Why do you cruise ???

[lenquixote66]

8 minutes ago, rkacruiser said:

 

As I have experienced as well.  I have asked myself many times in recent years:  Where were you?  Where were those people?  

 

Regardless, I am thankful to "make a connection" with a fellow alum.  Being able to do so does add another positive memory to that cruise experience.  

One day my wife and I were in an elevator.We were getting out and a couple was coming in .I was wearing my Born In Brooklyn tee shirt.The woman asked where in Brooklyn I lived.We grew up in the same area,same street,about a block away.I was not going to ask her age .Her us and asked my age and it was the same as his wife.I asked her name but it was not familiar to me.

[cruznjan]

20 hours ago, getting older slowly said:

Hi All...   Why do you like / want to go on a cruise :-    Is it ....

 

Going new places

Don't having to unpack and repack

Being at Sea

Don't like flying

Like having everything done for you.

Relaxing.

Meeting new people

Sitting back and hotel takes you to different places

Or some other reason ?

 

To us basically all of the above.

 

Cheers Don

Also, great food!

[ldubs]

Another vote for  "all of the above".  

 

Additionally, a cruise is a great venue for when we do our family group vacations.    Last one, which is also the last cruise before this lockdown, we were 20+ in the group.    

 

 

[lenquixote66]

11 hours ago, ldubs said:

Another vote for  "all of the above".  

 

Additionally, a cruise is a great venue for when we do our family group vacations.    Last one, which is also the last cruise before this lockdown, we were 20+ in the group.    

 

 

We never cruised with more than 8 family members but we have been on a group cruise .

Friends of ours who live in NJ were cruising with 60 neighbors.People were allowed to invite friends.My wife and I went along.

[chipmaster]

17 hours ago, cruznjan said:

Also, great food!

 

Don't ever confuse quantity with goodness, LOL

[ldubs]

5 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

We never cruised with more than 8 family members but we have been on a group cruise .

Friends of ours who live in NJ were cruising with 60 neighbors.People were allowed to invite friends.My wife and I went along.

 

We have also done similar, but I don't think we were near 60 in the group.  Maybe 45 - 50.  Still a lot of fun.  

[ldubs]

20 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

One day my wife and I were in an elevator.We were getting out and a couple was coming in .I was wearing my Born In Brooklyn tee shirt.The woman asked where in Brooklyn I lived.We grew up in the same area,same street,about a block away.I was not going to ask her age .Her us and asked my age and it was the same as his wife.I asked her name but it was not familiar to me.

 

I was walking down a sidewalk in Halifax when someone stopped me because of my De La Salle sweatshirt.  But turned out not to be the same place or even from the same state.  The De La Salle high school near me had one of the best football programs in the country.  

[lenquixote66]

59 minutes ago, ldubs said:

 

I was walking down a sidewalk in Halifax when someone stopped me because of my De La Salle sweatshirt.  But turned out not to be the same place or even from the same state.  The De La Salle high school near me had one of the best football programs in the country.  

Something interesting re high school.World B.Free and Howard Schultz,former CEO of Starbucks were in the same HS graduating class.

[rkacruiser]

Another example of connecting fellow a fellow alum and why I enjoy cruising.

 

Sitting in a deck chair wearing my Ohio Wesleyan University baseball-type cap on the Zaandam during my South American/Antarctica cruise, a gentleman walks by, stops, and we chat.  While he was a "youngster" aged Alum in comparison to me, we shared some experiences of our times at OWU.  Such unexpected encounters add much to the cruise experience.  At least, for me.  

[ontheweb]

12 hours ago, rkacruiser said:

Another example of connecting fellow a fellow alum and why I enjoy cruising.

 

Sitting in a deck chair wearing my Ohio Wesleyan University baseball-type cap on the Zaandam during my South American/Antarctica cruise, a gentleman walks by, stops, and we chat.  While he was a "youngster" aged Alum in comparison to me, we shared some experiences of our times at OWU.  Such unexpected encounters add much to the cruise experience.  At least, for me.  

Was in the dining room as a "single"" as DW had decided to eat in the buffet. I don't remember how the subject came up, but the person next to me mentioned where he went to college. It was the same as me. When I asked when he graduated, it was one year after me. IIRC, we mostly discussed the hockey team.

[lenquixote66]

6 hours ago, ontheweb said:

Was in the dining room as a "single"" as DW had decided to eat in the buffet. I don't remember how the subject came up, but the person next to me mentioned where he went to college. It was the same as me. When I asked when he graduated, it was one year after me. IIRC, we mostly discussed the hockey team.

One more from me. On a cruise in 2018 we were in a lounge for the muster drill.A couple sat down and asked where we were from.We replied NY and he said NJ but that he went to college in NY.We went to the same college but he was younger than me .He replied that he had. A cousin who graduated in my year and asked if perhaps I knew him.

It was one of my best friends in college who I last saw when we graduated.He got on his cell phone and dialed a number and said “do you remember Lenny..........from college ?

We had a brief conversation that day but when I returned home we had a 2 hour conversation .

[leen50]

Many of Y'all's reasons were great. But...

I cruise because on a cruise, I am "ageless".

Yesterday I turned 70, our family B'day celebration was cancelled. Would have been our 52nd sailing.

When I cruise, I line dance at the Sail Away Deck Party, I play all the games=Corn Hole, Charades, etc. I love Trivia, I go to the shows, dance with the waiters at dinner, Go to Quest, stay up to the wee hours in the Casino, jog around the decks, hike w/my DH in all of the European Ports on our TA's. Luckily we are in great health & can do all we want because on a cruise I am NOT 70, I am "ageless"!

[lenquixote66]

40 minutes ago, leen50 said:

Many of Y'all's reasons were great. But...

I cruise because on a cruise, I am "ageless".

Yesterday I turned 70, our family B'day celebration was cancelled. Would have been our 52nd sailing.

When I cruise, I line dance at the Sail Away Deck Party, I play all the games=Corn Hole, Charades, etc. I love Trivia, I go to the shows, dance with the waiters at dinner, Go to Quest, stay up to the wee hours in the Casino, jog around the decks, hike w/my DH in all of the European Ports on our TA's. Luckily we are in great health & can do all we want because on a cruise I am NOT 70, I am "ageless"!

Happy birthday. I remember when I was 70 .I was on a cruise and never heard of a pandemic.

[rkacruiser]

1 hour ago, leen50 said:

Luckily we are in great health & can do all we want because on a cruise I am NOT 70, I am "ageless"!

 

Happy Birthday to you and best wishes for many, many more!  

 

And, more sincere best wishes for you to remain "ageless" for as long as possible.  

[leen50]

1 hour ago, lenquixote66 said:

Happy birthday. I remember when I was 70 .I was on a cruise and never heard of a pandemic.

Thanks! I remember when I was 68 & hadn't heard of one either!

[leen50]

24 minutes ago, rkacruiser said:

 

Happy Birthday to you and best wishes for many, many more!  

 

And, more sincere best wishes for you to remain "ageless" for as long as possible.  

Thanks, my real 'ageless' advice is : marry someone a lot older. That way you will always be younger! LOL

[lenquixote66]

52 minutes ago, leen50 said:

Thanks, my real 'ageless' advice is : marry someone a lot older. That way you will always be younger! LOL

Or change your last name to Young.

[rkacruiser]

2 hours ago, leen50 said:

Thanks, my real 'ageless' advice is : marry someone a lot older. That way you will always be younger! LOL

 

One of my dining companions aboard the Eurodam this past January was a gentleman with whom I had been assigned at a table with Louie on a previous cruise.  A wonderful gentleman when I first met him and still is.  His age was 90.  Louie is in better shape than I am nearly a decade and a half younger.  His wife is about my age, I think.  

 

Your advice about being "ageless" makes sense!😀

[leen50]

32 minutes ago, rkacruiser said:

 

One of my dining companions aboard the Eurodam this past January was a gentleman with whom I had been assigned at a table with Louie on a previous cruise.  A wonderful gentleman when I first met him and still is.  His age was 90.  Louie is in better shape than I am nearly a decade and a half younger.  His wife is about my age, I think.  

 

Your advice about being "ageless" makes sense!😀

Thanks RKA , we are doing our best to stay healthy. We walk 3+ miles every evening in 95+ degree heat. Also no Cruise Buffets or Desserts. We have each lost close to 10 ponds!

[leen50]

OOPS! sorry, I seem to have 'hijacked' this thread!

-arleen

[d9704011]

3 minutes ago, leen50 said:

OOPS! sorry, I seem to have 'hijacked' this thread!

-arleen

Not really.... as I understand it you like to cruise to eat well and relax around the pool and take a few chances on the waistline.  I can tell you from my own experience, you’ve got plenty of company.  

[ontheweb]

6 hours ago, leen50 said:

Many of Y'all's reasons were great. But...

I cruise because on a cruise, I am "ageless".

Yesterday I turned 70, our family B'day celebration was cancelled. Would have been our 52nd sailing.

When I cruise, I line dance at the Sail Away Deck Party, I play all the games=Corn Hole, Charades, etc. I love Trivia, I go to the shows, dance with the waiters at dinner, Go to Quest, stay up to the wee hours in the Casino, jog around the decks, hike w/my DH in all of the European Ports on our TA's. Luckily we are in great health & can do all we want because on a cruise I am NOT 70, I am "ageless"!

In the words of Bob Dylan, Stay Forever Young.

 

And let me join the others wishing you a happy birthday.

[getting older slowly]

Age is just a number.....  the only thing is the person I see in the mirror is not the person I see on the inside.

 

and these people who say you can't do that at your age..... 

I am just a little more carefully climbing ladders and getting on the roof

 

but I had a friend whom was in his 40's   he was old...

dressed like an older people...  ( sandals with socks and carrigans .... )

and was so boring.  never did anything new...

 

Now all we have to wait for the time when we can next have a Birthday at Sea

 

Cheers Don

[evandbob]

I cruise for the same reasons I travel to international resorts and hotels - to expand my horizons, relaxation, adventure and enjoyment.

[lenquixote66]

16 hours ago, rkacruiser said:

 

One of my dining companions aboard the Eurodam this past January was a gentleman with whom I had been assigned at a table with Louie on a previous cruise.  A wonderful gentleman when I first met him and still is.  His age was 90.  Louie is in better shape than I am nearly a decade and a half younger.  His wife is about my age, I think.  

 

Your advice about being "ageless" makes sense!😀

We met a couple on a cruise in 2013 and have been on 9 cruises with them.8 were solely coincidental .We urged them to do the last cruise.He is 90 and she is in her early 70’s.They cruise more than anyone I ever met.