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Originally Posted by LateBoomer
We are veteran cruisers, but even before COVID, cruising is not what it used to be. The things that made it special, the benefits to frequent cruisers, have been slowly chipped away at by all the lines, unless you are spending huge bucks for suites etc. Now with distancing stuff? No thanks. I don't know if we're going back anyway. What made it special and a bit elegant has now changed to floating essentially with Walmart types, and with worse food. It's Southwest Airlines passengers in swimming suits (even in the dining rooms). No thanks. our vacay money is going elsewhere. All inclusives frankly can be a better value. We went to one last fall in Mexico and it was better than a cruise
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For hubby and me, there is nothing that compares to being on the water in a floating resort hotel with a water park (LOVE that stuff)......nothing! We learned quite some time ago to stay away from the main dining rooms. We dine only in the specialty restaurants and that elevates our experience to another level. We still do the buffet at breakfast but sometimes also do specialty restaurants at lunch if we don't go to the buffet then.
We have seen the decline you speak about as we have been cruising since 2001. We've done plenty of land vacations including all over Europe, Australia and Hawaii but we still prefer to be on a cruise ship at this time of our lives. Pack and unpack once. Can't wait to sail again.