From recent headlines another reason to not go on a cruise is if you can't control a tendency to exhibit aggressive behavior. Ain't nobody got time for that!
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides Could you video a cruise where other than what you need internet for (your channel), from booking everything manually. From in-person travel agent to not accessing internet for dinner reservations/excursions, etc. That is how I would cruise - NO INTERNET ON PHONE - Theme Parks are problematic for the SAME reason. Please. I so enjoy your videos, Thank YOU!
That's an interesting video idea for sure. I think you can do all that with a travel agent in advance who can also print your documents before you leave for the port. Once you're onboard, you can use the interactive TV and screens around the ship to book dining reservations and shows. Not sure how you would check in for your flight on the way home, though, except doing it directly at the airport! And yes, I despise that you can't really enjoy a day in a Disney park in Florida anymore without constantly checking your phone!
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides Thank you. Would the river cruising be a better option? The access to the room and in-room TV seems to be hours after boarding and it seems many things can't be booked until you are on board. It seems even the muster drills demand phone internet. Regardless if I ever cruise or not, I will always watch because you are so informative and entertaining. Thank you.
I go on cruises to see the ocean and I like value. Room food. Pool,a few nice stops. Lots of music, adults only area. Kids clubs. Sea air. Tea time. Read my book. Comedy clubs.
5- I don't like socializing with strangers. 4- I won't eat at a buffet. 3- I get bored with the same place after a few hours. 2- I don't like public swimming. (It's a community bath.) 1- I'm scarred to death of the open ocean.
My shortest time from cruise book to cruise embark is 5 days. This was in the early days of the restart, when there were a few extra steps involved. But the rewards were well worth it - acres of space, extra friendly crew, and lots of tasty food.
You are not supposed to spend much awake time in your cruise cabin. Just sleep there. If you want wide open space, sit in a deck chair outside on deck and watch the waves.
I was on an Alaska cruise recently. There were 5 or 6 ships at the port of Ketchikan. It felt like there were 10,000 people roaming a 5-block radius. There were too many people for a port that size. I should have stayed on the ship that day!
I’m currently on the Diamond Princess around Japan and 2 of my teenagers wanted to get off the ship on day 3 and go back home. They have been on 4 previous cruises with Royal, Disney, Costa, but Princess broke them. This ship is like a floating elderly care center.
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides It’s a 10 day cruise. We arrive back to Yokohama on July 10. Today is our last sea day before returning. We have been living in Tokyo for almost a year now and a cruise around Japan has been on my bucket list for over 20 years. I’m 50 and I feel like everyone else on the ship is 90. It’s absolutely uneventful onboard.
Shockingly underwhelming. I was hoping that the food would wow us, but we’ve had way better food on Royal. Only Princess offers the route around Japan out of Yokohama, so we had no other choice.
I took my roommate on her first cruise and she said she would never cruise again. To many people, weather was bad, and did not like being cramped in a room. Were me I love going on them
Started w/ HAL when i was 40. Never looked back & I’m now in their target demographic! Why I wouldn’t go on a specific cruise line: Kids, drunk folks, crowds, huge mega ships. Never had any of these issues w/ HAL.
I've been on 12 Cruises including trying to outrun a Hurricane out of Bermuda on a very old ship and I wouldn't trade any one of them for something else. Your reason about having to be able to return home on a monument's notice is a very good point I hadn't thought of though.
Just got back from a NCL 14 day Transatlantic cruise and LOVED it. It was an older more retired crowd which was great since I'm retired, hardly any kids. Lots of activities, was never bored, food was excellent (its not all buffet;) ports were awesome. Made a lot of new friends. I'm ready to go again soon.
Use your head, research the cruse before you go. We haven't been a lot of cruises but everyone I've heard that didn't like there cruise were on the wrong ship. (for example) If you want a nice calm, relaxing experience don't use Carnival (not saying Carnival is bad) but it might not be for you.
A hotel isn’t taking me to multiple destinations while on vacation in route to those destinations. Cruise all day every day for me. You’re on an all inclusive on the way to the destination and back. No cooking, no cleaning, lots of fun.
The ship arrives in the morning at 7am in the harbor. So I have to wake up super early in my vacation. Then I want to visit the city, but it´s not close to the pier where the boat is. So I have to hurry up to go to the city or buy a guided tour where they show me very quick the highlights of the city and then I have to be back in time. Pure stress. To stay with hundreds of loud and perhaps drunk people at a boat´s pool - horrible idea. For $50 you can get a beautiful large room in a 4* hotel in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hanoi and many other SEA cities. For a few bucks you get amazing local food. Flights are super cheap in this area. Soooooo much better. Greetings to Hamburg, my former hometown.
Hi Morgan, happy sunday to you too. Therre is one reason not to go on a cruise and that is the food. There is much good food and so much choice that I always put on weight. So the time between cruises I have to get rid of it again. Maybe I should cruise all the time when I reach my pensionada age ;)
This is my concern with Virgin Voyages. All the food we've seen in videos looks amazing. Luckily we're going on a 14 day cruise so hopefully we can pace ourselves with the food LOL
@@juliegold9607 I never feel guilty eating butter and cream. It's natural, low processed. It's the highly processed foods to watch out for... cereal, bread, pasta, etc
6. Floating bacteriological experiments. Get ready to get sick. 7. The amount of high-level pollution you are causing compared with other options for vacations.
This last cruise was booked on November 5th for a November 29th cruise. 24 days. That week, there were 15-20 cruises out of Fort Everglades and Miami that still had cabins available for booking. We chose the flight we did because airfares into FLL were lowest on Thanksgiving Day.
Hi Captain Morgan🙋♀️ I always enjoy your videos even when you are giving me 5 reasons not to go on a cruise. My #1 reason is cruises are not long enough😅 If I travelling all the way from Western Canada to Europe to board a cruise, I want to make the trip worthwhile, so I would want one or two Mediterranean cruise(s) to at least satisfy my wish list❤
I will never go on a cruise,I don’t enjoy vacationing with 4-6 thousand people. I like going to countries and really seeing them and learn about them,which one can;t do in 4 hours or even 8 hours. I have to laugh when cruisers tell me they have been to Italy,I spent a month there,and didn’t see every thing. They spent a day. So it must just be to cross off a list of countries they can say they’ve been to.
I love cruises. I couldn’t imagine what “bad” things you were going to come up with about cruises because it’s my paradise. I will say, though that I think people that are more laidback and able to go with the flow are able to enjoy it more. Cruises are a big operation and there’s bound to be a few things hiccups here and there.
We are one of "those" who are not into cruises. That may change if we ever take another one on a modern ship. We vacation in timeshares, so we are basically living in a large 2 bedroom apartment for a week. With a full-size kitchen, dining room, living room. laundry room, and 1-2 bathrooms. We pay under $300 for the week. Yes, we pay extra for meals, entertainment, and a rental car, but for us, that's what we want. Once we both are 100% retired, we will have more time to travel, and a cruise may be an option. We just would need to find a cabin with an electrical outlet by the bed (we have a cruise-legal multiplug adapter) as we both have CPAP machines so that's an issue on some ships.
I had a situation in which I really needed to leave a cruise and go home and couldn't. We were on a one week cruise for our 20th anniversary and my mother was at her home getting cancer treatments. The cruise had 6 stops and only the last day was an at sea day so I thought that worst case if something happened we could leave from whatever port we were at. She was holding her own at that point so it seemed unlikely anyway. We had pushed off the night before our at sea day and a few hours in my sister called to say that my mom was in ICU and I was needed at home as soon as possible. We just stayed on the ship for the at sea day and left on the regular flight. It was not a fun time though - feeling trapped and consumed with worry. I did make it back in time though.
We once booked 5 days before a New England cruise. Royal Caribbean would not let people who boarded the ship leave once they boarded on our recent failed Alaska cruise from Vancouver.
Hi Morgan i love your channel and your sense of humour ❤. This was a good video to make catering for the viewers that are undecided on whether to take a cruise or not. Keep up the good work your doing. 👍
Had a co-worker book a cruise and hit me up relentlessly for advice. I was as patient as I could be, but it was annoying because so much of it was so basic and easily researched on her own. I don't mean to be a snob at ALL, but half the fun for me is the planning and figuring out my best options for each port. I gave her lots of tips. When she got back, she informed me that cruising was not for her. She did not book a single thing in any port. She and her family attempted to book a beach club in Cozumel two nights before the ship left and it was booked solid. They never left the ship. They were terrified of being in "a foreign country" and too afraid to venture out. No, no Barb, cruising is not for you. Nor is any travel beyond what you can drive to.
I hear ya. Also have a coworker with relentless questions. My hubby plans our incredible Mediterranean cruises usually 2 years or more in advance. He methodically plans flights transfers hotels and then excursions AFTER much research of course. I don't mean to be rude but the "friends" who have never cruised b4 asking endless questions AFTER you have given information AND suggestions...ugh. All they see are the incredible photos and think it happens easily. Maybe we should steer these people to a travel agent???
Comments: 1) The quickest way that I found to get sent home from a cruise is to get hurt. I broke my arm in port two weeks ago and was disembarked the next day in Curacao. II did not think it was necessary nor did the ER doctor in Bonaire nor did thr orthopedic surgeon I saw a few days later. 6 days into a 19 day back tk back. 2) We almost decided to get off the NCL Epic after three hours due to lack of service. Unfortunately, it got no better the rest of the cruise. I always have back up plans should a cruise be cancelled.
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides My error was not going directly to the ER. The total cost of the ER was $304 including x-rays; the ship was $1200. I would have been able to complete the 1st cruise and fly home from FLL. One thing you need to be aware of was we were unable to reach the port agent as their phone was not connected and neither could the ER. We only could get ahold of the ship by calling Seattle. We are going to get new phones that are compatable with eSims.
I used to like cruising ,have been for years . But on Norwegian I got sick twice , when home sick and seen doctors and tests ,ex rays . The rooms are not clean .
haha ! The "what if" happened to us on our second cruise. In late Sep '22, my daughter had her 'Housewarming Party' on my Birthday weekend. Great ! She & her family live 2.5 hours away & just bought a new house. So this party/birthday celebration also turns into a pregnancy announcement/gender reveal/cruise announcement and THAT is scheduled for YES - the same weekend in April '23. Luckily she waited to have baby until we got home (arrived on 2nd, born on 5th).
I'm sure some people can afford it but after I've spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars on a cruise and not just going to turn around and walk away because they don't refund it 🥴🥴
Just a little hello as I hear that you live in Hamburg. I was born and raise in France, but my mother is from Hamburg so I know the city quite well. Also, it was in 2007 (or so) that I first saw QM2 just docking for the port celebration. A sight I will never forget.
I NEED A CRUISE !!! a week of a terrible cold or 🦠??? and very average “summer “ weather and I am ready for a CRUISE !!! please can you pack me in your next suitcase Morgan , I’m only little 😜
Just finished a New England Cruise Won’t go on another big boat again. Only will do a river cruise. Reason not to cruise. 1. Don’t like buffets 2. Like to be active. Don’t consider an excursion sitting on a bus for 3 hours and only get out to explore for 20 minutes 3. Don’t like cheesy “Broadway” style shows 4. Don’t gamble 5. Don’t want to constantly be pressured to buy things I don’t want or need
A few more reasons not to cruise. 1) You are an addict. Drugs are not allowed on cruise ships. I would also expect that those who need a nicotine fix every 5 minutes would be inconvenienced on a cruise ship, because smoking areas are limited. Gambling addicts are an exception, and the cruise lines would love to take your money in their casinos. 2) You don’t like the idea of “sampler” travel. One rarely gets enough time in each port to thoroughly explore and engage with the culture of a place. I like this, because I get just enough time to know if a place is one I would like to return to for an extended visit. Tourist heavy places rarely live up to the hype and one day is enough. 3) You don’t like or fear “foreigners”. Cruise ships cater to a diverse clientele from all around the world and are primarily staffed by non-Americans, so your fear of “the others” may make cruising uncomfortable for you. An RV trip within the U.S. may be a better option for these people, and I have recommended this option to those who have expressed these concerns. Disclaimer: This post is mostly sarcasm, for those who may not have understood my intent.✌️
There are good cruise lines and bad ones. Do not ever go on a Carnival cruise. There are lines that cater only to adults and some just to older people, and they take great care.
One reason to not cruise: is their toilet paper? OMG! I need my triple ply Charmin to keep me happy! Oh yea and the soap in the shower? That whopping one little bar just wont work. :}
Princess no longer has the little round bars of soap. They only have shower gel which I hate. I pack my own bar of soap. I miss their soap. It smelled so good!
Ships are far too huge nowadays. Don't want to spend my holiday time in an amusement park. Too many riff raff cruising. Too may loud ignorant people Too much nickel & diming especially on US ships. Gratuities are a joke US companies are responsible for paying their staff proper wages Not me.
For me, the best reason not to cruise is that it costs a lot more to travel solo. There are some deals out there, but the solo supplement basically shreds any savings cruising offers over a land based hotel or airbnb. Solo cabins, when they exist, are still pricey, but they're basically shoeboxes. Cruise lines would get a lot more business from me if they would put some more effort into catering to me as a solo cruiser rather than punishing me for it. Many land-based resorts are the same way. I'd love to take myself on a vacation, but I'm not going to do it if I'm paying for an invisible person. Flying is also the absolute worst. If airlines would bake any kind of predictability into their fares and schedules - and if you could be reasonably sure to get to your destination on time and with all of your luggage - that would be great. One of the worst parts of cruising is that you can book your cruise 2 years out, but who knows what airfare will be when you're able to book that 6 months out? No one, does! Airfare can cost half the price of the cruise and it's hard to budget for an unknown. Will there be overhead storage for your carry-on? Probably not, even if you buy a ticket that allows a carry-on. I swear, not having to fly is probably the best reason to choose something other than a cruise. I don't like starting and ending my cruise getting frisked, stuffed cheek-by-jowl with strangers into a cramped metal tube, running around the maze that is the airport, and worrying about delays. Sometimes, the stress of flying ruins the R&R benefits of a vacation. Sometimes, I just want to travel with an extra couple of layers and a full size shampoo bottle, darn it.
@@carolynlucca3269actually they are more expensive then an inside cabin on those same ships far solo person. They charge the solo suites more because of the extra benefits you get like the lounge .
I've done quite a few solo cruises and the single supplement is terrible. On the upside, I eat when I want and sleep when I want. My time is completely my own and it's wonderful. November can't come soon enough! 😁
Statistically, you have a much, much higher rate of dying in a car crash than you do on a ship. Also, you are not held prisoner. You can leave the ship at any time over the railing ;-)
I’ve noticed more children on HAL lately. There is not much for them to do but they seemed to do all right. Too bad the nice outside pool is full of cigarette smoke. It would be a great place for children save that.
@@dougwheeler1265 I find plenty to do. Yeah, there aren’t big Ferris wheels and huge water slides but that’s not why we cruise. We go to different places where most cruisers don’t. I guess I’m just different.
Twice in my life. Like being in a huge shopping mall with tons of people. Excursion? Sure, with about 3,000 other people going at the same time. Fantastic food. Friendly crew. That’s about it. Big waste of time, money. Lot of headaches arranging the whole trip. Never again, I hope.
A few days ago I caught a new video I sub to 15 secs after it was posted and here I did it again.... I should have bought lottery tickets... or something... oh wait. I did... :)
The shortest time from booking to set sail was 45 days. Last April Hawaii to Vancouver. We were one of the last ships to visit Lahaina before the fire. We didn't need to jump ship on our last day when my brother had the widow maker that wasn't. The hospital refused to let him call in sick that day. Mom left a message on our shared cell phone, which was locked in the car at the airport.
I left a cruise after the first port once because the clientele was insufferable. Unsupervised kids, loud obnoxious NJ drunks, overzealous obese people in the buffets and hot tubs and too many people with mobility issues making it take forever to get places!
From very good travel tips to totally stupid cruise "tips" in just a couple of videos. How could that happen to Very unOfficial Travel Guides? The answer is very simple, and Morgan says it himself in this video: he doesn't care about the content anymore, as long as it serves the TH-cam algorithm. What a pity.
@@crazykev6491 Let's ask him about that. @Morgan: did you have a "real" job outside of YT since you started to be a full-time TH-camr (in addition to be a full-time creator)? You never told your audience about that. If so, how did you manage to that? Did you extend your day to more than 24 hours?
From recent headlines another reason to not go on a cruise is if you can't control a tendency to exhibit aggressive behavior. Ain't nobody got time for that!
Yes! If your a d*ck, please stay home! :-P
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides Could you video a cruise where other than what you need internet for (your channel), from booking everything manually. From in-person travel agent to not accessing internet for dinner reservations/excursions, etc. That is how I would cruise - NO INTERNET ON PHONE - Theme Parks are problematic for the SAME reason. Please. I so enjoy your videos, Thank YOU!
That's an interesting video idea for sure. I think you can do all that with a travel agent in advance who can also print your documents before you leave for the port. Once you're onboard, you can use the interactive TV and screens around the ship to book dining reservations and shows. Not sure how you would check in for your flight on the way home, though, except doing it directly at the airport! And yes, I despise that you can't really enjoy a day in a Disney park in Florida anymore without constantly checking your phone!
Simple solution..use Norwegian or Royal and not Carnival if you stick to the big 3.
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides Thank you. Would the river cruising be a better option? The access to the room and in-room TV seems to be hours after boarding and it seems many things can't be booked until you are on board. It seems even the muster drills demand phone internet. Regardless if I ever cruise or not, I will always watch because you are so informative and entertaining. Thank you.
1. people
2. the pool
3. stuck on a boat
4. limited shore time
5. expensive excursions
You're technically not stuck on the boat. You can leave over the railing any time you want! :-P p.s. not recommended.
Claustrophobia
After 174 cruises, I am still looking for a reason not to cruise!
I go on cruises to see the ocean and I like value. Room food. Pool,a few nice stops. Lots of music, adults only area. Kids clubs. Sea air. Tea time. Read my book. Comedy clubs.
5- I don't like socializing with strangers.
4- I won't eat at a buffet.
3- I get bored with the same place after a few hours.
2- I don't like public swimming. (It's a community bath.)
1- I'm scarred to death of the open ocean.
Just went on an Alaskan cruise a few weeks ago on HAL. The cruise was great, Alaska should be seen at least once.
My shortest time from cruise book to cruise embark is 5 days. This was in the early days of the restart, when there were a few extra steps involved. But the rewards were well worth it - acres of space, extra friendly crew, and lots of tasty food.
You are not supposed to spend much awake time in your cruise cabin. Just sleep there. If you want wide open space, sit in a deck chair outside on deck and watch the waves.
Go on a small cruise ship to avoid crazy people. Fewer people means less chance of bad behavior going unchecked. The huge ships are scary to me.
You can also stay in the ship with a ship areas, such as NCL’s Haven and MSC’s Yacht Club.
I was on an Alaska cruise recently. There were 5 or 6 ships at the port of Ketchikan. It felt like there were 10,000 people roaming a 5-block radius. There were too many people for a port that size. I should have stayed on the ship that day!
I’m currently on the Diamond Princess around Japan and 2 of my teenagers wanted to get off the ship on day 3 and go back home.
They have been on 4 previous cruises with Royal, Disney, Costa, but Princess broke them.
This ship is like a floating elderly care center.
Oh no! How many days do you have left? :-P
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides
It’s a 10 day cruise. We arrive back to Yokohama on July 10.
Today is our last sea day before returning.
We have been living in Tokyo for almost a year now and a cruise around Japan has been on my bucket list for over 20 years.
I’m 50 and I feel like everyone else on the ship is 90.
It’s absolutely uneventful onboard.
Well, time to try a different cruise line for the next Japan cruise, I guess? Was the food good at least? :-P
Shockingly underwhelming. I was hoping that the food would wow us, but we’ve had way better food on Royal.
Only Princess offers the route around Japan out of Yokohama, so we had no other choice.
This is why I love Princess. I'm not elderly but the older crowd makes for a mellow atmosphere and lack of any drunken foolishness.
I took my roommate on her first cruise and she said she would never cruise again. To many people, weather was bad, and did not like being cramped in a room. Were me I love going on them
If you get motion sickness, you may not want to cruise..
Started w/ HAL when i was 40. Never looked back & I’m now in their target demographic!
Why I wouldn’t go on a specific cruise line: Kids, drunk folks, crowds, huge mega ships. Never had any of these issues w/ HAL.
I've been on 12 Cruises including trying to outrun a Hurricane out of Bermuda on a very old ship and I wouldn't trade any one of them for something else. Your reason about having to be able to return home on a monument's notice is a very good point I hadn't thought of though.
Just got back from a NCL 14 day Transatlantic cruise and LOVED it. It was an older more retired crowd which was great since I'm retired, hardly any kids. Lots of activities, was never bored, food was excellent (its not all buffet;) ports were awesome. Made a lot of new friends. I'm ready to go again soon.
This video reminded me that I miss your cruise room service meal videos !
@@justmeiniowa me too.
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We booked about two weeks out and ended up cancelling for a medical issue.
Yay, travel insurance.
Use your head, research the cruse before you go. We haven't been a lot of cruises but everyone I've heard that didn't like there cruise were on the wrong ship. (for example) If you want a nice calm, relaxing experience don't use Carnival (not saying Carnival is bad) but it might not be for you.
What's a calm relaxing brand
@pilarq7886 Princess. Older crowd so very mellow atmosphere and no drunken foolishness. Wonderful food and decent entertainment.
A hotel isn’t taking me to multiple destinations while on vacation in route to those destinations. Cruise all day every day for me. You’re on an all inclusive on the way to the destination and back. No cooking, no cleaning, lots of fun.
The ship arrives in the morning at 7am in the harbor. So I have to wake up super early in my vacation. Then I want to visit the city, but it´s not close to the pier where the boat is. So I have to hurry up to go to the city or buy a guided tour where they show me very quick the highlights of the city and then I have to be back in time. Pure stress.
To stay with hundreds of loud and perhaps drunk people at a boat´s pool - horrible idea.
For $50 you can get a beautiful large room in a 4* hotel in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hanoi and many other SEA cities. For a few bucks you get amazing local food. Flights are super cheap in this area. Soooooo much better.
Greetings to Hamburg, my former hometown.
Hi Morgan, happy sunday to you too. Therre is one reason not to go on a cruise and that is the food. There is much good food and so much choice that I always put on weight. So the time between cruises I have to get rid of it again. Maybe I should cruise all the time when I reach my pensionada age ;)
This is my concern with Virgin Voyages. All the food we've seen in videos looks amazing. Luckily we're going on a 14 day cruise so hopefully we can pace ourselves with the food LOL
I'm cruising in November, so I'm watching my diet carefully so I can eat all the butter and cream without feeling too guilty.
@@juliegold9607 I never feel guilty eating butter and cream. It's natural, low processed. It's the highly processed foods to watch out for... cereal, bread, pasta, etc
Love your arm choreo!
The shortest we had was 6 weeks. At the time, we were told that was crazy. This year, it was like...6 months.
Well I'm glad SOMEBODY noticed the choreo! :-P
6. Floating bacteriological experiments. Get ready to get sick. 7. The amount of high-level pollution you are causing compared with other options for vacations.
This last cruise was booked on November 5th for a November 29th cruise. 24 days. That week, there were 15-20 cruises out of Fort Everglades and Miami that still had cabins available for booking. We chose the flight we did because airfares into FLL were lowest on Thanksgiving Day.
Hi Captain Morgan🙋♀️
I always enjoy your videos even when you are giving me 5 reasons not to go on a cruise.
My #1 reason is cruises are not long enough😅 If I travelling all the way from Western Canada to Europe to board a cruise, I want to make the trip worthwhile, so I would want one or two Mediterranean cruise(s) to at least satisfy my wish list❤
Best ways to travel for mr, number 1 by raod, by car.
Number 2 by waterm ship, speed boat,
Number 3 flight. Always prefer Number 1. Hindustan south.
I will never go on a cruise,I don’t enjoy vacationing with 4-6 thousand people. I like going to countries and really seeing them and learn about them,which one can;t do in 4 hours or even 8 hours. I have to laugh when cruisers tell me they have been to Italy,I spent a month there,and didn’t see every thing. They spent a day. So it must just be to cross off a list of countries they can say they’ve been to.
I love cruises. I couldn’t imagine what “bad” things you were going to come up with about cruises because it’s my paradise. I will say, though that I think people that are more laidback and able to go with the flow are able to enjoy it more. Cruises are a big operation and there’s bound to be a few things hiccups here and there.
We are one of "those" who are not into cruises. That may change if we ever take another one on a modern ship. We vacation in timeshares, so we are basically living in a large 2 bedroom apartment for a week. With a full-size kitchen, dining room, living room. laundry room, and 1-2 bathrooms. We pay under $300 for the week. Yes, we pay extra for meals, entertainment, and a rental car, but for us, that's what we want. Once we both are 100% retired, we will have more time to travel, and a cruise may be an option. We just would need to find a cabin with an electrical outlet by the bed (we have a cruise-legal multiplug adapter) as we both have CPAP machines so that's an issue on some ships.
I had a situation in which I really needed to leave a cruise and go home and couldn't. We were on a one week cruise for our 20th anniversary and my mother was at her home getting cancer treatments. The cruise had 6 stops and only the last day was an at sea day so I thought that worst case if something happened we could leave from whatever port we were at. She was holding her own at that point so it seemed unlikely anyway. We had pushed off the night before our at sea day and a few hours in my sister called to say that my mom was in ICU and I was needed at home as soon as possible. We just stayed on the ship for the at sea day and left on the regular flight. It was not a fun time though - feeling trapped and consumed with worry. I did make it back in time though.
Chipotleeee! 😂 Love it
Morgan, you are always a delight! I have actually sailed 9 days after booking. Thanks for another great video!
We once booked 5 days before a New England cruise. Royal Caribbean would not let people who boarded the ship leave once they boarded on our recent failed Alaska cruise from Vancouver.
Love your videos Morgan!!
Hi Morgan i love your channel and your sense of humour ❤. This was a good video to make catering for the viewers that are undecided on whether to take a cruise or not. Keep up the good work your doing. 👍
Had a co-worker book a cruise and hit me up relentlessly for advice. I was as patient as I could be, but it was annoying because so much of it was so basic and easily researched on her own. I don't mean to be a snob at ALL, but half the fun for me is the planning and figuring out my best options for each port. I gave her lots of tips. When she got back, she informed me that cruising was not for her. She did not book a single thing in any port. She and her family attempted to book a beach club in Cozumel two nights before the ship left and it was booked solid. They never left the ship. They were terrified of being in "a foreign country" and too afraid to venture out. No, no Barb, cruising is not for you. Nor is any travel beyond what you can drive to.
I’m there with ya. Planing a vacation or cruise is indeed half the fun. Where to go, excursions, researching ports, restaurants etc.
I hear ya. Also have a coworker with relentless questions. My hubby plans our incredible Mediterranean cruises usually 2 years or more in advance. He methodically plans flights transfers hotels and then excursions AFTER much research of course. I don't mean to be rude but the "friends" who have never cruised b4 asking endless questions AFTER you have given information AND suggestions...ugh. All they see are the incredible photos and think it happens easily. Maybe we should steer these people to a travel agent???
@@debraalexander2204 Do you really think that most TAs would have the knowledge? I don't. For us, planning is more fun than cruising.
Everyone I know that I speak to in person detest cruises.
My dad was born in Hamburg. Love your videos. Many great tips thank you!
Oh wow! Have you ever visited?
Don’t go on a cruise if you can’t manage you time. Don’t be a pier runner or one of these cruisers that are left on the dock…
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1) The quickest way that I found to get sent home from a cruise is to get hurt. I broke my arm in port two weeks ago and was disembarked the next day in Curacao. II did not think it was necessary nor did the ER doctor in Bonaire nor did thr orthopedic surgeon I saw a few days later. 6 days into a 19 day back tk back.
2) We almost decided to get off the NCL Epic after three hours due to lack of service. Unfortunately, it got no better the rest of the cruise. I always have back up plans should a cruise be cancelled.
Holy crap. Sorry that happened to you!
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides My error was not going directly to the ER. The total cost of the ER was $304 including x-rays; the ship was $1200. I would have been able to complete the 1st cruise and fly home from FLL. One thing you need to be aware of was we were unable to reach the port agent as their phone was not connected and neither could the ER. We only could get ahold of the ship by calling Seattle.
We are going to get new phones that are compatable with eSims.
I used to like cruising ,have been for years . But on Norwegian I got sick twice , when home sick and seen doctors and tests ,ex rays . The rooms are not clean .
haha ! The "what if" happened to us on our second cruise. In late Sep '22, my daughter had her 'Housewarming Party' on my Birthday weekend. Great ! She & her family live 2.5 hours away & just bought a new house. So this party/birthday celebration also turns into a pregnancy announcement/gender reveal/cruise announcement and THAT is scheduled for YES - the same weekend in April '23. Luckily she waited to have baby until we got home (arrived on 2nd, born on 5th).
This was a fun one!!!
WE LOVE LOVE LOVE CRUISING GOING IN DECEMBER ❤
another great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video Morgan ❤️
I'm sure some people can afford it but after I've spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars on a cruise and not just going to turn around and walk away because they don't refund it 🥴🥴
I’ve never been on a cruise and have no intention….
Counting my fingers… 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 & 10. Yeap all still there. Hey I can count 😂
Congratulations!
Just a little hello as I hear that you live in Hamburg. I was born and raise in France, but my mother is from Hamburg so I know the city quite well.
Also, it was in 2007 (or so) that I first saw QM2 just docking for the port celebration. A sight I will never forget.
Went on our first cruise in June. Hated it. Never again.
Why? Just curious.
The ship can be a petri dish of norovirus!
Good Evening Morgan from Vancouver BC
I NEED A CRUISE !!! a week of a terrible cold or 🦠??? and very average “summer “ weather and I am ready for a CRUISE !!! please can you pack me in your next suitcase Morgan , I’m only little 😜
Just finished a New England Cruise
Won’t go on another big boat again. Only will do a river cruise. Reason not to cruise.
1. Don’t like buffets
2. Like to be active. Don’t consider an excursion sitting on a bus for 3 hours and only get out to explore for 20 minutes
3. Don’t like cheesy “Broadway” style shows
4. Don’t gamble
5. Don’t want to constantly be pressured to buy things I don’t want or need
A few more reasons not to cruise. 1) You are an addict. Drugs are not allowed on cruise ships. I would also expect that those who need a nicotine fix every 5 minutes would be inconvenienced on a cruise ship, because smoking areas are limited. Gambling addicts are an exception, and the cruise lines would love to take your money in their casinos. 2) You don’t like the idea of “sampler” travel. One rarely gets enough time in each port to thoroughly explore and engage with the culture of a place. I like this, because I get just enough time to know if a place is one I would like to return to for an extended visit. Tourist heavy places rarely live up to the hype and one day is enough. 3) You don’t like or fear “foreigners”. Cruise ships cater to a diverse clientele from all around the world and are primarily staffed by non-Americans, so your fear of “the others” may make cruising uncomfortable for you. An RV trip within the U.S. may be a better option for these people, and I have recommended this option to those who have expressed these concerns.
Disclaimer: This post is mostly sarcasm, for those who may not have understood my intent.✌️
But also not wrong! (Unfortunately) 😅
There are good cruise lines and bad ones. Do not ever go on a Carnival cruise. There are lines that cater only to adults and some just to older people, and they take great care.
My 4th of July sucked because I lost my 17 year old kitty that morning 😢, but I’m doing okay from it.
Oh no, Sally! I’m so sorry!
So sorry, Sally. Your loss is a very hard one. 😢
One reason to not cruise: is their toilet paper? OMG! I need my triple ply Charmin to keep me happy! Oh yea and the soap in the shower? That whopping one little bar just wont work. :}
Haha.
LOL! I for one don't mind the "John Wayne" toilet paper on the cruise ship.
Princess no longer has the little round bars of soap. They only have shower gel which I hate. I pack my own bar of soap. I miss their soap. It smelled so good!
Ships are far too huge nowadays. Don't want to spend my holiday time in an amusement park. Too many riff raff cruising. Too may loud ignorant people Too much nickel & diming especially on US ships. Gratuities are a joke US companies are responsible for paying their staff proper wages Not me.
A.K.A. Carnival.
I got commercials in the middle of your video. ! Cruising it’s who you cruise with.
For me, the best reason not to cruise is that it costs a lot more to travel solo. There are some deals out there, but the solo supplement basically shreds any savings cruising offers over a land based hotel or airbnb. Solo cabins, when they exist, are still pricey, but they're basically shoeboxes. Cruise lines would get a lot more business from me if they would put some more effort into catering to me as a solo cruiser rather than punishing me for it. Many land-based resorts are the same way. I'd love to take myself on a vacation, but I'm not going to do it if I'm paying for an invisible person.
Flying is also the absolute worst. If airlines would bake any kind of predictability into their fares and schedules - and if you could be reasonably sure to get to your destination on time and with all of your luggage - that would be great. One of the worst parts of cruising is that you can book your cruise 2 years out, but who knows what airfare will be when you're able to book that 6 months out? No one, does! Airfare can cost half the price of the cruise and it's hard to budget for an unknown. Will there be overhead storage for your carry-on? Probably not, even if you buy a ticket that allows a carry-on. I swear, not having to fly is probably the best reason to choose something other than a cruise. I don't like starting and ending my cruise getting frisked, stuffed cheek-by-jowl with strangers into a cramped metal tube, running around the maze that is the airport, and worrying about delays. Sometimes, the stress of flying ruins the R&R benefits of a vacation. Sometimes, I just want to travel with an extra couple of layers and a full size shampoo bottle, darn it.
Oh wow, those are all very good points, especially the travelling solo part!
NCL has passenger rooms for solo travelers that are priced for one person.
@@carolynlucca3269actually they are more expensive then an inside cabin on those same ships far solo person. They charge the solo suites more because of the extra benefits you get like the lounge .
I've done quite a few solo cruises and the single supplement is terrible. On the upside, I eat when I want and sleep when I want. My time is completely my own and it's wonderful. November can't come soon enough! 😁
If you get off the ship before leaving, yeah you can but you ain't getting your money back.
I would add "If you're feeling ill, change your date please!" Although they use a lot of sanitizer, cruise ship is a germy place. Please don't share!
I don’t see me being held as a prisoner on a ship that may sink
Do you fly?
You’ve seen Titanic wayy too much. 😂
Statistically, you have a much, much higher rate of dying in a car crash than you do on a ship. Also, you are not held prisoner. You can leave the ship at any time over the railing ;-)
@@cyoohoos but yet here you are on a cruise channel. 😂
@@crazykev6491this is a comment even I can agree with
I’ve noticed more children on HAL lately. There is not much for them to do but they seemed to do all right. Too bad the nice outside pool is full of cigarette smoke. It would be a great place for children save that.
There is not much to do on HAL period, for anybody! I got very board when I went on HAL. Never again!
@@dougwheeler1265 I find plenty to do. Yeah, there aren’t big Ferris wheels and huge water slides but that’s not why we cruise. We go to different places where most cruisers don’t. I guess I’m just different.
TH-cam unsubscribed me again😡. Just thought you should remind people to check if they are still subscribed.
OMG that is sooooo annoying!!!! Thanks for the heads up.
You are so funny!
Twice in my life. Like being in a huge shopping mall with tons of people. Excursion? Sure, with about 3,000 other people going at the same time. Fantastic food. Friendly crew. That’s about it. Big waste of time, money. Lot of headaches arranging the whole trip. Never again, I hope.
We love cruising. However, we would never cruise on Ghetto Carnival.
The abbreviated version of this video is: "There's no reason not to cruise!"
(agree) :-P
Wow... first twice in one week!
A few days ago I caught a new video I sub to 15 secs after it was posted and here I did it again.... I should have bought lottery tickets... or something... oh wait. I did...
:)
Sorry I can't send you a medal or a trophy, but I'm glad you watch anyways :-P
The shortest time from booking to set sail was 45 days. Last April Hawaii to Vancouver. We were one of the last ships to visit Lahaina before the fire.
We didn't need to jump ship on our last day when my brother had the widow maker that wasn't. The hospital refused to let him call in sick that day. Mom left a message on our shared cell phone, which was locked in the car at the airport.
Hi! Have you ever sailed on the Vasco da Gama, operated by German Nicko cruise line? Cheers from Canada
I have not yet, but I did do a river cruise with Nicko and can recommend it. Have you seen those videos? th-cam.com/video/mfuTH-tV-Wk/w-d-xo.html
I left a cruise after the first port once because the clientele was insufferable. Unsupervised kids, loud obnoxious NJ drunks, overzealous obese people in the buffets and hot tubs and too many people with mobility issues making it take forever to get places!
Cruises today are so ghetto....such a shame ppl do not know how to behave in public
Soo,it took you thirty cruises to figure out one shouldn't cruise?? Gimme a break, looks and smells like click bait.
I guess someone didn’t watch the video!
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides Someone gave up on it.
Variety of food is a good thing. Ninety choices should be enough. It's frivolous and nitpicking to complain that you wanted one hundred food choices.
I just don’t see why going on a cruise is a bad idea when thousands of people go and have lots of fun. 🤷 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽
They're same people who like Disney world, like Roseanne, would never watch a documentary, dress inappropriate
From very good travel tips to totally stupid cruise "tips" in just a couple of videos. How could that happen to Very unOfficial Travel Guides? The answer is very simple, and Morgan says it himself in this video: he doesn't care about the content anymore, as long as it serves the TH-cam algorithm. What a pity.
He’s a full time creator now and that’s how he makes a living. Nothing wrong with that.
@@crazykev6491 He's been a full-time creator for many years. That doesn't mean he has to make bad content. He didn't until recently.
@@HeicoHomburg yes. But had a “real” job outside of YT for a while too.
@@crazykev6491 Let's ask him about that. @Morgan: did you have a "real" job outside of YT since you started to be a full-time TH-camr (in addition to be a full-time creator)? You never told your audience about that. If so, how did you manage to that? Did you extend your day to more than 24 hours?
Just like anything else if you don’t like it then turn the channel 🤦♀️