I was perusing some of the cruise message boards today, and, I was quickly reminded why I neve
r bothered to partake in the idiocy that happens on those boards. I found several passenger reviews highly amusing like the the lawyer who claimed to be well-educated who was shocked that there was cultural and language differences between herself and the crew and staff of an MSC ship. Well duh! MSC is an Italian line did you think they were going to change everything to American style just for you?
And of course if you enter the actual message boards on these various sites, the stupidity level drops even further. I think I would faint I ever read a parent claim "My kid did it" - opposed to every single one of them claiming "not my kids". Well those unruly, rude children who are illiterate (since they never seem to think the "Adults Only" sign applies to them) belong to someone on the ship!
And then there is the cruise line bashing that is so pathetic it is hard for me to comprehend. The people who cruise Royal Caribbean have an overall attitude that they are "better" than the folks who cruise Carnival, and, it just goes onward from there. I've been on nearly every major mainstream cruise line out there and let me clue you all in on something - the children on Celebrity and Princess are just as unruly and rude as they are on Carnival and Royal Caribbean. And, parents fair no better...in fact, they are worse!
There is always the buffoon who holds up the buffet line telling what is out of place and that another cruise line or ship was so much better. Or the chair hogs who begin claiming chairs in the early morning by placing items on lounge chairs only to return hours later to reclaim those chairs as their God-given right. Then, of course, there is always the fat woman who's build resembles that of a bird (huge on top and tiny little bird legs and usually has a rather masculine face that would stop a clock) who is too busy sunning herself to even care that all her paraphernalia is blocking the aisle and people are tripping over her stuff. However, should the tables be turned, she'll come after you like a Pitbull going after a steak bone.
I could go on for hours on this topic, but, why? I've given it far too much attention already. I'm much happier trying out each ship and cruise line without all the preconceived notions of others, and, forming my own opinions.
Oh well, to each his own, and, my own is doing things my way...
