Taking a cruise

I have never been on a cruise, and don't know as I ever would want to. It just doesn't sound appealing to me. I like the ocean, but not well enough for a cruise. It's just I can think of a lot better ways to spend my money.

Does a Marine Expeditionary unit count? We had recreation and stuff. Hand to hand classes, a gym, helicopter rides. Have any of you been on a cruise with helicopter rides? Admittedly, the food wasn't superb...

Irish, you're about to hear, apparently for the first time, from someone who doesn't think food is the big attraction of cruises. I've been on four cruises, and the attractions for me are: 1) I like this lazy way of sightseeing in cities and countries I haven't seen before. Each cruise itinerary has multiple ports in which the ship docks, usually for a full day in each port. I find that one day's worth of sightseeing tells me whether it's some place I'd like to come back to in the future and explore in greater depth. One of the good parts of this is not having to unpack and repack for a different hotel each night, since my "hotel" room is onboard and goes with me. Nor do I have to worry about finding a decent restaurant, since we always make it back on board for dinner. 2) There are numerous things one can do in port. Shore excursions range from simple guided tours to golf to beach and water activities like scuba and snorkeling and many more. As an example, on my Alaska cruise we too... Read more

Never have, and never will. If you want to know why, its because everyone I`ve ever met, without exception, who has been on a cruise raves about one thing and one thing only. The food. Sorry, but if I`m putting out the kind of coin that the average cruise costs just to eat well, I`d feel my money was better spent going to New York, Paris, San Francisco or Rome, booking a decent hotel and spending a week dining in fine restaurants. I have little interest in a dressed up buffet designed to impress folks whose normal fine cuisine experience is a Sirloiner.