Originally posted by:
ableman
Please try to curb your enthusiasm.
Good for you CK, we loved camping when we were younger. We would probably still be doing it if my back and my wife's knees could handle it.
I don't know. I still enjoy it all, especially things like the smell and beauty of the sea, or ocean sunrises/sunsets while sitting on my balcony, or marveling at the sight of seabirds flying miles and miles from land. Dolphins, flying fish, storm squalls way out to sea etc.,.... etc............ I suppose I could have all those things on a daily basis if I was able to plop down a million or so for a beachside condo, but then I wouldn't get to experience the vibe and culture of our brief stops at the various islands. Just long enough to get a taste, which is all we want.
No one enjoys paying more for less in anything in life. But it's just a reality we have to live with. If it's the "resort like amenities" of a cruise ship one misses, we all have the option of migrating to higher end cruise lines where we may enjoy most of the things that the mainstream lines have scaled back or eliminated.
Or perhaps for some of us, this might (just might) be a natural progression. Maybe those of us with dozens of cruises under their belts are "cruised out" and maybe a bit bored with it (if perhaps only on a subconscious level). They are looking for a new experience, or at least the excuse to try one.