Why would any sane person want to get into a boat

[pnwmom]

with enough people jammed in to fill a small town, and float around for days?

It's hard to see the cruise industry surviving this.

[underpants]

1. I've never understood it

My wife’s been on them when she was younger we have friends that take them a lot.

I never saw the attraction.

[pnwmom]

4. I was never tempted -- and that was before hearing they could hold 3500 people!

What could be relaxing about that?

[Rorey]

2. I didn't want to do it prior to this

Sure don't want to now.

[guillaumeb]

3. Recommended.

An incubator for many diseases.

[pnwmom]

5. I wonder what kind of medical staff they had for their 3500 people

many of whom were probably on the older side (despite the commercials.)

[guillaumeb]

6. Yes, the commercials.

In my view, these cruises allow people to sit and eat, and "visit" other countries while staying in a floating luxury hotel. The passenger can choose minimal interaction with actual people rom the foreign countries that are "visited".

[DBoon]

7. best way to visit multiple islands in one trip

If you want to visit many of the Hawaiian Islands as opposed to hanging out in Oahu

If you want to island hop in the south pacific or the Caribbean a cruise is the way to go
Same for more exotic locations like the Galapagos islands.

Other options are much more expensive and require frequent packing and unpacking

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I've never understood the attraction of cruises on those huge ships.

The river boat cruises might be more fun because you aren't stuck on a vast floating hotel with hundreds or even thousands of people and you can get off every day for sightseeing. But I have no interest in these enormous things where you're at sea most of the time and there's nothing to do but eat and drink and see the same kind of nightclub shows you could find on land, and you don't have many opportunities to spend time on shore actually interacting with the people who live there. I'd rather take a trip where I was somewhere else for real and not spending most of the time in the equivalent of a huge hotel with a bunch of old Americans just like me.

[Wounded Bear]

9. There was a time I wanted to try a cruise somewhere...

but I agree with the sentiment. When they got as big as an aircraft carrier, I kinda lost my interest.

[texasfiddler]

10. My trump loving Mother in Law and Father in Law

They are on the Star Princess Cruise ship as I type this. Probably had no problem deciding to cruise to Hawaii after watching faux news. My wife was pissed they went on the cruise. Oh well!

[kimbutgar]

11. I was on a cruise in September 600 passengers

But I went on one of those large boats in 2001 with 3000 people. We hated it and it got me off of going on cruises for a long time. If I go on a cruise it will only be on a small boat. We were looking for a cruise to go on in the fall in Europe and now waiting and seeing where this goes. We might take a bus tour instead of Ireland and Scotland.