The Titanic Compared With a Modern Cruiseship (2014)
Slightly off-topic, but given the brevity of the linked blog post and the lack of conversation here, why not.<p>Can anyone explain to me the appeal of cruises? You&#x27;re stuck on a boat with thousands of other people as you are taken to predefined locations and undergo what I like to call &quot;organised fun&quot;. While on board, you&#x27;re their captive audience as they sell you overpriced food and drink and generally try to sponge as much extra money from you as possible. Meanwhile, you&#x27;re surrounded by people from the same place as you, who, at least for me, you might be trying to be get away from. Then, at each port, typically in a place with a tourism-driven economy, the locals identify and surround you everywhere you go, trying to sell you yet more stuff because they know you&#x27;re probably rich and suggestible. I have friends who went on holiday to Curaçao and were told by the locals not to shop on [insert day here] because that&#x27;s the day of the week the cruises come in, when they increase their prices 50%.<p>While this is somewhat of a rant, I&#x27;ve never been on a cruise and I&#x27;m genuinely interested to hear from someone who has been on one and enjoyed it - what their reasons were, whether they thought it was good value, relaxing, etc.