WHY I STILL LOVE CRUISING AFTER 183 CRUISES

WHY I STILL LOVE CRUISING AFTER 183 CRUISES.
I met someone on this cruise who asked how many cruises i've been on. then comes the why do I love cruising. well lets try and explain.

[@janicewestcott9844]

I love cruises because I have no cooking, no cleaning, no dishes etc. It is just a relaxing trip.

[@mikepope3784]

My wife and I are only at 24 cruises, but why do we love cruising? We love water, we love the variety of entertainment cruising offers. We love the various dining options. We love being able to visit several countries without having to unpack each day. We love the service we receive. The ships are so grand and fancy. Its like visiting the most fancy place you have ever been too every day. Its the best.

[@burningblue1254]

I think I am the only person who has been on more cruises than Don. But thats because I have worked on Don's favorite cruise line for 22 years. There are wood ships and good ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, may they always be.

[@debschultz143]

As a child, we lived on a boat and I loved it! Knowing I would never own a boat I booked my 1st cruise in 1990 and have been hooked ever since! 54 days until our next cruise!!!

[@NancyGates-b6y]

Cruising is wonderful. When I get on the ship I don't have to think about one thing, just watch the ocean go by while reading a good book.

[@leewillyE]

I agree your 100% right

[@Girasole5849]

Oh you have so blessed to have been on 183 cruises! I’ve only been on 5 cruises and loved every one. I just love being on a ship. The balcony views, food, activities and excursions are pluses, but one cruise I took I stayed on the ship the entire time. Each cruise has a special place in my heart for different reasons. Cruising is my preferred way of traveling, albeit I don’t have the finances to go often. So, I treasure the times when I can go.

[@rcfnc]

Same

[@joeseatac331]

Having people to wait on you 24/7 with a smile on their faces, what could be better? We so appreciate the employees.

[@jettrey4965]

I love to cruise. I worked on ships for almost 8 years. I never got tired of it. Nowadays I cruise about once a year. A cruise is such a great value and it’s nicer than what I could normally afford on shore. It also allows you to visit different places to explore. Then if you like that place you can go and spend time there on a different vacation. We loved Florence a lot, so we went back to Florence for a long stay two different times.

[@KMMK2371]

There's something amazing about sailing on the ocean and looking out from the balcony or upper decks at the vastness and hearing the waves. Love going to different ports vs. staying on shore at the same place for that amount of time. Staff are the best! Always smiling and love having conversations with them!❤

[@NYnative61]

There is just something magical about being on the ocean. We first choose an itinerary. But then we very carefully choose which ship we’d like to sail on for that experience. For us, mid and late 60s, the whole experience is grand! We use our dedicated cruise travel profession for a worry free trip- and better deals, and we do a lot of planning and researching before embarkation day.

[@wowzieee]

Hey Don, it s like summer camp and the camp counsellors keep your activities fun. And your night entertainment is always fun. Then you can go swimming, pool might be crowded, but you can go for a quick dip. Get a quiet spot and have the best shaded nap ever. I love cruising. Keep inspiring.

[@TraceyGaylard]

You meet and befriend people who you would never have an opportunity to meet otherwise. Years ago, my parents befriended a couple who they shared a table with each night and were invited to visit them when traveling to their country a few months later. It wasnt until the limousine arrived to collect them for dinner that they learned their new friend was the deputy Prime Minister.

[@moderick]

Dono, You are in my prayers every night. You have this. You are awesome.Greetngs from 'Straya. Loved the NYE Vid with La Vida Loco. Take care young fella. Stay strong.

[@cynthiareifsnider5794]

I am glad you like cruising so much. I like it too for the same reasons you mentioned. Food, service, entertainment, and no dragging luggage from one place to another

[@twaunniebusse7262]

That is nice that you have been fortunate to enjoy cruising frequently

[@kathymizda5586]

We love cruising because my husband goes one way, I go another. We do things together but he likes to keep moving and doing things and I like to sit back and relax. We meet for meals or at the pool. And unpacking once is great

[@CruisingwithCrystalandMarshall]

Cruising is sn an amazing easy way to see the world. Yes, you do it in small 2 day slices but we have been on over two dozen cruised, visted three continents and 50 plus ports. All while not having to worry about food or entertainment. Like Don, we now share our adventures via KZbin. So thankful for all the experiences!!

[@cindyk3281]

Currently on the Magic.

[@lewisbyrd7547]

Don great job you’ve done explaining cruising to non-cruisers. I remember it took my husband a couple years to talk me into going on a cruise because I used to get seasickness on our local lake but I gave him and that was 30 years ago and I can’t even count the number of cruises we’ve done and not once have I been a little ill let alone really ill. And as for people up sewing you stuff that to no end well I found a cure for that we just moved on to the six star cruises and everything absolutely everything is included so there’s no need for them to be selling us anything. I think the spa is the only thing that is not included, But they don’t run around trying to sell you their goods anyhow. Please excuse the typing & spelling I’m hard of seeing so I mostly us the dictation feature and to say it has a mind of its own is is right on the point. Great video today

[@LilyY-zu7fj]

Hi Don, hope you are doing well. I love cruising the same reason as you. My husband and I started cruising more after my father passed away ( he was 104 years old) and now we are enjoying our life. We are very blessed. 😊😊

[@pattappurple]

I love cruising as you can see the world and unpack once! I also have made lifelong friends from all over the world.

[@motel1029]

We're approaching 20 cruises, and we love cruising!! It is getting TOO EXPENSIVE to do so being retired and on a fixed income.

[@jameswade7550]

Hello Don, I like this video and after 11 cruises I totally agree with you. I love cruising and the total experience meeting new people and if you want quiet time, you can find a nice spot to do that or in my case a balcony.

[@LoreeVanderWerf-si8sn]

I love cruising for all of the same reasons Don! Now I’m focusing on getting my strength back

[@QueenSuperJ]

I am absolutely addicted to cruising. I finally found true love 💕

[@BeefromSC]

Wow, congratulations on sailing your 183rd cruise!!!!! I love cruising because of this feeling that comes over me, it’s a miraculous feeling of peace, like everything will be alright! I love seeing the skyline and ocean meeting and the ship is able to float on top of water, that’s an unexplainable miracle to me!!! I rather use my money to pay for a cruise because I have everything I need, a nice place to lay my head, all the food, and entertainment I need! I love cruising and I have a long ways to go to reach my 183rd cruise, (only 11th coming up for a birthday cruise this November) but I pray I get there one day!!! 😇🛳️🛳️

[@belxsar1504]

Glad to hear there's less up-selling now, whether for drink packages, photos, art gallery stuff, spa services, etc. I always found those on the uncomfortable side, especially if they're persistent.

[@lynnkongkham7655]

Thanks for the upbeat, positive post, Don. Enjoy your cruise. And I met my best friend on a Princess cruise many years ago and now we have travelled the world together.

[@tomblando8672]

We made friends with a couple from Australia on a Med cruise last year and they are coming to the states next month for a business meeting and are taking a side trip coming to se us at our home.

[@Gre8american]

I like being in a different place every day, Cost is all inclusive, only need to make from a few choices for meals and entertainment. Cruise ship is safer than a resort or city and a ship can move if the weather is bad.

[@lynnmccurdythehdmmrc2561]

TSA would like to know why you like cruising so much.

[@cindimoya1234]

🤣

[@leewillyE]

New subscriber your a great person Don . Love your videos the only thing I don’t like about cruises is get there and going home lol

[@slammedgv]

I love cruises, because I can just relax the whole trip.

[@maryleejohnson8168]

My answer is it’s my transportation, hotel and restaurants all in one. I pick cruises based on ports of call. With prices going up, though I may need to rethink future vacations. ☹️

[@cathyhurst1946]

I love cruising also. I have friends that I have met on cruises and travel with them often.

[@johnstoutley7421]

Everything you answered for why you love cruising, is exactly how we feel. It's the best way of all vacations to cruise. We have only taken 36 cruises, and maybe we will end up taking 40 cruises before we have to give them away. But we have wonderful memories to relive. Hope you can get many more cruises to enjoy, Don.

[@cherylstaley1233]

This is one of the best videos I have seen very honest So True Thank you

[@geoffreystone4849]

its a rehearsal for a nursing home. You get everything done for you and they put on entertainment and excursions.

[@electrictroy2010]

Not the nursing homes I’ve visited. Everyone looks extremely bored. Even depressed

[@kevinp1904]

Keep up the good work!

[@joannke7727]

Like to cruise to unpack once and see different places

[@paulafriday3579]

We met our very best friends on a cruise and cruise together always most fun of our lives!

[@Ravenclaw0536]

We love the food, the service, the entertainment and doing the activities or just relaxing on the balcony.

[@randa200771]

Exactly, you are waking up every day somewhere different, enjoying different cultures different foods ,entertainment etc etc etc. Why on earth would you want to sit on a hot beach all day getting skin cancer when you could be enriching your life ?

[@randijaffe-7665]

Upsell- Celebrity comes up to you at the buffet to sell speciality dining, also the fitness guy called me daily at 8 am to sell training!! I told him not to call and still did- there is also a guy to sell arch insoles, as soon as you enter the pool Deck-they are all so annoying! It was my way of relaxing; but time to do some land explorations! Cruises really only give you a sample of a country-if I go so far, I really want to stay and see the culture. Ports are now too far from cities and many have the same shows again & again! Can’t go on the same ships; food gets the same and entertainment! Fun to try new smaller ships.

[@KathyPritchard-w7v]

Well said Don!!!

[@MrKnightoflight]

We have not made any long lasting friendships from cruises. However, we also like to take coach bus tours, where we are with the same people for 1-2 weeks. We have made friends with them, and keep in touch, even visiting some when in their home areas.

[@josephfraley4432]

So true, Don, our sentiments exactly. I wonder how often you get off the ship, we stay on board in port many times.

[@marthagrant143]

I like cruising because I have fewer responsibilities than on other kinds of vacations.

[@Jenn4kindness]

As someone with a physical disabilities, cruising is easy. I can get around the ship easily. I have only been on Disney Cruises, but I might try another line.

[@careym3901]

Just got back from my 60th cruise with 13 more booked. Leaving for the Caribbean tomorrow

[@joewines3883]

We Love the social aspect of cruising, the ports of call and being out on the sea.

[@nicolemiller4688]

That's a lot of cruises Don, a lot of great memories.

[@bobettern]

Spot on Don! I ❤cruising, too!

[@mrlogboy]

One thing I can add that you did not because you’re not a Disney person. The one big advantage of a Disney Cruise is exclusivity. In a park to meet characters to get your photo with characters can take an extremely long time to wait in lines. On the cruise ship, especially when you’re taking a 14 day cruise for somebody. I really want to take a picture with it was a 15 minute wait for some of the specialty nights like formal nights and stuff. It’s been a 20 minute wait but usually it’s a one to 2 to 5 minute wait if not, just walk up and take a picture. They’re all over the ship. On a Disney ship you get to see movies. 3 to 4 days ahead before coming to the movie theater. We love their Broadway style shows on the Disney ships, and we love their theme dining.

[@melissav9133]

This is exactly why we cruise DCL. It's my once a year treat to myself😊

[@electrictroy2010]

Don is a huge Disney person. He’s posted whole videos about how much he loves Disney World (until they raised prices sky high) .

[@joelroach416]

Well said. It feels like the best of everything traveling around with you as you go.

[@richd6362]

The great thing about cruising is you can travel to different places and you only have to unpack once.

[@leewillyE]

New subscriber your a great person Don . Love your videos

[@nancymentone6707]

i love cruising because I get to see such beautiful places and my hotel room goes with me. We met 2 couples in 2018 on our cruise from Australia to New Zealand. We still zoom with them once a month and have even cruised again with them. We email friends from Canada that we met on a cruise to Bermuda. Cruising brings people and places together!

[@DianeGraham-s5x]

We like cruising to different parts of the world, one way to see other countries. Love to meet people on the ships , we have made friends also. I’m with you Don We took our first cruise in 2018 and have done 5 cruises now and one coming up in September to Alaska We cruised with you Don had a great time on Sun Princess Want to go again. Thanks for this video

[@Marvin-P]

Nice video Don.

[@LauraPerry63]

Exactly why I love cruising.

[@sherrydiener8688]

Hi Don, We make friends every time we go away. Still talk to them till today.

[@rcfnc]

Me too Don. I have been nowhere near the amount you have. It's the only vacation I take.

[@bstanz5266]

Went to beaches in turks the nightly entertainment was on the level of a 6th grade play......... On the ships they have shows with professional actors that have appeared on Broadway

[@QueenKayKay47]

I cruise, but I prefer land travel, I can saturate myself in the culture, definitely can't do that with only 6-8 hrs at port!

[@pagrant]

I been on 6 cruises, and still love it, not been one since covid19 , we prefer coach tour holidays now in Europe, we have bumped into the same people on cruise ships , with no planning , we had a meal with in the main dining room.

[@1JohnnyCruiser]

Ahh Don loves his job ànd Princess cruiseline

[@teriwellborn165]

The best video!!❤

[@richardracette-w6w]

We loved cruising too. Thanks

[@judydale9661]

Agree with you. I love, cruising for all the same reasons.

[@billg6677]

I said most of the same things when I traveled in the Navy. I saw so much but knew where my bed was and where it was safe to eat. That is why I cruise now

[@CS-vv7yb]

Great perspecrive!

[@oliz3]

Can’t be more agree

[@kristenkroes9649]

Been on many cruises where we did extra land vacations before or after. Those land vacations are so much more time consuming to plan and execute. Once I’m on the ship I can unpack relax and enjoy.

[@travismayes23]

Great video once again

[@davidrobertson606]

Amazing life you have.

[@ivanmorley3735]

Agree it's good to stay in a mobile hotel, so no packing/unpacking everyday.

[@charlesherrera1633]

Well said. I would cruise like you if I could.

[@kylady1959]

I started cruising in 1984 and after 10 cruises in 1995 I stopped and started going to all-inclusive resorts and in 2022 I am back to cruising again. I love them both but flights got to costly.

[@jadeh2699]

All great reasons!

[@johnmoore-sc1no]

Everything you said is why I love cruising

[@mrlogboy]

Why do I do it because I’m lazy it’s the best of both worlds you have a hotel you’re set there. We usually only take 15 day cruises. We’ve done for 15 day cruises so our hotel moves with us. That’s why a lot of people like Winnebagos. Just imagine if you took a plane to Florida took the hotel but then from the nextweek or two your hotel moved from state to state to city the city that’ll be just so amazing.

[@mrlogboy]

Only a minute 208 of your video and I had an idea of the path you were going down and I was hoping I was hoping I was hoping and you did. Cruising is a social event you’re stuck or you’re not stuck on the same ship with the same group of people for a chunk of time . Well That did happen to us in Disney World, Orlando, Disney World, Tokyo. I am the tall silent type. My wife is the Gabber with a gift of gab and so three of our visits to Disney World Orlando, where we’re staying on and off property. We tend to stay for 10 to 14 days and so my wife would see some people multiple days and strike up. Conversations we always ate breakfast at the same time but a few times we were in the cafés or restaurants or whatever having dinner at the same time at the hotel and a couple times we saw each other in the park and we were walking together just as they were talking and took a couple rides together as we were just heading in the same direction so that’s social interaction does happen there and in Tokyo we met somebody at the Tokyo hotel that was like a schedule breakfast at a schedule dinner and so we were at both of those cause they were included in free and so my wife talking we met a family a Japanese family and so of course we’re curious about them. They’re curious about us. We’re asking questions so yes, we bonded we talked. We shared exchange gifts. They gave us stuff. We gave them Canadian stuff that we had brought into share. So that socializing can happen outside if the situation is right

[@mrlogboy]

We did exchange Facebook information with most of them and still talk to them on Facebook. Same thing happened to us with a couple from New Zealand.

[@mrlogboy]

Wow, you must’ve not have gone to TripAdvisor and seen all the reviews and done your research because there’s no way that you went to the correct all inclusive resort. We have gone to a few and never been up sold like that. I guarantee if you take the name of the resort you went to right now go to TripAdvisor. You see lots of people in the past years talking about avoid this place because of the up sailing or prepare yourself for the upselling . I feel so sorry for you. That must’ve been a terrible vacation. It sounds like a timeshare hotel.

[@emiliawalker4346]

I agree with you 100%

[@sharonmcmickens9853]

Hi Don

[@marlynamcburney5253]

After 183 cruises Don, what cruise line is your favorite?

[@electrictroy2010]

I’ve done ~10 and I’m pretty bored. Same caribbean destinations. Same onship entertainment. I think I prefer flying. Faster, cheaper, more flexible (I decide my itinerary) .

[@tywork]

Can you suggest to me a video editing program to splice videos together?

[@cruisinkoozies]

It’s fun.

[@debbieserwe2242]

No more turn down service on NCL and Carnival

[@valeriestanford335]

Thank you Don for all you have done for us. Please however stop losing weight as you might need the extra resources for your upcoming medical procedures. God bless, we love you..

[@electrictroy2010]

You’re not a doctor. Studies show Thin people have better surgery outcomes versus overweight people.

[@josephfraley4432]

We just cruise Princess.

[@9IslandGinaB]

I don't want to see or talk to anyone on a cruise. I see tourists at home

[@nildamager1649]

We love crushing 🛳️👍

[@HowardT1879]

When you compare the price you pay for cruising nothing comes close.

[@susanmiller3664]

Unless you are in a suite, turn down service is no more.

[@TheJm129]

1000 or bust!

[@angelathomas6770]

So true

[@Sharon-g8q5u]

Hi Don cruising is ok but everyone can get tired of all the nonsense of trying to get on one,I think you do cruising for the attention you get because on your videos you play that silly yes no game which should be banned! The theatre is another thing that needs great iimprovement,I stopped going to theatre on all ships till they put on a good show and not amateur stuff! Not all of us have privilegesl like you do! So just enjoy the ocean and islands,I don’t go on cruises to make friends!

[@harrywilson3464]

Um, cause you basically get paid to do so, shill.