Comments on: Responses to Silly Cruise Questions http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/201209123401/responses-silly-cruise-questions/ Blogging the cruising world Mon, 20 May 2013 22:21:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Paul Motter http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/201209123401/responses-silly-cruise-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-7043 Paul Motter Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:59:55 +0000 http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/?p=3401#comment-7043 I am sorry but I would never claim to be an expert in this area. The first and only thing I can suggest is that you consult with the tour department onboard. They sell the same tours week after week and they should have a good idea which ones do better for people in your situation. Just be clear about your specific needs and make sure you consult someone who really knows what the special issues may be. I am sorry but I would never claim to be an expert in this area. The first and only thing I can suggest is that you consult with the tour department onboard. They sell the same tours week after week and they should have a good idea which ones do better for people in your situation. Just be clear about your specific needs and make sure you consult someone who really knows what the special issues may be.

]]> By: Glenda http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/201209123401/responses-silly-cruise-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-7042 Glenda Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:49:10 +0000 http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/?p=3401#comment-7042 Paul, I hope you can help me. I am a person with physical disabilities and I am scheduled to cruise with NCL from Barcelona to Italy in 2013. I understand that a person with my problems will be in bad shape as not many places have handicapped accessible streets, etc for people who are. I have even been asked by my family to reconsider this cruise. Can you give me some persons that I might contact who could assist me with my port and excursion issues. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. Paul, I hope you can help me. I am a person with physical disabilities and I am scheduled to cruise with NCL from Barcelona to Italy in 2013. I understand that a person with my problems will be in bad shape as not many places have handicapped accessible streets, etc for people who are. I have even been asked by my family to reconsider this cruise. Can you give me some persons that I might contact who could assist me with my port and excursion issues. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.

]]> By: Kenneth Eden http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/201209123401/responses-silly-cruise-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-7034 Kenneth Eden Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:54:51 +0000 http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/?p=3401#comment-7034 For years comedians enlisted these same "silly" questions during their acts on ships. They never stop getting laughs as old as some of these be. Cruise directors often tell the same as warm ups to a singer etc... Two areas that do provide silly questions or stories are the vacuum flush toilets - which replaced the tradtional flushers, and stories form the passenger laundry, or laundrette on British ships, where under wear or "smalls" are the butt of jokes,. And there was a day when skeet shooting was a commmon diversion off the fan tail of nearly every cruise ship or liner well into the 1980's. Some still provide shuffle board and those so called horse races. For years comedians enlisted these same “silly” questions during their acts on ships. They never stop getting laughs as old as some of these be. Cruise directors often tell the same as warm ups to a singer etc…

Two areas that do provide silly questions or stories are the vacuum flush toilets – which replaced the tradtional flushers, and stories form the passenger laundry, or laundrette on British ships, where under wear or “smalls” are the butt of jokes,.

And there was a day when skeet shooting was a commmon diversion off the fan tail of nearly every cruise ship or liner well into the 1980′s. Some still provide shuffle board and those so called horse races.

]]> By: Paul Motter http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/201209123401/responses-silly-cruise-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-7033 Paul Motter Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:41:15 +0000 http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/?p=3401#comment-7033 Oh yeah, I remember skeet shooting on cruise ships. As recent as the mid-90s it was common. Oh yeah, I remember skeet shooting on cruise ships. As recent as the mid-90s it was common.

]]> By: gharkness http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/201209123401/responses-silly-cruise-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-7032 gharkness Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:03:36 +0000 http://www.cruisemates.com/blog/?p=3401#comment-7032 One of life's greatest pleasures is becoming an expert on cruising - because in order to be an expert, you have to have cruised a LOT! I never laugh at a sincere question. I have heard a lot, but one of the strangest things I ever heard was a comment from a new cruiser (two weeks ago), who was exclaiming (on the first day of a cruise) how she was looking forward to the skeet shooting competition to be held off the back end of the ship! I did gently explain to her about environmental regulations not allowing such, to mention nothing of loaded guns passed among the passengers. I **think** I convinced her it wasn't going to happen! Turns out, when I got home I did some research, only to find out that skeet shooting used to be a very popular event on cruise ships! I am really glad I didn't laugh at her, because I would truly have been ashamed when I did the research. One of life’s greatest pleasures is becoming an expert on cruising – because in order to be an expert, you have to have cruised a LOT!

I never laugh at a sincere question. I have heard a lot, but one of the strangest things I ever heard was a comment from a new cruiser (two weeks ago), who was exclaiming (on the first day of a cruise) how she was looking forward to the skeet shooting competition to be held off the back end of the ship!

I did gently explain to her about environmental regulations not allowing such, to mention nothing of loaded guns passed among the passengers. I **think** I convinced her it wasn’t going to happen!

Turns out, when I got home I did some research, only to find out that skeet shooting used to be a very popular event on cruise ships!

I am really glad I didn’t laugh at her, because I would truly have been ashamed when I did the research.

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