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If the cruise ships go to places that are otherwise very hard to get to. The generic cruise - yeah - no thanks!
I’d go on a cruise if it goes to:
A lot of the Alaskan fjords that have no other means of access.
Antarctica
Svalbard
Canadian Arctic islands or Greenland or Jan Mayen
South Pacific island hopping would be cool too - the Marquesas, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Palau, Pitcairn islands, etc. Micronesia (scuba) and Fiji I would probably do outside of a cruise though.
Some of the tougher Atlantic island locations like Hough island or Tristan de Cunha. Bucket list!
My zen/nirvana travel would be to hit Bouvet Island, Kerguelen, and the Heard and McDonald Islands - those would require charters and I would need to organize with a lot of people to afford it and even get permission!
Edit: I forgot I was on one cruise. I went up the Nile stopping all along the way at the many archaeological sites in Egypt ending at Aswan. That was cool. Some of the onboard activities were a bit cheesy, but not too bad. Most people there were primarily interested in the incredible sites to see, so that was more acceptable.
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