Several all taxpayer funded mainly 6 to 8 month duration best highlight 10 days in the Seychelles, pissing off rich brits in the Hotel casino who had lashed out 10 grand for the holiday. Downside, couldn't choose who you went with and had to share my room with 45 other hairy arsed blokes who liked to drink and fart.
There are cruises, cruises and cruises. My folks have done loads, generally been great but a few they've found were the wrong line for them and learned for next time. E.g. Some are very family orientated with loads of kids around, some have an average passenger age north of 80, some still have horrid sounding class systems, some have strict dress codes, some are filled with folk taking up all the tables playing dominoes all day, and some are filled with folk who seem mostly normal. Various cruise websites around to help work out what is most suited to you (thats the royal "you" for anyone thinking about it)
We went on a Med cruise with Celebrity for my Mum's 60th, it was great. Started in Venice, day in Dubrovnik, trip to Olympia, day in Santorini, day in Corfu (where we just hired a car and did our own thing), good trip to Ephesus and finished with an overnight in Instabul (which is quite unusual for the ships to do I'm told). Food was brilliant, dress-code was basically no swimwear in the main dining areas, one formal night was nice to mix things up. It was just like being at a nice hotel that conveniently changed location every evening.
OTOH of course it is massively wasteful, and you could eat yourself into a coma if you really wanted to. And if i was going to do another I'd be very careful when picking the ship and itinerary
pissing off rich brits in the Hotel casino who had lashed out 10 grand for the holiday.
Yep. 👍🏼
Several all taxpayer funded mainly 6 to 8 month duration best highlight 10 days in the Seychelles, pissing off rich brits in the Hotel casino who had lashed out 10 grand for the holiday. Downside, couldn’t choose who you went with and had to share my room with 45 other hairy arsed blokes who liked to drink and fart.
😂Yep exactly the same as me highlights were global tour back in 2000 and FIGS back in 98 which had station leave in Barbados,probably one of my favourite place.
Been on a few, luckily got to spend a few very late nights out. Hong Kong, Hamburg, Buenos Aires and Santos were highlights. Busan, Rio, Barbers Cut and Rochester were not.
Okay, not a trad liner, but a box boat is damn near the same thing barring a general lack of (available) female company. We also went to the same crappy ports as the floating resorts.
Would I go on a proper cruise? Shit no, it was bad enough trying to fit shore visits around work when you were being paid to be there but when the money is going the other way? Forget about it.
The 70000 tons thing does seem worth a look, I could do that. Travelling on a box boat? Hmm maybe, if you don't mind the days/weeks of nothing between continents. Would I **** get back on a tanker though. Over a month of travel and I got 6 hours ashore before we turned round and sodded off again. Banks Line do cabins on general cargo ships, seemingly that's a lot more sedate and you see some obscure places but it was eye wateringly expensive last I checked.
@scruffy - are we married? Your life (and in laws) sound remarkably familiar!
We did the princess cruises Alaska cruise:
https://www.princess.com/learn/cruise-destinations/alaska-cruises/
We went with my in-laws and first child when he was 9 months old. It was amazing. It was the last but one run of the season and so a little quieter on the ship. Its a more casual cruise with the average age on the older side but the sites and places we went to were stunning. I'm guessing some of the Norwegian Fjord cruises are similar.
Like mentioned above, the small town we went to were a nice experience, once you waked that bit further from the ship.
I don't think we'd ever do a Caribbean or med cruise as the vibe isn't what we would be after, but the wife really wants to do the Japanese cruise:
https://www.princess.com/cruise-search/details?voyageCode=M131
Again, like someone said, there are cruises, cruises and cruises
Yeah! Done Hull Zeebrugge a few times on bikes, overnight, spring classics related.
FYI. P&O have binned that route off now. Gutted. We’ve done the same and it’s a bit of a giggle. Plenty Leffe Brun and taking the p*ss out of the cabaret singer is part of the Spring Classics for me. Then a fry up in the morning cooked by Filipino crew (who were constantly brilliant at their jobs) before rolling into Zeebrugge.
That's a real shame! Was a few years ago I guess. Filipino crew meant some good food choices I very vaguely remember, and as many tubs of haagendaz as you wanted...
