NCL in the Mexican baja area sucked. But we did Barcelona to Istanbul 14 days in a smaller ship (400 or so) and it was excellent. We had thought of doing a rivers of Eastern Europe before this Covid.
I don’t see the attraction of those mega massive ships, but damn it’s nice to see 10 cities without having to pack and unpack.
Thanks for the link
The mega ships are horrible IMO. I did a seven day on a mega ship and it was far and away the worst cruise with the worst service and experience I’ve ever had. Since I travel with my young daughter I prefer the smaller Carnival ships which have a good crew-to-passenger ratio and large ‘elbow room’ (yes it’s a metric). On the Carnival Spirit and Fantasy class ships we’ve never missed a show or event we wanted, everything works and the cruises were super relaxing. I couldn’t have asked for more.
The market is there. As soon as the govt takes its boot off the industry’s neck it’ll be back. My biggest fear is cruising doesn’t factor into WEF’s 2030 Plan to Build Back Better (you will own nothing, you will do nothing and YOUVILL be happy).