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[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

floating toilet. my gf sometimes would bring up going on a cruise and no, i dont think i will be.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Went on a family reunion cruise once like 15 years ago and everyone got horribly sick lmao the reputation is accurate.

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thing is, isn't it like a quarantined environment? Why is it prone to sickness and not backwards?

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nah, it's not quarantined at all. You get off at various stops along the cruise (or at least ours did).

Regardless, I think it's mostly food poisoning from the buffets since I doubt they have very high food safety standards. IIRC most cruise ship staff are also borderline enslaved so it's not like they give much of a shit either.

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

Got it, never been to a cruise so idk how it works. Thanks!

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Libertarian dream boat, 0 (food safety) regulations

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

pre covid i could've been talked into it for free with the right accomplices, but now never

[–] Pentacat@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I went on one pre-Covid. Only time I ever had a chance to see Leningrad. Totally worth it. The Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad was legit awe inspiring.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe a river cruise since, but definitely not an ocean cruise.

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yea i only meant long cruises that take days, nevermind weeks. A river cruise that takes 3 hours probably won't give me a deadly virus.

There are some that take a week or so, but they usually stop in each destination for a day or so and you aren't really on the boat unless you're traveling to the next spot at night.