YOUR SAY: To cruise or not to cruise?

Everybody knows what cruises are, right? Gigantic ships that carry tourists all over the world. They offer trips where you can visit more than one place, like different countries, cities or islands. The inside of these ships is usually very impressive, with luxury everywhere. They are prepared to hold a lot of people and they have restaurants, pubs, swimming pools... It's like a travelling city.

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I've never went on a cruise trip, but I'm not sure that I would enjoy it. I mean, all the luxurious things are very nice but the trip itself is a bit annoying. You usually have just one day (half a day, more likely) to visit the destinations, because the trip has to continue. This has you either running all over the place to take pictures of all the touristic points or resigning yourself in the souvenir shops. I love to travel and visit the most important places of the destination I go to. If there's a fine monument, I'd like to have the time to visit it.

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I know I said I've never been in a cruise, but I know people who have and have told me all this. They arrived exhausted at the ship. There's also people who prefer to stay in the ship because it already has a lot of entertainment.

Also I think I would feel a little bit of claustrophobia in a cabin (let's face the truth, I don't think that I'd be in a suite) and the open sea is a bit too overwhelming for me. Also, remember this?

I know, I know. That's too dramatic. But I've seen Titanic and we all now how it ends (Never let me go, Jack... just... no). Don't worry. Cruises are safe. They have a lot of security systems and protocols so there's no Titanic 2 for the moment.