Around the world cruises

[homeseeker]

Recently seeing a lot of ads for around the world cruises  registration to go in Bangkok.

310,000 baht per person : 3 sharing a cabin.

 

Does anyone have experience of similar cruises?

Worth going?

 

[Robin]

3 per cabin.  Hope you are all good friends.  if you have no experience of long sea journeys, think carefully.  What do you do for  long days at sea?   Eat, sleep, drink.... Always with the same group.  No chance to get away or see anything new, except Computer screens.

Remember the old song?  "What did we see?  We saw the see!

[KhunLA]

4 minutes ago, Robin said:

3 per cabin.  Hope you are all good friends.  if you have no experience of long sea journeys, think carefully.  What do you do for  long days at sea?   Eat, sleep, drink.... Always with the same group.  No chance to get away or see anything new, except Computer screens.

Remember the old song?  "What did we see?  We saw the see!

I couldn't do a short cruise, with just the wife & me, let alone a week or more.   I did a tester, live aboard (diving) for long weekend, and no, stuck in one sport is not enjoyable.  Had 3 dive buddies with me, so not alone, but can't imagine the feeling 'of being trapped' any less on a large cruise ship.   As stated, eat, drink, sleep.   Sit around the pool, nah, gamble, nah, seen movie, nah, dancing or a crappy show, nah.   

 

At least land base holidays, you can go somewhere and explore.   After 1 day on a ship, ain't much new to see.   A cruise around the Caribbean would be cool, island hopping basically.   But on open seas, which the tester/live aboard was, Gulf of Mexico, no islands, nothing but water for 4 days.  Boring, as you can only safely dive so much in one day.

 

As suggested, think real hard about a long cruise.  Take a tester to Singapore or somewhere closer.

[jaideedave]

13 minutes ago, Robin said:

3 per cabin.  Hope you are all good friends.  if you have no experience of long sea journeys, think carefully.  What do you do for  long days at sea?   Eat, sleep, drink.... Always with the same group.  No chance to get away or see anything new, except Computer screens.

Remember the old song?  "What did we see?  We saw the see!

The most/least interesting time I have spent at sea was in an old diesel submarine I was serving on in the early 70,s. 28 days submerged. Modern nukes routinely do 90 days. No distractions.

[HappyExpat57]

I worked a while as a sound technician for Royal Caribbean/Celebrity Cruise Lines. On the first day of each new cruise we were to greet the guests (GAWD forbid if we ever referred to them as "customers!") with a hearty, "Welcome aboard." We morphed it to "Welcome, I'm bored." I've since gone back for 6 or 7 day cruises, any more than that and you go stir crazy.

 

Also keep in mind - space is at a premium. Three to a room? Most likely only one at a time can stand up to change clothes. Before committing to such a contract you might want to try a one-week cruise to get a feel for it.

[proton]

best way to murder somebody is take them on a cruise 

[retarius]

I've never been on a cruise. Used to live on South Beach Miami and had a view of the bay and the McArthur Causeway and could see the giant cruise ships arriving and departing on the other side of the causeway. I'm guessing the ships hold about 5000 or so people, they are about 20 stories high, maybe more. I hate crowds and don't think I would enjoy being that close to 5000 people. 

[Robin]

I have spent 20+years living and working onboard Marine survey ships. 4-8 wek4 to 8 weeks trips at sea can be like know what long trips at sea are like.  Even with a job to do, it is difficult life.  I would never think of going on a cruise unless I had my own cabin.  You will need your own space.  Sharing with strangers, or even friends is hard..  Only use for a cruise ship I can see, is as a floating hotel with a port call and shore trips every day and ravel at night

[homeseeker]

8 hours ago, Robin said:

I have spent 20+years living and working onboard Marine survey ships. 4-8 wek4 to 8 weeks trips at sea can be like know what long trips at sea are like.  Even with a job to do, it is difficult life.  I would never think of going on a cruise unless I had my own cabin.  You will need your own space.  Sharing with strangers, or even friends is hard..  Only use for a cruise ship I can see, is as a floating hotel with a port call and shore trips every day and ravel at night

Yes well very good advice from someone who ought to know.

Thank you

[Robin]

My mother, partially disabled and in wheel-chair most of the time, really enjoyed her Adriatic cruise with  my father.  No mobility problems and attentive crew, she could stay onboard at port calls while dad went ashore.  Travelling without having to change hotel every day..

I would say you have to be a sociable person to enjoy a cruise.