EVERYTHING GOES WRONG ON THIS CRUISE 

A new Freedom class would be nice

Yes indeed. The smaller the better. The big ones are just floating cities.

They can have the Amusement Parks at sea!!!

Correction...RC is NOT top notch...last March Adventure of the Seas, balcony room 6328, entered, found box spring only...NO mattress...called guest services...4 people came...after their conference, their fix...added 4 more additional bed SHEETS...how'd ya like sleeping on a box spring for 7 nights... Top notch....you're kidding...NEVER AGAIN!!!

They make more money on the bigger ships; they can pack more people in there. Also, it can be more affordable to more people to be able to cruise. I would rather go on one nice kinda fancy cruise every few years, than go on a cheap one every six months My last one was a viking river cruise in Europe it was fantastic. I think there were only about 150-200 cruisers. I went on a different cruise about 12 years ago and I can't even remember if it was carnival or norwegian or the name of it; didn't hold a candle to the Viking river cruise.

Agree totally

They also charge too much for the larger/ newer ship. Some say it’s because the ships now have more activities on board but they make you pay extra to use them anyway. So, at this point your paying more money to be on a newer ship to walk more, pay extra for activities, pay extra for exclusive dinning, more for interior cabins, and less service.

Amen 🙏 🛳️

Points to recent video re use of scooters.

Agree. We’re at that age too now. Smaller ships hopefully with minimal children are what we sail on.

I totally agree!

We always fly in the day before and fly the day after.

Thumbs up! It's not that expensive!

It dropped me flat in Mexico. I had to get a lawyer to write them a threatening letter to get them to repatriate me.

A fair price for all inclusive travel.

I agree.

First sailings were $600 a day for the Utopia , but entertainment might not be ready so it is a waste of $ even at that price.

Cruise ships have good triage, I don't think they need to have a full surgical staff, if they did people would still bitch that they don't have specialists.

The cost would be phenominal to fully equip a surgical suite. I don't want to bear that additional cost. Plus in case of most medical emergencies, specialists are needed. As one who practices urgent care medicine; it is impractical what you expect.

I just used the medical facility on a ship of about 4000. Excellent facility and treatment

You've either never sailed or you've never looked in to the medical center on any ship you've been on. They DO have pretty decent medical facilities on ALL of the major cruise ships. It's staffed with at least one MD/DO and a few nurses. They have pretty much the exact same things as a decent walk-in clinic or stand-alone ER in fee US. This means they can take care of just about everything a hospital ER can, but they lack advance imaging (MRI, CT, etc) and surgical suites (no anesthesiologist nor blood products). The fact of the matter is, most people who go on cruises are older and often in worse health than they think because they don't go to an annual physical (even if they do, most doctors in the US tend to do the bare minimum and not investigate concerns and do proactive care). Anyway, once these people get on the ship, they finally relax and all the adrenaline and cortisol that was keeping them alive suddenly goes away and they drop. Have a will, trust, and living will on file, pre-pay for all of your final expenses or take out a substantial life insurance policy that will cover it, and go live whatever life you have left! The way I see it, if I die on a cruise, at least I died enjoying my life instead of living with regret for the chances I didn't take. I recently went to Australia, I hate flying, but almost 24 hours on a plane later, I was happy I pushed myself to get on the plane and go! In the course of the trip I ended up with a handful of injuries, but I made it home alive anyway.

Seabourn if you have not tried. Amazing.

​@@xkr510 A little to luxurious for me...but have been successful with Ponant. Enjoy their expeditionary cruises.

I don’t care for Icon AT ALL! What adult wants to be on a ship where half of it caters to littles???? Not me! They can keep that one. I actually prefer the old Oasis of the Seas. Their solarium is actually OPEN so you can enjoy the sun! Why in the world they started covering the solarium up is beyond me.

Amen, entirely too big and too expensive. Scuttle them in place, and call it an amusement park.

​@@tammieadams73 Amen Brother!

Selling for $1771 Inc tax now for 2025

Queen Mary 2 have kennels on board.

This is about the true cost per day on a good cruise-line, like Viking.

@@travelingwithmikeandpam9074 we still pick smaller ship's has nothing to do with our age 😄

@@debibrizendine8523 I agree.