Posted April 5, 2012 #4 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I have a "Cruise Wardrobe" that is nicer than my everyday wear. I live in Florida where casual is the norm and in the summer I wear a bathing suit as formal wear. It's nice to "dressUP" and even nicer to see others in their finery. And, oh yes, I wear shoes all day while cruising. ~Doris~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandyTwister Posted April 8, 2012 #5 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I like to be different on a cruise...it's a special event for us (only 4 cruises...5th coming up). I do wear different clothes...I like to "dress up"...even my casual wear is much more "dressy" than at home (where I stay in p.j.'s all day if I can get away with it). I wear make up and jewelery most days...something reserved for weddings and very special nights out at home. I am not much of a "girly girl"...with make up, jewelry, clothes that match and shoes that co-ordinate...but a cruise brings that out in me! I'm also more open and outgoing on a cruise...everyone is there to enjoy themselves so I feel like I can be more outgoing myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Golfer Posted April 25, 2012 #6 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Boring!!!:eek: When we cruise we love to fake people out. We will go out of our way to be someone else! Last cruise we were doctors, once we worked for and undisclosed federal agency... As you say these people will never know who you are or what you do... Besides if you tell them your travel agents they bug the crap out of you...:) This time I think we will be a professional golfer and wife, people eat it up... This is you captain speaking, or is it!!!:D Enjoy C.G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdarch Posted April 26, 2012 #7 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I never thought about this..I always thought maybe I'm just weird...I also have "cruising clothes." I wear jeans alot at home or my work uniform..I started buying nicer clothes when we started cruising..nice tops and capris that match..with shoes that match..haha..each year I added another outfit..a couple of skirts and more shoes that match..haha..but, I started even at home to wear some of my crusing clothes in the summer:p I also am more relaxed on a cruise...you don't have a time schedule to follow...I enjoy that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandlockedCruiser01 Posted May 7, 2012 #8 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Yes, definitely. My current job is highly stressful, which causes the resulting neuroticism to carry over into my personal life. I also tend to be somewhat shy and self-conscious. On my first cruise, I was the opposite. I had no trouble completely relaxing, initiating conversations with new people, and dancing in public. Not necessarily the life of the party, but really able to get into the atmosphere. As a result, I was able to have tons of fun on my first cruise, and I'm now thinking about my next one. Hope it goes over equally well or better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EithneMay Posted May 9, 2012 #9 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I relax, which is something I NEVER do at home. DH will often ask me over and over again if I am okay or if I am sick, because he is not used to seeing me relaxed! That is about the only way I am different on a cruise versus at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsNancyG Posted May 14, 2012 #10 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I saw a movie once where the characters would become different people each time they met someone new. I found this hysterical, especially in the final scene when all the people they had met during their journey all wound up in the same room and they had to try to remember who they were to whom at various times. I can just imagine this and think it would be a blast. But I'm a crappy liar so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfire Posted May 23, 2012 #11 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I am definately a different person on a cruise. At home I am very independent and do not like to be fussed over. On a cruise I love all all the fuss and want to be waited on hand and foot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSpartan Posted May 26, 2012 #12 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I sleep MUCH better on ships than back home... I am basically the same on a ship, but more so....We are very social at home, but this is social every night.....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted May 26, 2012 #13 Share Posted May 26, 2012 We are the same as we are "back home"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted June 15, 2012 #14 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Nope...no different! Maybe a bit more laid-back than at home, but we don't dress differently or act differently....we try to dress nicely at home AND on vacation!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fondewi Posted June 18, 2012 #15 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I get to wear SUMMER CLOTHES! I'm from Vancouver, and though its mid June, I woke up to 12 degree celsius today. It's nice to be able to ditch cold weather clothes... I feel happier and am probably a nicer person just being in a warmer place wearing looser clothing! I'm also healthier on a cruise, just the pure ease of eating well with grilled/steamed vegetables and fish everywhere makes it a easy choice that I always end up going with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAMBKY Posted June 20, 2012 #16 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I just let the everyday worries like combing my hair & putting on make up during the day, completely go. One afternoon I came back to the cabin, caught sight of myself in the mirror and said "Oh my word, have I really gone out looking like THIS!" :eek: It is wonderful....ahhhhhhh! I hear the sea calling me.....:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorbr Posted June 20, 2012 #17 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Boring!!!:eek: When we cruise we love to fake people out. We will go out of our way to be someone else! Last cruise we were doctors, once we worked for and undisclosed federal agency... As you say these people will never know who you are or what you do... Besides if you tell them your travel agents they bug the crap out of you...:) This time I think we will be a professional golfer and wife, people eat it up... This is you captain speaking, or is it!!!:D Enjoy C.G. That is too funny. I do the same thing...on one of my cruises, our entire group were doctors, and our tablemates were shocked...don't know why, but they were impressed...lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcleph Posted September 9, 2012 #18 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Boring!!!:eek: When we cruise we love to fake people out. We will go out of our way to be someone else! Last cruise we were doctors, once we worked for and undisclosed federal agency... As you say these people will never know who you are or what you do... Besides if you tell them your travel agents they bug the crap out of you...:) This time I think we will be a professional golfer and wife, people eat it up... This is you captain speaking, or is it!!!:D Enjoy C.G. Thats pretty cool. You ever try and pic an obscure profession like pro darts player or like the creator of sham wow lol. also, dud anyone ever ask you medical advice when you were a doctor? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisconsin Travelers Posted December 19, 2013 #19 Share Posted December 19, 2013 All I have to say is be well prepared if you decide to use a fake persona on a cruise, or you'll probably be busted! Last June on a Mediterranean cruise at the meet and greet we became acquainted with a couple who we saw several more times on the cruise and shared a few meals with them in addition to occasional pre-dinner cocktails. At the meet and greet the guy said he had been an attorney in Philadelphia, but after he retired he became a judge. He introduced the woman he was with as his wife. A few days later he confessed that she was really his girlfriend - I figured it was no big deal to me whether they were married or not. The next thing we learned was that the "daughter" he introduced us to was really his girlfriend's daughter. Again, no biggee. Our shipboard friendship continued to develop pretty normally until one evening he said, "one time HER AND ME went to the beach" and I nearly choked upon hearing his really bad grammar. I've worked in the legal field for about 25 years, and I have NEVER heard a lawyer, much less a judge, make such a gross grammatical error. So when we got back home, I checked him out online through various legal-field websites. You guessed it . . . the whole story was bogus. The guy was never a licensed lawyer in any state and was certainly not a judge in Philadelphia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geospyder Posted December 19, 2013 #20 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Sometimes I'll say I'm a "Sport's Mechanic". When they ask what does a Sport's Mechanic do, I tell them I "fix" games. Looses it in translation but most Americans get it. Breaks the ice at dinner :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner22aa Posted December 19, 2013 #21 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I'm still up at 5 am at the latest so that doesn't change. Retirement after 40+ years in the military looms in about 4 months and I don't think it will change then either. I am however far more relaxed when I cruise. If I wasn't it would be wasted money. I set my own agenda. If I want to do something I do it and if I feel a nap coming on then thats the way I go. No rush to the next meeting, no 14 hour days in the office because someone elses oversight just became my panic of the day and no baggy green cloths or black boots to get ready for the next day. I eat better because I have the time to but probably don't get as much exercise as I should. I love meeting knew people that have absolutely nothing to do with my current profession as the majority of my friends are either still in or retired. My wife loves the cruising me and I kind of like that guy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyelle Posted December 23, 2013 #22 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Cute thread. I used to be a lot more relaxed and laid back on cruises...but now that I'm a mom I'm back to being anxiety mcworrywart while on vacay. We'll have to sprinkle in some child-free cruises so I can have a week to just chill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSpartan Posted December 23, 2013 #23 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Just more relaxed...we are both very social in our land-lives, so that continues on the ship... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lor74 Posted December 27, 2013 #24 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I am so happy to be on a cruise, and therefore much more sociable than normal. Also, being unplugged is a great stress relief for me....I am on the computer day n night at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkcossmfr Posted January 8, 2014 #25 Share Posted January 8, 2014 We did try changing our names once but got faked out when someone was shouting "Jean Claude, Jean Claude" and we were looking all around to see who they were calling. We gave that idea up after that but I still try to pretend I'm very neat so the room stewards don't talk about me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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