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[sheila99]

Yes but isn't overland more fun?
Norway - trekking in the harfangervidda out of season when they'd taken the bridges away and froze wading through rivers. Yes I did miss out on the scenery from offshore that you'd get on a ship.
And Madeira - how do you frighten the life out of DD on a ship? You need a car, a cliff side descent, road closed sign at the top but someone else had gone down first... OK it was a bit hairy and perhaps that's why she thinks I have a screw loose  . The Laurisilva forest is something else and the levadas great for walks. Often it's the out of the way places off the tourist routes that I enjoy most but if you only have a day they're places you wouldn't find.
Christmas would be tempting though and the Antarctic is definitely on my bucket list. The only cruise I've done was 3 days down the Nile which I enjoyed but there's always something to see and plenty of stops. Maybe I should start with a river cruise, I've seen enough ocean to last a lifetime.
 I'll have the afternoon tea please  .

[CLKD]

I would alter that jaypo ........... (thought I wrote this earlier  )   I did in the wrong thread 

I prefer being on land.  No further away than 5 hours ........ we've had some lovely holidays in Wales, Southern England, The Borders and Scotland 

[Two hoots]

Because I hate flying we do drive over in europe, as far as Spain and Italy, but the driver doesn’t see the scenery and it takes a lot of planning.  On a ship you go to bed having left one port and wake up in another, no stress of driving and if you visit somewhere you really like you can always plan to return for a longer visit.
Most cruises will have sea days with no port on the first full day or two, after that its could be ports every day for days, I’m usually happy for a sea day to recover.  My favourite view is leaving a port as it gets dark and the lights twinkling, this is especially good in fjords where you can see little light high in the mountains 

[CLKD]

That reminded me of when I stayed in Lugano aged 18.  Sitting by the Lake in August, balmy air - watching the lights switching on across the Lake to the mountains as well as the headlamps of the vehicles ......... 

[jaypo]

Oh yes,that's exactly what we like,sitting on our balcony at the back of the ship,with the noise of the water and the beautiful starry skies,just bliss,plus you can have a drink or two and not worry about finding a taxi 

[CLKD]

Surely the engine noise gets in the way 

[Two hoots]

The engines are a long way down under the water, there is the sound of the wake of the ship but its a cruise not a ferry the ships dont go very fast.

We had a cabin at the back of the ship when we went to the Mediterranean a few years ago, the sunset timing was perfect, we could see Europe on our left side and North Africa on the right, its difficult to drag myself away and go to bed. If we sail near Gibraltar we always see lots of dolphins, I think its P & O that announces if there are lots of dolphins or a whale near 

[jaypo]

Yep,just as TH says,no engine noise,maybe just a very low rumbling noise,TH I NEARLY saw a whale at Xmas    sadly it didn't surface but watched it blowing water jets about 20 feet in the air 

[CLKD]

 

[jaypo]

New Cunard ship.....Queen Anne 

[CLKD]

......   and 

[sheila99]

Have you booked on her yet? 

[jaypo]

Haha,no not yet,think it's doing a round the world trip first,don't fancy that though,now that would be too long,I'd be about 35 stone by the end of it 

[CLKD]

Some one died on a cruise during the week and I believe there's a fire on another ship 

[Two hoots]

Many people die on cruises unfortunately because lots of older people find them a good choice for their holidays 

I read about a fire on a ferry near Corfu and saw on tv the huge wave crash through the ferry window in Hamburg