Shame on you former cruisers...

[pacarolinagirl]

nobody ever mentioned how depressed I would be on the day I had to leave the ship. :( I so did not want to leave. I can see how people easily become addicted to cruising. I know I did & so did my hubby. It took me 3 yrs to talk him into taking a cruise....he loves it! :D Time we checked into our hotel room after our cruise, he was online looking for the next one. Yeah!!!! :D :D :D :D

[ATL2LAS]

Welcome to the club. This is why I try to cruise every 6 months or so. Just to get in "the fix":D

[pacarolinagirl]

I hear ya! I've only been off a few days & I'm ready to go back now. :)

[paul929207]

You need to bok a b2b. There is nothing like the feeling you get when you are saying goodbye to people, but you are not getting off like they are.

[cruiserbryce]

best way to resolve any post cruise depression issues is to book another cruise

[Loretta Marie]

I hear ya! I've only been off a few days & I'm ready to go back now. :)

 

AH the inspiration, what a glory she is, she was just refurbished and she is a gem, long to see her one day again

[CC Help Michell]

Post Cruise Depression -- and the only way to beat it is NEVER to take a cruise unless you already have your next one booked! :)

[pacarolinagirl]

Yes, the Inspiration was fun as well as relaxing. They told us in the debarkation talk that we had about 316 kids on board. I don't believe I saw more than 10. I have no idea where all these kids were. LOL! The Inspiration was a great 1st cruise for hubby & I. We will be talking our boys on the next cruise so we'll be looking for a ship with a few more things for them to do....like basketball & maybe the flo-rider. We'll see what we can find. :)

[Sailingpeace]

nobody ever mentioned how depressed I would be on the day I had to leave the ship. :( I so did not want to leave. I can see how people easily become addicted to cruising. I know I did & so did my hubby. It took me 3 yrs to talk him into taking a cruise....he loves it! :D Time we checked into our hotel room after our cruise, he was online looking for the next one. Yeah!!!! :D :D :D :D

 

I read here on cc a beautiful thing that helps me with getting off the ship ( and also in other situations) : Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened ! I don't remember the poster's name, but my thanks go to that person.

[paul929207]

I read here on cc a beautiful thing that helps me with getting off the ship ( and also in other situations) : Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened ! I don't remember the poster's name, but my thanks go to that person.

A beautiful sentiment.

[GORDONCHICK]

And I think there's a whole support group/thread in the Floataway lounge addressing post-cruise blues. But booking another one really is the fastest cure. :D :D :D

[Sea Hag]

We do this on purpose - don't mention the post cruise letdown - so as to get more people hooked into cruising. :D

[okgirl]

I don't usually have post cruise let down because I usually have 2 or 3 booked in the future. And that's true this year, I have the Conquest in September and the Dream in December, but........

 

I'm in the cruise blue's right now, because after taking 4 last year I wanted to continue that and even increase it to 5 a year. I went on the Fantasy in February, but the union at the company where I work could go out on strike at any time and I can't be more than 24 hours away from deployment for strike duty.

 

But y'all may see a rarity here this summer. I don't like to sail in the summer and haven't done so since 2001. I just don't like all the kids. But if this strike thingy settles before the end of June I'm going to sneak down to the Conquest or the Ecstasy. :D

[Grandpaul]

Post Cruise Depression -- and the only way to beat it is NEVER to take a cruise unless you already have your next one booked! :)

This is exactly what we do. We still get a mild case of depression( I guess you could call it whine flu) but this helps.

[kescott98]

What helps to ease my Post Cruise Depression (lol) is to book another cruise and checking cruise critic. :)

[WeBeGone]

I never get the 'post cruise blue" because I always have several cruises to look forward to. I spend my time in between cruises doing my "homework". I'm so focused on our next cruises, I don't have time to feel bad about leaving my last cruise.

[pacarolinagirl]

Great post cruise advice...I have been smiling everyday thinking of the stuff we did & friends we made. :)