Originally Posted by
Randyk47
Cruising has morphed too and is not just for the “newlywed, over fed, and nearly dead” as it once was portrayed. More and more ships are floating amusement parks and resorts and have become destinations in and of themselves. That attracts a whole different clientele than destination oriented cruisers of 20+ years ago.
Precisely. You've crystallized what has changed - and going back to Cruise Critic, you've underscored what many of the oldest returning cruise passengers cannot admit, not even to themselves... and that vapid denial is what causes most of the problems on Cruise Critic that we alluded to earlier in the thread.