For further research, i recommend Aniara.
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Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship.
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I’ve looked into possibilities of travelling UK to Japan via cargo ship over the last few years - just for the experience and as you say, to unplug. I think the last route I examined would have been 42 nights at around $100 a night so I decided to pass…
However I do love a long distance ferry in Japan. Facilities are great, accommodation cheap and comfy, I’ll do a 21 hour run from Yokosuka (South of Tokyo) to Kitakyushu in a few weeks, can’t wait.
But I’ll pass on the big cruises, thanks but no thanks 
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How much for the Pretender Suite?
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Same here. Last time I checked the companies recommended for bookings weren’t accepting passengers because of COVID. It seemed like they were more concerned about people from a variety of countries having a negative impact on their business operations than the pleasure cruise companies:
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amazing.
Led Zeppelin’s management threatened a copyright infringement lawsuit against the label, its attorneys demanding that all copies be destroyed, and the band withdrew the song.
boo!
The song was reissued in 2000… During a 2004 interview on National Public Radio, Robert Plant referred to the tune as his favorite cover of “Stairway to Heaven.”
yay!
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This must be it?
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yeah, floridamanjefe posted it above. i had never heard it before so i wikipedia’d (wikiped?) to learn where it came from. it’s so good!
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Well now I have finally heard the theme to Gilligan’s Island and will forevermore understand what Americans are talking about.
Thank you!
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so the cruise was cancelled. Kara Youssef and her husband sold their two apartments and were ready for three years of travel. Now, they’re stuck in a hotel waiting for a refund. Kara Youssef spoke to As It Happens host Nil Köksal.
Sucks for them, but three years?! “Life at Sea” sounds like a prison sentence.
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Yes, those documentaries were very influential on American culture.
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That seems to be the case alright.
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“When Dinosaurs ruled the Lido Deck”
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:: files under “what in the infernal realms did I just listen to?!”, while laughing ::
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When I worked on ships, I at one point had access to the complaint logs, and there was a some seriously petty stuff in there, with some people complaining so much that it almost felt that they were there to complain. So I asked why, and learned that basically every complaint gets ship- board credit and other perks, which meant that such behaviour was actively rewarded. This helps explain the class system, since the people who booked the full cruise absolutely have a large squeaky wheel contingent among their numbers, to say nothing of the ones who are Platinum +++ Members (or whatever).
There is effectively a class system on cruise ships at all times, and not just a little racism thrown in there. Seriously, where you live has a huge part to play in what jobs you can even apply for. Philipino citizen who’s fluent in 7 languages? That’ll be helpful when tending bar. Maybe they’ll let you apply for the translator position after a few contracts.
In any case, none of this surprises me, but not because I think it’s inherently human nature. Rather it’s because cruise lines are essentially designed this way, top to bottom, port to starboard and bow to stern.
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Yep… like I said…
But seriously, the only cruise I’ve seriously considered going on is the trek cruise… otherwise, it sounds awful.
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Just don’t go on a three hour tour from Hawaii, I’ve heard they don’t turn out well, especially when run by a large skipper and his little buddy 
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“Those poor people”
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