sail7seas Posted September 17, 2014 #26 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hard to believe - 22 posts so far on which direction to walk on the ship. Even harder to believe that I actually looked at some of them. We all must have something better to dow our lives. DON Some call it an escape from all those more important things some of us are escaping at the moment. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 1of4 Posted September 17, 2014 Author #27 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Some call it an escape from all those more important things some of us are escaping at the moment. :D You've got that right Sail. I may have better things to do - but I either can't at the moment or I don't want to ;). It all depends on whose definition of "better".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted September 17, 2014 #28 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Alright, 1of4, you never answered your own question. 'Fess up! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigianne Posted September 17, 2014 #29 Share Posted September 17, 2014 first thing I am going to do when I board the Prinsendam on Sunday is to go looking to see if there is a sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solocanadian Posted September 17, 2014 #30 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Counter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakalina Posted September 17, 2014 #31 Share Posted September 17, 2014 The sign is located forward in the bow tunnel stenciled onto the ships hull on the S & R class ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimnKaren Posted September 17, 2014 #32 Share Posted September 17, 2014 It is interesting as I sit at the window at the front of my house, I see many of my neighbors walking. It is about even, they go both ways. When I go to an event where there are lots of tables of displays (art fair for instance) I tend to go toward the right. I read somewhere that right-handed people do that more often than the other way. However, on board any ship that I have been on, it appears that counter-clockwise is the norm. One walker actually commented to me about those folks who were walking against the flow. I like to irritate people, so I go a couple of laps one way and a couple of laps the other way. Many look at me strangely. Of course, that happens a lot anyway. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
take us away Posted September 17, 2014 #33 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Never thought about the clockwise/counterclockwise aspect - we come out the door and go to our left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie68 Posted September 17, 2014 #34 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Here ya go Love it! I've never seen one (or noticed one) but it would seem to encourage counter-clockwise. (Or not, depending on where it is posted):D Edited September 17, 2014 by Lizzie68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ptu/000 Posted September 17, 2014 #35 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I wonder if the direction we walk has something to do with the side of the road we drive on? Do those that drive on the right go counter clockwise and those that drive on the left clockwise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted September 17, 2014 #36 Share Posted September 17, 2014 It is interesting as I sit at the window at the front of my house, I see many of my neighbors walking. It is about even, they go both ways. When I go to an event where there are lots of tables of displays (art fair for instance) I tend to go toward the right. I read somewhere that right-handed people do that more often than the other way. However, on board any ship that I have been on, it appears that counter-clockwise is the norm. One walker actually commented to me about those folks who were walking against the flow. I like to irritate people, so I go a couple of laps one way and a couple of laps the other way. Many look at me strangely. Of course, that happens a lot anyway. Jim Seriously? :eek: You purposely go against the flow just to irritate people? Well, at least you are honest. :p :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted September 17, 2014 #37 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I wonder if the direction we walk has something to do with the side of the road we drive on? Do those that drive on the right go counter clockwise and those that drive on the left clockwise? I have wondered that too. And I noticed a lot of times when we're in countries that drive on the left side of the road, people walk on the left too! Anyone else notice this? We found ourselves walking to the left too, just so we weren't going against the tide. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrimpboat123 Posted September 17, 2014 #38 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I mix it up. That way, my sneakers - bright white, American tourist style - will wear evenly. ;) Or you could walk backwards for a bit. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PathfinderEss Posted September 17, 2014 #39 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I always go counter clockwise.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted September 17, 2014 #40 Share Posted September 17, 2014 It is interesting as I sit at the window at the front of my house, I see many of my neighbors walking. It is about even, they go both ways. When I go to an event where there are lots of tables of displays (art fair for instance) I tend to go toward the right. I read somewhere that right-handed people do that more often than the other way. However, on board any ship that I have been on, it appears that counter-clockwise is the norm. One walker actually commented to me about those folks who were walking against the flow. I like to irritate people, so I go a couple of laps one way and a couple of laps the other way. Many look at me strangely. Of course, that happens a lot anyway. Jim You are funny!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted September 17, 2014 #41 Share Posted September 17, 2014 When I didn't have walking issues, we always went counter-clockwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted September 17, 2014 #42 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I usually read signs. I must have missed the one that prescribed a direction for walking. Who knew I was breaking the rules? I'm a rebel. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyglobetrotter Posted September 17, 2014 #43 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) The Olympic runners (on foot or on bikes) run counterclockwise. The Ben Hur chariot race was counterclockwise. The Monaco, Indiana and Minneapolis car races are done counterclockwise. Etc. Also, the lower promenade is quite narrow (especially where there are transat chairs). It is much easier when everybody walks the same way. :D But of course there will always be odd ones who think that they should be different. Should I say who think that they 'have the right' to be different. It is my vacation.... Why would that 'social rule' apply to moi ??? Edited September 17, 2014 by happyglobetrotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTee Posted September 17, 2014 #44 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) No idea what ship, sorry. Not even sure if it's a HAL vessel or not. I didn't take this photo, but I do remember seeing a similar sign on board the Rotterdam years ago. I was just about to post that I don't think that is a HAL ship (because of the spelling of "meter/metre" and the use of "round" instead of "lap" or some other word. This reads like a Cunard or other British sign. On the original question, maybe it depends on what hemisphere you're in, like water down the drain.:-) Edited September 17, 2014 by DrTee add a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTee Posted September 17, 2014 #45 Share Posted September 17, 2014 first thing I am going to do when I board the Prinsendam on Sunday is to go looking to see if there is a sign. Be sure to let us know! And have a great trip! I'm getting on when you're getting off (beginning to think I chose the wrong itinerary--very little activity in the roll call). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseWhere Posted September 17, 2014 #46 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Counter clockwise always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted September 17, 2014 #47 Share Posted September 17, 2014 We walk counter clockwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie68 Posted September 17, 2014 #48 Share Posted September 17, 2014 The sign is located forward in the bow tunnel stenciled onto the ships hull on the S & R class ships. Shows how unobservant I am - the only sign I have ever seen there is the "No Jogging" sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz chic Posted September 17, 2014 #49 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I usually read signs. I must have missed the one that prescribed a direction for walking. Who knew I was breaking the rules? I'm a rebel. :cool: Thank goodness we aren't on the same cruise :D:p;):D. I'm a counterclockwise too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldsc Posted September 18, 2014 #50 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Seriously? :eek: You purposely go against the flow just to irritate people? Well, at least you are honest. :p :) Love that attitude. I would do exactly the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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