Which is why I am done with Royal Caribbean & with cruises unless dragged along.
If I’m sitting in a rowboat in a pond with fishing lines out & a cooler of beer, I have more liberty than on a cruise ship.
Oh - left something out. Being crammed into a 900 foot long sardine can with 3,000 plus middle aged proles and little ventilation, that put me in the hospital for a week after disembarking, as the pneumonia and flu in my system fought over which was going to make me more miserable.
The flight to Seattle & back was on a thirty year old sardine can with wings. Claustrophobia at 35,000 ft.
I have become a big fan of youtube vids with “Cruise ship from h*ll” in the title. At least the toilets worked.
;^)
I am also done with Royal Caribbean. First cruise was in 1994 aboard Sovereign of the Seas.
FANTASTIC!
Next time was a cruise on RC to Cozumel 2 years ago.
AWFUL!
Next was a Caribbean cruise same as 1994 cruise but on Harmony of the Seas.
ABSOLUTELY AWFUL!!!
Huge ship. Lousy dining unless you want to pay extra in a specialty restaurant.
Tiny stateroom on 14th deck. Over 100 yards to elevators from stateroom. Screwed up orders for room service, which is now extra. 1994 it was included. More concerned with hand washing than guest comfort. If ship is in port restaurants are closed. Starve until you get to shore. Then a buffet lunch with 6,000 of your closest friends.
Done with RC and done with cruises. Total trip cost more than a month at a beach condo.
I am the opposite. I am happy being on the water, and will be going on a cruise Boston to Bermuda to Boston in two weeks.
I don't get the drink package because I might be able to fire them down for a couple of days , but to do it for a week or more, would be too much for me.
I am not much of a drinker anyway, and am willing to pay as I go. - Tom