audreyh1
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We’ve been on now defunct Cruise West Prince William Sound with 100 passengers. That was very nice. Also a long range fishing boat chasing whales Baja California and Sea of Cortez, 25 people including crew. That was fantastic.We have only ever been on two cruises. The first was 25 years ago in the Alaska Inside Passage, because there was really no other way to get around. Our boat had 120 passengers, a library, and lectures in the evenings from naturalists, etc. No casino or floor shows. The boat was so small that at one time the captain turned around to follow a pod of Orcas for a while so we could all get a good look. I'm sure the Royal Princess Whatever would not do that. We also took a four night trip in 2022 on a luxury dahabiyah going up the Nile River. There were ten of us on board, plus the crew. It was really spectacular.
Based on reports of others, we might try a Viking river cruise in Europe next year. Maybe on the Rhine and Danube. But I don't think we'll ever go on one of the gigantic cruise ships we see when we fly down to Florida. First, I don't like to be around that many people and, second, I did pretty much all the going to sea I could stand when I was a sailor long ago.
On the Cruise West tour we were approaching a tall glacier and I saw a speck in the distance approaching us. It got bigger and bigger and bigger. Massive cruise ship towering over us at it moved past. Quite a contrast!
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