Please explain the appeal of cruise ship vacations to me...
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It appeals to people that like a highly structured vacation?
My wife and I did our first and only cruise in 2023 to Bermuda. She wanted to visit there and this was the easiest way to get there give her needs (she was wheelchair bound). We enjoyed the time on the cruise and found it relaxing. We decided we would not do another since if we were going to relax anyways, why not do it on a beach? Also it was generally crowded. A lot of people particularly waiting for elevators.
We do too. Found it difficult to find trains that went to Bermuda.
My late grandparents used to love going on cruises. They went on loads from the 1970s onwards. They often told me and their other grandchildren about all the places they visited and the people they met and the adventures they went on. For example, in around 1991 they went on a cruise around the Med and the ship stopped off a various coastal venues in several countries. When they stopped off in Israel they visited the place where Jesus was born and walked along the Via Dolorosa, the route Jesus took for his execution.
I've never been on a cruise, but I did go to the Titanic Exhibition in Manchester city centre the Saturday before last. My family bought it for me as a 44th birthday present. In 1912, the British ship Titanic was the largest ship ever built. She was also supposedly unsinkable. She sank on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
There are actual things from the Titanic at the Exhibition, like a piece of the Aft Grand Staircase and pieces of deckchairs and windows and light switches.
Three days after my mum, sister and niece went. They enjoyed it, too.
I've never been on a cruise, but I did go to the Titanic Exhibition in Manchester city centre the Saturday before last. My family bought it for me as a 44th birthday present. In 1912, the British ship Titanic was the largest ship ever built. She was also supposedly unsinkable. She sank on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
There are actual things from the Titanic at the Exhibition, like a piece of the Aft Grand Staircase and pieces of deckchairs and windows and light switches.
Three days after my mum, sister and niece went. They enjoyed it, too.
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The number of ships lost at sea has significantly decreased over the past few decades, from over 200 large ships per year in the 1990s to around 50-100 in recent years. In 2021, 49 large ships were reported lost. The number of incidents reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) also saw a decrease in 2021, with 855 incidents reported compared to 925 in 2020.
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