good morning from our first ever cruise
I'm Stephen she's Andie and today we want to give you seven reasons why cruising may
not be for you yeah as first time cruisers one of the things that we asked ourselves was is a
cruise really for us turns out it is but there are several legit reasons why they're really not for
everybody so let's get into it reason number one you get motion sickness I can relate I had to pull
over on the side of the road here in Tennessee because I was getting a little bit of motion
sickness I totally can't even handle a drive over some basic mountains if you've watched us you've
seen us pull the car over however I can tell you now from experience it's not that bad we're doing
the inside passage in Alaska which I hear is one of the more tame cruises you do definitely want
to come prepared we packed Bonine ginger chews wristbands with the little acupressure points
I was not taking any chances especially since we were going on a whale watch and I knew on
the smaller boat I was really gonna be at risk for losing it do you know what I mean I am proud
to say I have been totally fine pretty much this whole time Ithink at first the first couple
days I was just slightly queasy a little bit in the stomach maybe I can really feel the boat
rocking now I didn't take anything for it today it's been making me just a little bit queasy but
not so just getting used to it you know getting my seat legs but after that no problems at all never
really in danger of being sick and I have been having an amazing amazing time so for that one it
depends on how sensitive you are if you are very sensitive you may want to reconsider the cruise
but if it is your reason for not going on a cruise you might be able to overcome it number two you're
more about the destination than the journey the main reason we really didn't consider cruising
before in fact there were only two cruises we ever thought we'd go on one was to Alaska and we are
crossing that one off our bucket list right now and then of course the other one is to Antarctica
because how else are you gonna get there we love to go to a place and just immerse ourselves in
the culture in the lifestyle really spend some time getting a feel for the place on a cruise
you're definitely not going to be able to do that you get these quick ports of call where you spend
maybe eight or nine hours if you get a good one so if you have a shore excursion that's going to
take up at least half if not more of that time maybe you'll get a chance to walk around a little
bit near where the port is but you're really not going to be able to get a real experience for
the place however we've kind of been looking at the cruise itself as the destination and this
has its own culture it's got its own people it's got its own traditions it's got its own way of
doing things so we're really immersing ourselves in the whole cruise culture and learning all about
that instead and of course then all of the Alaska trips and ports of call and excursions those are
just icing on the cake and let me tell you it's some really good icing number three you don't
like being tied to an itinerary or a schedule this one's non-negotiable you're on ship time
if you get bad weather too bad you can't reroute or reschedule things accordingly if you like
one port of call a little bit extra you can't stay any longer so cruising might not be for you
probably not number four you're not social you're an introvert well this one could be overcome
there is a lot of pressure on cruises to be social chatty you tend to see the same people
around different places so they get familiar uh sometimes you might end up sharing tables with
people but we actually haven't had to do that much huh no so this is really dependent on you and the
degree to which you're an introvert we found that even though we don't like mixing it up
too much we're friendly enough that you know we get a little chatty with some of the
people in the elevator and it's a good time however if you really want to avoid people you
probably can especially if you catch some of these cruises in 2021 that aren't completely full number
five you're a foodie we had heard a lot in advance of our cruise from a lot of different people about
how great the food was on cruise ships we were really looking forward to it and unfortunately
we've been a bit disappointed yeah it turns out maybe some of those people had a bit different
taste than we do the bottom line is you might not be that tantalized by the general offerings
on these cruise ships unless maybe you were to do the specialty dining for every single meal now
keep in mind this is one ship on one cruise line so our experience is extremely limited however we
had heard so many good things about the food here that we were really looking forward to some stuff
that just did not meet our expectations we've had some really good things we've had a lot of just
good or okay stuff and then we've had some things that were perplexingly not good yeah the baked
goods what's up with that how is it all so dry definitely temper your expectations do
your research and try to get a sense of what other foodies think of different cruise lines
before you pick yours this might be overcome but you might have a better time going on a DIY
food tour instead someplace that you fly to and just spend your time exploring food options in
a city or in a region instead of cruise number six your solo traveler yeah the rules on this one
seem really unfair but unfortunately not too many cruise lines have come along yet where
they're offering solo rooms and adjusting accordingly for solo travelers so they'll
still look at you as though you're one person taking up the space of two that means they're
gonna charge you for that so do your research before you travel again this one's not necessarily
a deal breaker but cruising may not be for you and finally number seven you like to support local
this one describes us to a T and it's one of the big reasons we did not think that cruising
was for us and it definitely won't be one of the main ways that we travel for exactly that
reason when you're going on a cruise especially a large one like we're on you are supporting
a major multinational corporation with the vast majority of your vacation dollars it's not
something we usually like to do we love to find the local spots to eat to go out the night life
if we're gonna shop we don't do a lot of shopping but we definitely like to put our money into the
economies that we're visiting and especially not just the touristy big ticket items but really get
in there and support the mom and pops in places unfortunately when you're cruising that's really
not that much of an option and you don't get too many opportunities to do that so if supporting
local is a priority for you when you travel we definitely get it and cruising probably just
is not the best match for you in summary we're really enjoying this cruise and we're likely
to do more cruises in the future and not just Antarctica absolutely and you know cruising's
not for everyone and that's totally okay there's so many different ways to travel
and you can just choose your own adventure thank you so much for watching we
really appreciate you joining us for this roundup and we can't wait to take
you on our next adventure see you next time!
