GUT2407 Posted February 24, 2016 #51 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I used to say that I didn't want to cruise. I'm an introvert, I'm not a joiner and I detest being jollied into "joining in". I hated the idea of communal dinner tables. I suppose I thought it was like a Butlins holiday camp I also thought that I wanted more time at the destination. My husband convinced me to give it a try and, to my surprise, I quite liked it! Having a balcony helped so I could get completely away if I wanted. We also dined by ourselves most of the time. There are masses of places to sit and read (I read 5 books on our 10 day cruise). Toward the end I started actually doing some of the activities and had quite a good time. No-one tried to jolly me into anything. We are now booked on another cruise and I intend to do even more. You never know, cruising may turn me into a people person! (I'll still steer away from shared dinner tables) Sounds a bit like us. My kids called us liars when we said we had spent the whole day with a couple we met and had diner with them twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted February 24, 2016 #52 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Sounds a bit like us. My kids called us liars when we said we had spent the whole day with a couple we met and had diner with them twice. Ohhh and lunch and afternoon tea with another couple.:eek::eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted February 24, 2016 #53 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I don't get the "Floating RSL" thing. I go to the RSL a fair bit, never been to one yet that even vaguely resembles a nice ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esilef Posted February 24, 2016 Author #54 Share Posted February 24, 2016 LOL, I liked the idea of passengers throwing their kids overboard for the Fijian kids to catch.:p Lol!! The nice Fijian kids just want to catch a couple of kids chucked off the back of a cruise ship. New warning tool for patents "back to he cabin by 8pm sharpe or we will throw you to the Fijian kids".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 24, 2016 #55 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Lol!! The nice Fijian kids just want to catch a couple of kids chucked off the back of a cruise ship. New warning tool for patents "back to he cabin by 8pm sharpe or we will throw you to the Fijian kids".... LOL, :D somehow I don't think that will work though.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 24, 2016 #56 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I don't get the "Floating RSL" thing. I go to the RSL a fair bit, never been to one yet that even vaguely resembles a nice ship. I don't know about Newcastle but every RSL club I have been to has had a commodore out the front.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted February 24, 2016 #57 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I don't know about Newcastle but every RSL club I have been to has had a commodore out the front.:p I'll pay that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabansail Posted February 24, 2016 #58 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I don't know about Newcastle but every RSL club I have been to has had a commodore out the front.:p Every Yacht Club I have been to has had a Commodore inside, oh and the Retirement Village has Commodes too. Why do they have to be "dumb excuses"? While I quite liked going on a cruise I am not hurrying to go on another one. If I saw one which was a bargain again then I would but they don't come along all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2016USAHoliday Posted February 24, 2016 #59 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm scared I will fall off............. I will wait unitl child is older so they can't climb overboard............ It is apparently really easy to fall overboard, you just have to be close to the rail to go over. And kids, well, its even easier for them to climb and use the railings as a balance beam............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 24, 2016 #60 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Every Yacht Club I have been to has had a Commodore inside, oh and the Retirement Village has Commodes too. Why do they have to be "dumb excuses"? While I quite liked going on a cruise I am not hurrying to go on another one. If I saw one which was a bargain again then I would but they don't come along all the time. Lol,:D If you look closer (another thread 'El cheapo') there are still plenty of bargains to be had.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 24, 2016 #61 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm scared I will fall off............. I will wait unitl child is older so they can't climb overboard............ It is apparently really easy to fall overboard, you just have to be close to the rail to go over. And kids, well, its even easier for them to climb and use the railings as a balance beam............... Easy fixed, don't go outside when on the ship.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabansail Posted February 24, 2016 #62 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Lol,:D If you look closer (another thread 'El cheapo') there are still plenty of bargains to be had.:D Have looked at that thread. Some reasonable deals there but not quite as good as we got. Picked up 16 days in a suite for AU$5000 incl gratuities. That was less than $160 a day each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 24, 2016 #63 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Have looked at that thread. Some reasonable deals there but not quite as good as we got. Picked up 16 days in a suite for AU$5000 incl gratuities. That was less than $160 a day each. Wow, keep looking, a special may come around again.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GurlzCruisinRTW Posted February 24, 2016 #64 Share Posted February 24, 2016 hahahaha.... you all so funny.... taking advantage of someones whoopsies when sleep deprived..... I shall try it again in a few hours...... remaining yours and still :D- aka Sleep deprived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 24, 2016 #65 Share Posted February 24, 2016 hahahaha.... you all so funny.... taking advantage of someones whoopsies when sleep deprived..... I shall try it again in a few hours...... remaining yours and still :D- aka Sleep deprived Type something now, I need a laugh.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GurlzCruisinRTW Posted February 25, 2016 #66 Share Posted February 25, 2016 ....yawns..... 4 hours sleep and raring to go.....(it had been a funny night at work, a Pom an American with 2 Aussies and Security hehe :D) Some people think that just having a day in a port is not enough time and therefore a waste of time cruising - but its all about the adventure as well of getting to those ports - well, that's what I say - you must love the ocean and looking at the ink blue water - the ports are a break and a land adventure:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tigerlily75 Posted February 25, 2016 #67 Share Posted February 25, 2016 So I won my first cruise last year in a competition. I had never, ever, considered cruising until this happened, in fact if the idea flittered past it terrified me! Don't people constantly go missing off cruise ships? And because it's international waters no one bothers to investigate? Ok and the big one - I'm sure any Aussie cruisers know of the terrible event on a P&O ship some years ago. The details of that case were horrifying, and since I was young and it was probably even the first I really knew of cruising at all, since cruising wasn't a big thing here in OZ, it became an association for me. Cruise Ship = That terrible case. I actually had to get over this association in order to take my prize! But after winning I started researching cruises and the ships (really I knew absolutely nothing, and that is how I found cruise critic!), I was pretty excited and sold on it when I saw the water slides ;) and that was just the beginning! Anyway, I'm hooked now :) . Even if I did find a website in my google travels called cruiseshipdeaths . com. Even if we were two doors away from the cabin where two people went overboard on a previous cruise. Stuff happens on land too, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 25, 2016 #68 Share Posted February 25, 2016 So I won my first cruise last year in a competition. I had never, ever, considered cruising until this happened, in fact if the idea flittered past it terrified me! Don't people constantly go missing off cruise ships? And because it's international waters no one bothers to investigate? Ok and the big one - I'm sure any Aussie cruisers know of the terrible event on a P&O ship some years ago. The details of that case were horrifying, and since I was young and it was probably even the first I really knew of cruising at all, since cruising wasn't a big thing here in OZ, it became an association for me. Cruise Ship = That terrible case. I actually had to get over this association in order to take my prize! But after winning I started researching cruises and the ships (really I knew absolutely nothing, and that is how I found cruise critic!), I was pretty excited and sold on it when I saw the water slides ;) and that was just the beginning! Anyway, I'm hooked now :) . Even if I did find a website in my google travels called cruiseshipdeaths . com. Even if we were two doors away from the cabin where two people went overboard on a previous cruise. Stuff happens on land too, right? Yep, it doesn't take much to get hooked.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted February 25, 2016 #69 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Yep, it doesn't take much to get hooked.:D I'm lucky I've avoided addiction.;):rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 25, 2016 #70 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I haven't.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esilef Posted February 25, 2016 Author #71 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I've avoided the cruise addiction myself. See it's all my 6 yr old sons fault. Poor kid loves it so much that being a good mum, I need to take the poor kid on a cruise regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted February 25, 2016 #72 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I've avoided the cruise addiction myself. See it's all my 6 yr old sons fault. Poor kid loves it so much that being a good mum, I need to take the poor kid on a cruise regularly. What a sacrifice;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sparky74 Posted February 25, 2016 #73 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted February 25, 2016 #74 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I need one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverwillow Posted February 25, 2016 #75 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Years ago after my first cruise a family member told me it is a complete waste of money and that a friend of hers would have been financially better off but they went on too many cruises. I pointed out to this family member that they have been smoking for over 40 years :rolleyes: 'Now that's a waste of money'. Fast forward five years and this person is slowly changing her mind after a few friends have suddenly died and a close friend is struggling with a brain tumour. She said to me recently you are doing the right thing living life while you can. She is even considering a cruise. :) Another person we know who is fond of 'one-upmanship' and has travelled a fair bit always insinuates that cruisers are old fat boring people and that crusing isn't real travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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