I have one very BIG pet peeve when it comes to talking about cruises and cruise ships.
My pet peeve is referring to a cruise ship as a boat!!! ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…………………..
Cruise ships are not boats. They’re SHIPS!!
Please don’t call a cruise ship a boat.
The reason is this. You can put a boat on a ship, but you CANNOT put a ship on a boat. There is a difference!!
A boat is something such as a “row boat.” A boat is: a small vessel for travel on water. Note the word “small.”
Recently, RCCL and USAToday held this contest for a “Reporter at Sea” where the winner would get a free 4-day cruise aboard the Oasis of the Seas on a “preview” cruise departing Nov 18th. The “reporter” would provide reports about this new SHIP. Note ship — not a boat. Ship, ship, ship!!!
Oasis of the Seas is the BIGGEST cruise SHIP ever built. It’s phenominal. It’s unbelievable in size. Yet the winner of the USA Today contest repeatedly refers to the Oasis of the Seas as a BOAT in her winning video. What is wrong with her? I cannot believe she won when she refers to this amazing ship as a boat. It’s a SHIP!
Uggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………it drives this cruise addict in sane.
This is a new book and Jay was a ship’s officer for Carnival Cruise Lines . In his book he shares his views on what it’s like to work on a cruise ship for almost 10 years. And his book is unique because it’s written by a ship’s officer who had access to the entire ship and also other high-level officials on Carnival’s ships.
Check it out if you’re interested. It’s available in electronic version for $10.95 by clicking here.
Have you seen the lates videos or photos of Oasis of the Seas passing under the Storebaelt Bridge? The ship had to pass out of the Baltic Sea and make it under this bridge that connects the islands of Zealand and Funen.
RCCL and the Captain that it would be close as the ship passed under the bridge and the Oasis made it just fine. The ship even lowered it’s smoke stacks to clear the bridge.
I’ve been thinking lately about how much larger the Oasis of the Seas is versus other ships.
The Oasis of the Seas is at least 60,000 gross tons larger than either the Freedom of the Seas or The Queen Mary 2. It’s also around 60-70 feet longer than either ship too.
Below are some graphics which compare the ship sizes. I like to look at these types of comparisons. I’m anxious to see the Oasis of the Seas next to other ships so that we can see a real-life comparison.
The ship will now make its way to Port Everglades which will be the new home for Oasis of the Seas. It is due to arrive in Fort Lauderdale in only 12 more days. It’s hard to believe that it’s this close after all of this waiting!
Here’s another therapy for you cruise addicts suffering from cruise withdrawal!
Do you like to play charades? Are you good at acting out words?
If you’re suffering from cruise withdrawal and you have friends and family who also like to play charades, then invite them to play cruise crazy charades! Think of all the fun you can have playing this version of charades where you can indulge yourself by making it all about CRUISES! The reason is that in cruise crazy charades, all the answers must be either the name of a cruise ship, a cruise line, a nautical term, a space on a cruise ship, or the name of a port stop!
This will provide hours of fun for you and your cruise addict family and friends. (or even your friends and family who are cruise addict enablers) Have a great time with this new therapy and prescription to combat cruise withdrawal.
Okay, I have a winner and it’s Elizabeth in Wisconsin!
Congratulations Elizabeth!
She was the first person to send me an email with the correct answer which is – San Diego!
I love the port of San Diego. I boarded my cruise to the Mexican Riviera there. The airport is extremely close to the pier which makes transfers really cheap! And if you’re like me and suffer from “Seaport Personality Syndrome,” there’s really no better port city to get this affliction than San Diego. The reason is because there’s a Holiday Inn directly across the street from the pier. You can keep an eye on the pier the entire time you’re there because there are restaurants on the waterfront all within a few hundred yards of the pier. And when you wake up with “bed bolt” on your departure day you can watch as your ship sails into the pier — right from your hotel balcony!
Here’s a link to my first video of my departure from San Diego on the Dawn Princess if you haven’t seen it. There are other videos too of my cruise aboard the Dawn Princess at Youtube.com/DrKruzNutty.
Match the terms with the definitions. If you can match all of them without referring to my Cruise Crazy book, then you’re definitely becoming a master of the cruise line lexicon!
1. Balcony Dining Disorientation ___
2. Morning Mania ___
3. Dance Fever ___
4. Voyage Voting ___
5. Sea Food Splurges ___
6. Paranoid Packing ___
7. Morning Munchies ___
8. Bingomania ___
9. Buffet Binging ___
10. Airport Anxiety ___
Answers:
A) The fear a cruise addict has of forgetting to pack something, or the inability to fit all of their cruise things in their suitcase.
B) A major element of Traumatic Travel Syndrome when cruise addicts realize that their flight may not be on time, and they sit on pins and needles waiting for their departure.
C) At a cruise port, when cruise addicts appear early in the morning near their hotels to watch for the arrival of their cruise ships.
D) Not being able to resist dancing while on a cruise.
E) The culmination of cruise choice competition when presentations are made on various options and then fellow travelers vote on the next cruise choice.
F) A temporary dizziness and loss of orientation to one’s surroundings from eating so much food on your cabin balcony and being so close to the sea.
G) When cruise food constantly calls your name, taunting you with thoughts of endless smorgasbord possibilities making you binge at the buffets.
H) When crazy cruisers are eager to scream bingo while trying to win a free cruise.
I) A buffet binge when you wake up and have the munchies for all of the traditional breakfast items.
J) A buffet binge when you dine entirely on seafood delights.
