Cruise holidays

[willy-nilly]

I was chatting about holidays with someone at work the other day and he said the best holiday he's ever been on was an Ocean Village Cruise.

We've looked at their website and it looks good so we're thinking of trying it for next year's holiday.

Have you been on a cruise before whether with Ocean Village or with someone else and was it any good?

Would you recommend it?

[FreeBBC]

i hope the boat dont sank

[timey]

Never been on one but I would consider it.

[nikii]

Wouldn't you get sea sick?

[Tilly]

I don't think we would apparently the ships are that big you can not feel them move.

[timey]

I wouldn't believe that. I saw a film about one in the Mediterranean and it was being tossed about all over the place and people were being sick and wanted off etc.

[A_B]

Originally Posted by Tilly

I don't think we would apparently the ships are that big you can not feel them move.

I haven't been on a cruise, but my husband has been on two. He said you don't really feel much movement on the bigger ones, but the smaller ones aren't always very good. He was due to board a ship in America to sail around the caribbean, but because of problems, another ship was sent to collect them to take them to it. It was that bad, people were being sick all over the place, stuff was flying around and everyone was really ill. It was over the christmas period, so everyone's presents were soaked and ruined because the cabins were knee deep with water. When they got off somewhere in the caribbean for a few hours, they spent their time getting t-shirts printed saying 'I survived the cunard countess'.

[Ck]

I've been on 3 cruises. Two were on The Pandora RIP

They're good if you like eating.

[timey]

Originally Posted by Ck

I've been on 3 cruises. Two were on The Pandora RIP

They're good if you like eating.

Yeah, I like eating and have considered it for that reason. But the amount of food eaten is even too much for me () judging by the reports I have heard. It seems to be one meal after another constantly, just with different outfits. I would explode before the cruise finished.

[Ck]

Originally Posted by timey

Yeah, I like eating and have considered it for that reason. But the amount of food eaten is even too much for me () judging by the reports I have heard. It seems to be one meal after another constantly, just with different outfits. I would explode before the cruise finished.

One that I went on there was a bloke on his own. He must have been 30 to 40 stone, he could barely fit through a doorway sidewards.

Anyhows, when the waiter would bring us a slice of melon at breakfast time, no shit he had a whole one.

There was sit down breakfast, continental breakfast, morning tea, elevenses, buffet lunch, sit down lunch, afternoon tea with cakes, evening meal, supper, endless trays of snacks in between all those and late supper if you were still up.

The Canberra was a bit posh when I went and all the meals were to die for. Evening meal was 7 courses every night and the buffets, they were works of art, the food was delish and extravagant - ice sculptures and food sculptures.

I thought it was boring though. Unless you went on an excursion - which were expensive - there was bog all to do when you docked. Some of the excursions, particularly around the Med were mega boring, wine factories and such like. When you were in sail there was stuff to do but think Jane MacDonald singing and Paul Daniels magic shows.

Cruises are mainly cash free these days, you get a card to pay for everything and you can either go to the burser and pay it off as you go along or you pay at the end. You've to pay for alcoholic drinks and services such as hair dressers and spa treatments. You have to say if you don't want to pay for tips or they'll add tips to everyone, your waiter, your room servant, bar man etc etc etc.

I did a cruise around Israel - before all the trouble - that was fabulous, went to Bethlehem, Mount of Olives, The Dead Sea, Nazareth, saw all the Jesus and God stuff. I even had a paddle in the Sea of Galilee.