Comments on: 9 Cruise Ship Activities for Sports Enthusiasts

By: Karen Buccini

Karen Buccini — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:47:38 +0000

Hey there, I am trying to recreate the horse race games we played on the cruise ships. They were so much fun. My friends still have their horse. Can someone please help. I need the structure and rules of the game, please!!!!
Thanks,
Karenb

By: Sean B. Halliday

Sean B. Halliday — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:53:09 +0000

First off, I have to say that I LOVE cruise ships.
I spent over 12 years working on them as a Scuba Instructor,
Shore Excursion Manager and an IT Officer.

For 2 years I also worked shoreside in Miami as a database IT guy.

During my years on ships, I have to stay that many things happened
and that life is definately stranger than fiction on cruise ships.

Many people have asked me to share the stories I have collected over
the years, so I am complying with their request.

My site is: http://www.cruiseshipstories.com

If you had any stories of your own to add, please
send them to me and I will be happy to add them.

Sean B. Halliday
http://www.cruiseshipstories.com

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:00:00 +0000

I love the 10 athletic recommendations. I was recently on a 17 day repositioning cruise and my husband, Justin and I (both mid-20s) started to search for some of the athletic options. We have been backpacking to various countries around the world for the past 6 months and wanted to try out a new form of transportation. We had no idea we would start to feel a bit flabby and in need of major athletic activities. Feel free to read A Backpackers Guide to Cruise Ships on http://www.nomadbackpackers.com Justin had some fun writing it. And thanks for the ideas…they could come in handy if we get stuck at sea for a few weeks again.

By: MIke

MIke — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:56:00 +0000

I’ve always wondered, what cruise ships were for. Now I know, and here it is in a nutshell. You go to the mall, but the mall is in the water. You go into the mall. The mall leaves, and you can’it go back home, you are given a room.. You are told must wait till the mall returns in seven days for you to go home. In the meantime you can kill time by doing stuff you can do at home, unless it’s winter and you live in the frozen north.

By: Jonah

Jonah — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:54:00 +0000

I remember when cruise ships only had table tennis. That was some 40 years ago. Of course, in those day, there wasn’t really anywhere fun you could really go. Not to mention, the cruise ships weren’t all that big. Reminds me of my time spent in the navy during the Korean War (it was a war you damn hippies). Spend a few months on a destroyer and everything else seems so insignificant. Strap some 20mm AAs on there! That’d be a hoot.

By: Celia

Celia — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:50:00 +0000

Are there faith based activities on any of these cruise lines?

By: Josh Right

Josh Right — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:55:00 +0000

Rock climbing totally ROCKS! We went on a cruise last year and I was introduced to rock climbing and now I am hooked!

By: Rachael Kras

Rachael Kras — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:55:00 +0000

OK, so does anyone else think of “The Fifth Element” regarding number 8? Fhloston Paradise.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:34:00 +0000

I also had tons of fun on my Adriatic/Mediterranean Cruise last summer. We only spent $700 a person and went to countries I never could have dreamed of (like Turkey and Croatia). I loved every day of it. Every day went like this: eat, visit the day’s country, eat, nap, eat and play, eat, bed. ;O)

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:55:00 +0000

Wow Ian. Where did that negativity come from. I took my family of 4 on a seven day cruise for $1200. Had a $300 on-board credit and visited 3 different islands. When I got off the boat, I only had a charge of $150 and we did all kinds of things mentioned!

Nobody got sick and we all had a blast! Traveling hotel room and we got to visit three new locations! We had a built in babysitter so the adults could go out, came back to our room for different surprises each night, ate well, etc. Cruises can be a bargain and fun.