How to Cure the Post Cruise Blues

Welcome back to dry land! After years, months, and days of planning, you have just returned from your dream cruise. But, as you unpack, pass out souvenirs to friends and family, and begin sorting through photos, it dawns on you - sadly, your cruise is officially over! 

The post-cruise blues is perfectly natural and experienced by cruisers of all varieties, from first-timers to seasoned sailors with hundreds of cruises under their belt. So if you’ve found this article, you’ve come to the right place to cure the post-cruise blues. Cruiseline.com and Shipmate are filled with tons of tools and advice to help bring the fun from a cruise vacation back into day-to-day reality. 

Following are the ways you can use the features of Cruiseline.com & Shipmate to cure your post-cruise travel blues. 

Relive Your Trip

Sometimes one of the best ways to relive the thrill of a cruise is to tell others about it. One way to do this is to write down a step-by-step recount of your entire voyage from embarkation through returning to port. You can do this by writing a review of your sailing. 

Cruiseline.com and Shipmate reviews allow you to share your whole and honest experience of everything you encountered on the ship and in port. Writing a detailed review is an excellent way to sit down, reflect, and relive your cruise. In addition, you can share your favorite things and include photos from your cruise. 

Not only are our reviews helpful tools to cure the post-cruise blues, but they are also a way to help others plan a trip. In addition, the review feedback and tips could be helpful to other members who are planning to sail on the same ship or trying to figure out which ship is suitable for their vacation. 

Nervous about writing a review or don’t know where to start? Check out Tips for Writing a Cruise Review

Ready to write your cruise review? Get started here. 

Set Sail on Dry Land

During the year and a half pause in cruising, we rolled out an entertaining series called Couch Cruising which focused on ways to ‘cruise’ right from home. Although we can finally cruise once again, these fun activities can be enjoyed between cruises to relive the glory days of your past vacation. 

Are you missing the delicious food from your trip? Try your hand at a favorite cruise ship recipe from our Tasty Tuesday series. Is it the cocktails you miss? Whip up libations at home with these cruise drink recipes. 

Still, dreaming about your day at the spa? Then, bring the onboard spa experience home. 

Miss those fun games your cruise director led? Have a family game night with travel-themed games or host a dance party. Is it the casino you miss? Host a casino night. 

Did you catch a case of wanderlust visiting new and exotic places? Check out top cruise and travel books, top travel podcasts, or favorite movies or tv shows featuring cruise and travel. 

Bring home the fun and check out our Couch Cruising series! 

Talk About It! 

Did you know that Cruiseline.com and Shipmate have a community of thousands of fellow cruise enthusiasts who are just as excited about cruising as you are? The forum and chats on Shipmate are filled with members who come to talk about all things ships, ports, and everything in between when it comes to travel and cruise topics. 

You can share your onboard experience with others and even learn tips and tricks from fellow members for your next cruise. 

Check out the Cruiseline.com forum here and download the Shipmate app today and get chatting! 

Book Your Next Cruise 

The most tried and true tested way of getting over the post-cruise blues is to use that energy to start planning your next trip! We don’t necessarily mean book a trip for next week (unless you can!) but start thinking about when and where you want to cruise to on your next vacation. Looking for inspiration? Check out Hot Cruise Destinations for 2023 & 2024

Search for your next trip by using our Find a Cruise advanced search features. You can look up sailings by destination, cruise line, sailing month, departure port, cruise length, and specific ships. When you search, all cruises that match the criteria will display so you can sort through the sailings and see pricing and booking options. Start looking for your next voyage with Find a Cruise now!

Are you looking to get the best deal on a cruise? We have tools for that too. We track the pricing on thousands of sailings from mainstream, premium, luxury, and river lines to ensure you get the absolute best price on your trip. Want to make sure you never miss out on a great deal? Use our Price Drop feature. Sign up to be alerted via email when a price of a specific cruise gets lower. Not sure what sailing you want? Set as many price drop alerts as you like. 

Related Article: How to Save Hundreds on Your Next Cruise (Even If You Already Booked)

Not sure where or what cruise line you want to sail with next? We offer advice on cruise lines, cruise ships, destinations, and ports. These pages are full of all the details to help guide your decision-making and the reviews and photos from fellow members that you can read as a resource tool for planning. Not sure where to begin? Find your perfect voyage with our Cruise Match feature, which connects your cruise preferences with specific sailings. 

Planning = savings! Save BIG using our Cruise Deals searching tools—track prices on a specific cruise by setting up a Price Drop Alert.