Sailing away

Cruises are for old people, aren't they?

The more I research this idea, the more I like it. I, like many people, had previously held the idea that cruises were all about food, gambling, and elderly couples waltzing on the dancefloor to the music of a fairly average band.

Food, yes. Everything else, not really.

Gambling doesn't interest me, so whilst the ship has a casino I think we can avoid it altogether. I'd rather spend my money on massages at the health spa. Shore trips and wine appreciation lessons aside, I can see the trip being sessions of activity, such as the gym or circus classes, broken up with sessions of eating. M and I are foodies in a big way.

M is however somewhat disappointed at the prospect of formal nights. Not because he dislikes dressing up (he loves it), but because he'd developed the notion that we would only need one suitcase between the two of us and this killed it. He was even less impressed by the idea of theme nights. Again, we're both medieval reenactors so it's not due to any dislike of costumes, but both of us cringe at the thought of a night of cowboy hats and line dancing.

Both of us value our space and privacy, things which may be hard to come by on a ship carrying 2000 people. For this reason, M has chosen a cabin with a balcony. They're not much more expensive than a standard cabin but much cheaper than a suite, and will allow us to have a private outside area to get away from it all when we need to.

Sounds like fun to me.