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I’ve never been on a cruise and if I ever get demented, delirious, or deranged enough to even consider it again I’ll reread this travelogue. Love the writing in the vivid examples of why I’m so glad I’ve never done anything like this.

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Thanks, Paul! But you gotta try it at least once in your life. You’ll get a whole new appreciation for the real world

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One hundred percent with you, Paul. I can’t conceive of a more miserable experience than a cruise - and you have to PAY for it. My best recent vacation was renting a little beachfront room on The Strand in Oceanside watching the waves and sleeping in. No booze, no disco, no three story high water slide or sad tourist traps.

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I’m all in for Quiets, except the Trader Joe’s version. Their cashier small talk is unparalleled! Also, reading this made me feel hungover.

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Hilarious! TY.

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What about the guy who didn’t have any headphones on?

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You almost persuaded me that a cruise could be, if not fun, at least interesting enough to try.

Then I remembered that cruises usually feature norovirus and no amount of free-at-the-point-of-supply daft cocktails make synchronised communal vomiting worth suffering.

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Sir I have no idea who you are but I am a big enthusiast of reading about people having awful times on cruise ships so this was a 10/10 for me

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The horror...

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Ryan, a cruise is the worst possible torture to me. But it’s fun cringing through your vivid article.

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This is so funny! I am never going on a cruise

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At Hemingway House were all the cats dead - you wrote they were ‘decedents’ - or was that a typo and they were descendants? This was the only part that made me laugh, mostly because so many people these days confuse ancestors (those who came before), descendants (those who came after) and decedents (those who are dead).

I have never had any desire to go on a cruise ship and this account only confirms my feelings.

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