Next time I will not bring so many clothes. I say that after every trip, but this time I mean it. It wasn't that I didn't wear them all - there was only one outfit I didn't wear. It's just that the people around me did not give a damn what I was wearing. Even on formal nights, when people dressed up a bit, I could have gotten away with one nice dress, and worn it more than once. One pair of jeans, one pair of shorts, one bathing suit would have been plenty, along with 3 or 4 tee shirts and a sweater. Aside from the exhaustion of dragging around 6 suitcases and trying to keep track of them all, now that I'm home, I've got 18 loads of clothes to wash, dry, fold and put away. Thank God my husband does laundry.
Next time I will not take my own fins, mask and snorkel. Well, OK, maybe the mask and snorkel. I mask needs to fit really well to be any good. But we only used the snorkel gear once and it was a bitch to carry around, too.
Next time I will not buy a bus pass. I will find the correct change, and ask where the bus stops are. Or I will ride in a civilized taxi cab.
The cruise ship was great in that the service was wonderful and the staff was friendly and helpful. The food was excellent, although there was too much of it. We did not see the shows, or the midnight buffets, or swim in the pool. The pool was full of small children, except for the two days it was drained, cleaned and re-filled after an "incident" in the pool. I suspect it involved an infant without a diaper, but I'm not sure.
I might just rather fly to Bermuda and stay at a hotel. We'll have to compare prices. It's only a two hour flight. I could manage that with medication. Anyhow, I am less afraid to fly over water, because I can swim. Makes no sense at all, but there you are.
The cruise director was telling us some of the best questions he'd ever gotten from passengers.
I can't remember them all, but this is a sample:
Does the ship generate it's own electricity? No, they use really, really long extension cords.
Does the crew sleep on the ship at night? No, they row back to New Jersey every night.
What time is the midnight buffet?
If you can answer these questions, you too could be a cruise director.
