Originally Posted by scirel

True enough. Frankly, I can't understand the allure of a cruise myself -- it's just basically a floating hotel. Frankly, I'd rather hike around in a National Park or jet off to some international city and spend the time seeing the sights, not getting there. But my parents have always wanted to take a cruise (ever since I was a little kid), and they never seem to be able to do it. So I've decided to get one for them.

(Gee, I hope it wasn't blasphemous of me to write that stuff, particularly on the cruise board! )