I love cruising but he has to realize that with land there are limitless possibilities. The biggest problem we face today is itinerary. How many times can you go to St Thomas????? I don't care to ever go again. That and seasickness, viruses, etc.....So far I have been in a hurricane that is famous with carnival crew, our ship hit an iceberg in alaska tearing a 25 foot hole in it, stranded in port, got a terrible staff infection in the hot tub that took over a year to get rid of, caught some kind of virus many times, got food poisoning, fogged in and various other things. I have stayed on land, much more, but I can't say that I have ever had much of a mishap. At least nothing comes to mind. Its a different animal then land and will always be priced considerably less.