Dec. 21, 2012. Will you cruise or not?

[jandjfun]

I am curious to see how many people have no qualms with cruising on this date. My sister said she wants to be cruising and I said no way. I want to be home with my family. Just in case:eek:. I don't even know that I believe all that is said about the end of the world, but I don't want to risk it either!

How do you feel about it? Would you cruise on that date?

[KenMo]

My plan is to be on a cruise that week.

 

Preferably one where I can get to a Mayan ruin.

 

I just wish they'd come out with the schedule already!

[kbmeow]

Would I , sure it is just the end of a calender cycle and a new one will start. I will prob be have a end of the backtun ( spelling) / Christmas party to celebrate

[gizzie]

Isn't 12-12-2012 not 21

[Sargent_Schultz]

Probably not, but nothing to do with Mayans. Christmas cruises tend to have too many kids!

 

If you wanted to pay for our cruise, however...

[kbmeow]

Isn't 12-12-2012 not 21

 

no it is the 21st the first day of the winter solstice

[2bfirsttime]

I think the whole chicken and the sky is falling thing will fall upon us just like Y2K did.

[tampabrat22]

Isn't 12-12-2012 not 21

 

The OP is correct, the date is suppose to be 12-21-12.

 

And just for the record, no I don't believe the world will end on that date, but with that being said...I would certainly cruise on that date, no problems or worries at all!

[KenMo]

Probably not, but nothing to do with Mayans. Christmas cruises tend to have too many kids!

 

If you wanted to pay for our cruise, however...

 

I know....I'm not wild about the price/kids thing.

[crashkart]

The wife and I talked about that on our last cruise, and decided that would be a great one to be on. So yup we would do it if finances allow!!:rolleyes:

[gardn198]

my mom is on this rant that the world is going to end and the poles are going to switch and we're all gonna die. screw that, do you really believe the mayans, a civilization who ended up killing themselves off? i don't believe it, but as you said i would rather be home with my family *just in case*

[PhxRain]

I am on the May 1, 2011 sailing of the Crnival Magic, we leave home April 28 & come home May 11. I was listening to the radio the other day & they were talking about another "end of the world" date. So I listened just out of curiosity and they said it would be May 12, 2011!:eek: The first thing I thought was, "YES! I still get to go on my cruise! Woo-hoo!!!!!" LOL:D

 

So an "end of the world" date of 12-21-12 is OK with me because we may even get our family Alaskan cruise in before that date! ;)

[Sargent_Schultz]

my mom is on this rant that the world is going to end and the poles are going to switch and we're all gonna die. screw that, do you really believe the mayans, a civilization who ended up killing themselves off? i don't believe it, but as you said i would rather be home with my family *just in case*

 

The Mayans didn't kill themselves off...

[JMG680]

I want to be on a cruise and hit the Mayan temples. I don't think anything is going on. But what a story.

[oldrailfan]

Isn't 12-12-2012 not 21

 

Nope, winter solstice, the 21st.

 

I don't have any of my repeats on my calendars past 12-31-2025... not because I think the world is going to end, but just because I don't think I'll need the repetitive entrys past that date! If I do, I'll add them in.

 

Same for the Mayans - they developed the calendar to the winter solstice (the end of an annual cycle) and decided that was far enough!

 

Will I be cruising on the 21st? Prob'ly not, we usually cruise in September or October...

[jzygail]

The only accommodation I'm making to the end of the world scenario is that I'm co-opting my sister's Dec 20th birthday, and celebrating my 51st birthday then, too (I turn 51 on Dec 22 -- I want to make sure I get to have my cake and beer :D )

[wimsiecruise]

LOL, Well, if we are going to be hit with solar flares and the magnetic poles do shift, I'd rather be sailing than on land. Better to be in a small, controlled chaos (similar to the Splendor), than in a city of more than 2 million gone stark, raving mad (assuming the Mayans had a sinister reason for ending their calendar on the 21st of December, 2012 and it all comes true). As for Y2K, I actually flew to Hawaii on January 1st, 2000, and, because so many ppl cancelled their trips, I pretty much had Maui to myself (got an up-grade to an ocean-front suite and was a pampered guest). So much for end-of-the-world scenarios LOL While everyone else is cowering in bunkers, I'm out there taking advantage of the perks available...:D

[k2excursion]

Well, I usually don't cruise at that time of year anyway, but I'm not scared to. We had a Mayan tour guide in Mexico last year, and he told all of us that the whole 2012 movie is just for entertainment and not based on Mayan beliefs. He told us that the Mayan calendar doesn't have that as the end of the world, but rather the start of a new era, which is supposed to be a wonderful, peaceful, glorious era. I just had to laugh when I heard that. How easily we humans can be fooled! It didn't take me long to figure out who I was going to believe: Hollywood or a Mayan from Mexico.

[MrPete]

If you pay by credit card, and your due dates are just right, just think of it as a free cruise.

 

Run up those on board charges! They will be waved as your body is reunited with your soul.

[bplazo]

I have never even heard of this! I think that I would rather be on the cruise before this date because after that date I just wasted my money. Is anyone going to book a cruise after this date?

[pe4all]

If it falls during my school's Christmas break I'm outta here! We try to cruise/escape during that week, come hell or high water! (and according to some people it might be both on 12/21/12!):p

[cruznlobo]

Well, I usually don't cruise at that time of year anyway, but I'm not scared to. We had a Mayan tour guide in Mexico last year, and he told all of us that the whole 2012 movie is just for entertainment and not based on Mayan beliefs. He told us that the Mayan calendar doesn't have that as the end of the world, but rather the start of a new era, which is supposed to be a wonderful, peaceful, glorious era. I just had to laugh when I heard that. How easily we humans can be fooled! It didn't take me long to figure out who I was going to believe: Hollywood or a Mayan from Mexico.

 

You are correct.

It is the start of a new era...A time of great change.

[Unknotted]

I think it is all just a Mayan typo. Mayans didn't have a backspace key or whiteout, so a little typo for them was a pretty big deal.

[LHP]

I will NOT be cruising December 21, 2012....

 

 

But not because of some imaginary hoccus poccus "end of the world"....

 

but because of to many REAL kids on board....(school is out during that time)...

 

:D

[jrw247emt]

Well, if the world were to come to an end on this date then I would rather be on a cruise when it does...as long as my DH were with me.:) Not a bad way to go....lol!