Cruising

[zengineer]

So we are back from our cruise to Greenland, Iceland and Norway. It confirmed most of my preconceptions. Cruising is mostly done by old people, I would say at least 80% were retired. People who cruise go on a lot of cruises. My favourite comment was from a woman at breakfast who in response to the all purpose opening conversation gambit of "This is

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[zengineer]

It was with P&O on the Aurora, a cruise they do once per year. I think they also do one to Spitzbergen if you are interested in the arctic. Landing is by fibreglass tender onto a jetty so no zodiacs. We paid just over £1400 for a cruise listed at about £5000.

[jvvw]

Ah, I think I remember looking at that exact cruise when we were wondering about where to go on holiday. I think I even got as far as reading reviews of that boat! I realised quite quickly that the intersection of holidays attractive both to people who are pregnant and people who are retired is quite high :)

We ruled it out in the end - in part because the deadlines for going on cruising when pregnant are even tighter than for flying and the dates didn't quite work. Very interesting to hear about it!

[jackfirecat]

Glad you enjoyed it! Even I would have liked the fjords and the Greenland walk by the sound of it.

[t__m__i]

Interesting to vet a sensible view of these things. Mum was staying here last night prior to today's jolly with to Hampton Court flower show, and she is worried about how she'll get on during this autumn's trip to Namibia, given she's not up to walking any significant distance theses days.

[zengineer]

I think she will have a good time. As long she can walk 20 metres holding on the gangplank rail then everything else is wheelchair accessible. If you want to go on the coach trips a folding wheelchair is also a good idea. If she can walk a few hundred metres then she won't need a wheelchair at all. We played bridge with a guy who had really serious Parkinsons and he seemed to get along fine. I am definitely going to suggest this as a holiday to my mother who hasn't been very mobile since she ruptured her Achilles tendon.

[t__m__i]

Ironically my Mum's Achilles is also giving her trouble at the mo'!

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[talking_sock]

I haven't gotten over my prejudice against them yet either, and more and more people I know are going on them. But I can see the pluses for some destinations, like the ones you went to...