Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Chair hogs, dining divas and boorish boozers: Is cruising etiquette
lost at sea?
Just like air travel, more people are coming back on board cruise ships
after the Covid pandemic. Unlike ocean liners, cruise ships are large passenger
ships used mainly for vacationing. More than 300 cruise ships are being
operated worldwide with a combined capacity of over 500,000 passengers. Some of
the large cruise ships have over 200,000 tons with a capacity of hosting over
5,000 passengers and 2,000 crew members. The Caribbeans, Mediterranean, Alaska,
and South Pacific are some of the most popular cruise regions. Those cruise
ships offer a wide range of amenities like restaurants, bars, pools, fitness
centers, theaters, casinos, amusement facilities, and shopping areas where
passengers can spend days and weeks on board. Do you expect all your fellow
passengers to be as mindful and respectful to others like you? Unruly kids
screaming around the hallways and jumping into a pool, over-drunken adults
disrupting others’ peaceful time, smokers on the balcony or poolside, touching
food by hand and putting it back at a buffet, and leaving a towel and personal
stuff on a pool deck chair for hours. Even though no one is trying to disrupt
your vacation on purpose, there are conducts and behaviors on a cruise ship
that bother your dream vacation.
Read the article and learn about what should and shouldn’t be done on a
cruise ship, or any other place.
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