On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:51:00 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:18:44 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:16:16 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Just returned, yesterday, from a great trip aboard the cruise ship
'Disney
Magic'. A great week with stops at Key West, Grand Cayman, Cazumel,
and
Castaway Key, by Abaco Island in the Bahamas.
Norwalk Virus, necrotizing fasciitis, MRSA, colds, influenza...

Sure, I'll take a cruise on a big ship with hundreds of other people
and their rug rats that I don't know on your recommendation.

Like hell I will. :)

Ditto. As an aging baby boomer I cannot imagine wanting to take a
cruise
aboard a ship filled with snot nosed screaming spoiled
brats........grandkids or not.

I shudder every time we go out for dinner to find us next to a cheap
skate
family who decided to bring their screaming preschooler with them rather
than hire a baby sitter. Having to endure an entire cruise with that
*atmosphere* is not my cup of tea.

That is the reason why they offer so many different kind of cruises.

They are all death traps.

Nope, not a death trap for most. Boredom trap for a lot of us.


I can honestly say that I was never bored. There were usually too *many*
things going on. I got a lot of enjoyment from a few quiet hours in the
adults-only areas with a good boot. (Whoever recommended Monsarrat's "The
Cruel Sea" did me a great favor." I'll take any other recommendations from
the same author.)

It was funny to watch the people on a Carnival cruise ship docked next to
us at Cozumel. (Did I get the spelling correct, Harry?) When the Disney
Magic docked, dozens of people on the Carnival ship got their cameras to
take pictures of the Disney Magic. I saw not one person on the Disney Magic
take a picture of the Carnival ship.