The thought came to consider a world cruise as a dream vacation. It sounds as though it might be pricey but I loved the idea of visiting different places around the globe but only unpacking once and sleeping in the same bed for the duration of the holiday.
Anyone done a world cruise? Would you ever want to do such a long cruise?
Just dreaming...
I do not think I would enjoy a commercial cruise. On a small private vessel, I'd love it.
Yes!!! I think I would... however, I feel claustrophobic at the ocean - like I reached the end of civilization vs. someone that looks out at the ocean as the beginning of exploration.
When I look out over mountains that is when I see things I want to explore.
I had a friend do Semester at Sea during college way back and it sounded AMAZING.
It will never happen for me, but I am with you in your dream. I am an oceanic soul land-locked in Kansas, with insufficient funds to liberate myself. The ocean (any, all oceans) call to me. But I will make do with pastures, and open skies, and trees and hills. And I will be happy with the quiet beauty of where I live.
But Oh! if I had the funds.....I would travel the world's oceans and ports o' calls, and learn from and about all the different lands and peoples of the oceans.....
Go for it! Start a savings account now.
We did a 15-day cruise for our honeymoon; about half the trip was crossing the Atlantic so the ship would be ready for Caribbean winter cruising. We weren't sure we could last that long, so we made sure we packed plenty of books (e- and otherwise) and some other diversions.We needn't have worried. It was so nice to slow life waaaaay down and the days passed in a blur of naps, meals, reading, and staring off the side of the ship in contemplation. Around the world, though ... I'd have to think about that one. We really weren't crazy about a lot of the entertainment on the ship. We don't gamble, the live shows are entertaining but not something we go for on land, and shopping wasn't a leisure activity even then. I like to get off the ship every few days at some different port of call. But if someone handed me a blank check, I sure would check the cruise brochures!
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No I would gain 100 lbs. We went on one Alaska cruise for 4 days and I gained 10 lbs.
I don't enjoy being on the water for that long, and would probably tend to get claustrophobic. I don't like the commercialism of cruises, either. You tend to meet only other cruisers, OR locals whose livelihood depends on selling something to the cruisers, OR people who are paid a salary to cater to the cruisers' whims and needs.....nothing interesting there for me (a person who loves to explore what it's really like to be a citizen in all of the places I've visited) I don't even like tour groups for that reason. It all seems very artificial. A round-the-world TRIP, yes, but not on a boat. Just perhaps 2-3 weeks in each location so I can put down some roots and feel the heartbeat of a place.
But if it sounds dreamy to you, Razz, you should try to do it. Some family members just adore it and tell lovely stories about their experiences.
Not for me. I wouldn't like being on a boat that long. There are many places around the world that I'd like to see but I'd rather spend my time being there rather than spend so much time getting there.
nope, sorry, I get seasick on big boats. I was on the Queen Elizabeth II for a crossing from Southampton to New York and it was rather awful.
But a trek to see the world would be great. I wouldn't mind hauling a small suitcase along. I'd stay in one place for a week - ten days so as to not be unpacking all of the time.
Yes, I think I'd like it. I hate flying. I dont' have the time obviously but ... I think I'd like it nontheless.
I would kind of want to put down roots for awhile too to get the feel of a place. Meeting locals is good, but if the people on the cruise boat are more local to where you live that's really more useful in the end (yea it's not a different culture, but I like meeting people that I can be friends with over the long run - serious introvert tendencies, meeting and then that's it is bittersweet).
Trees don't grow on money
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