What do you do in between cruising to scratch that cruise itch? How do you cope?

How do you cope?

ummm .. I read CC, plan future cruises, watch youtube vids, buy totally unnecessary packing supplies, buy totally unnecessary tropical clothing, and do "practice" bookings of many different ships on several lines!

ummm .. I read CC, plan future cruises, watch youtube vids, buy totally unnecessary packing supplies, buy totally unnecessary tropical clothing, and do "practice" bookings of many different ships on several lines!

yep

:halo: All of the above plus I drive my wide crazy. :rolleyes:

I also spend time on CC and we don't let any dust gather on us as we are always doing something- going to a game, a concert, traveling to Germany (only once a year alas) and of course there is work and school that gets thrown in there too.

ummm .. I read CC, plan future cruises, watch youtube vids, buy totally unnecessary packing supplies, buy totally unnecessary tropical clothing, and do "practice" bookings of many different ships on several lines!

Spot on!!! LOL.....all of us 'addicts' do the SAME thing!!! :D

ummm .. I read CC, plan future cruises, watch youtube vids, buy totally unnecessary packing supplies, buy totally unnecessary tropical clothing, and do "practice" bookings of many different ships on several lines!

I think it's fair to say that this will be the best response. Just be careful. Practice booking is a slippery slope!;p:cool:

Alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol :p

gosh it's tough! I plan imaginary cruises, prepare for the next booked cruise, read everything I can....you all know the drill!

I think it's fair to say that this will be the best response. Just be careful. Practice booking is a slippery slope!;p:cool:

Practice safe booking, wear rubber gloves.:D

I think it's fair to say that this will be the best response. Just be careful. Practice booking is a slippery slope!;p:cool:

This is the truth. Currently have 5 bookings. It's all good though, gives me more things to plan while I wait lol.

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We love all inclusive as much or more than cruising. don't get me wrong we love cruising as well, our last 2 cruises were B2B, 21 and 14 day respectively. we are going to Sandals in St.Lucia for 2 weeks in October , before our January Miracle 14 day trans canal. the advantages of A.I., much better food and selections. five or six restaurants all free. Top shelf liquors, even in your room and swim up bars. Lounge chairs are always available by the beach and pool. All activities are included, even Scuba with Sandals. there are Hobi cats, kayaks, stand up paddle boards, and water tubing, to name a few. Is it more expensive, yes, but add up your shore excursions, it's pretty close. we also have a time share and do that once a year in St.Martin.

Depends on where you live!

We enjoy going on boats from the SC coast that are seaworthy 50 miles out. :)

I listen to several cruise podcasts!

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Watch the ships sail from PC.

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I'm the opposite. I stay off CC to cope. If I'm on here reading reviews etc I'm tempted to book a cruise. So it's best to stay off.

We do lots of other things besides cruising! We go away on local staycations for a few nights each month. I also go on land vacations to far off places like Europe and Japan. Cruising is not the only type of trip we take!

I plan/research all types of places and vacations I would like to take.

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ummm .. I read CC, plan future cruises, watch youtube vids, buy totally unnecessary packing supplies, buy totally unnecessary tropical clothing, and do "practice" bookings of many different ships on several lines!

yep, ditto. its an unforgiving addiction.

Well travel is the addiction for us, not necessarily cruises. Have 7, 10, 14 days coming up in December. Did 1 last year 1year before, skipped 2years before that. we have done 3 land trips to Europe and Dubai this past year. Sometimes it's just what we want to see, or

go back and spend some time at. Cruises for us now 68,69,70 coming up, are more about relaxing on the ship. Don't have any booked past December but who knows? Just love new places and old memories. Big world out there to see.

Smoke rope and listen to lots of Bob Marley!

Watch a lot of the TV show DREAM CRUISE and YOUTUBE cruise VLOGS

Well, I have a new one for you!! Ten of us were cruising in May and someone said why don't we do land cruises??? I asked what that was and was told everyone would go to one couples house, then another couples house and so on. So we went to St. Louis in June, they came to our house in July and we went down to the Fl. panhandle to two different houses in Aug. Whoever could go did. We had a blast everywhere we went. Ate supper out every other night so it wouldn't be hard on anyone. Want to book a cabin in the mountains in the early spring and probably do land cruise again next year. Of course, you have to have several couples to do this. We actually all got to together in Pensacola and had another couple join us. We simply had a blast.

My Facebook feed is filled with cruise related talk. So I just play on Facebook all day. And like someone else said... I do mock bookings, watch YouTube cruise vlogs, and chat with my upcoming cruise group.

How do you cope?

I just keep looking at my cruise/vacation savings account and know that its "not yet."