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September is ‘Cruise Month,’ and the Cruise Lines International Association started a competition using this question, “Why do you love cruising?”  They asked for ‘25 words or less’ so I gave this answer, “Being on a ship is like ‘heaven on the ocean.’ I feel at home the minute I step on board, everything is done for me, there’s places on board we’re it’s just ‘me, and the ship,’ and if I could live on a cruise ship… I would.”

Twenty five words is actually too short for the full answer because my love of cruising started when I boarded the (late) Dawn Princess Cruise ship at the White Bay Wharf in Pyrmont, Sydney in September 2014 for my first (ever) two week cruise to Fiji, and the South Pacific.  Not only was it my first time on a Cruise Ship, it was also my first time out of Australia and I loved every moment of it because my dream cruise (since the age of sixteen) finally came true. I’ve loved cruising ever since, 💕 I can’t wait to board another cruise ship, and becoming ‘an Assistant Cruise Director’ has been my dream job since my family cruise in November 2019.

As well the given answer in the first paragraph; I’m also a self confused ‘cruise-aholic.’ I’m absolutely obsessed with the ocean, I never want to disembark at the end, and I was heart broken when COVID hit the cruise industry.’ 😢 I also love cruising because ‘the world you know disappears for a while, it’s like being in the Brother House at Sea, you escape life completely, and (as Princess Cruises puts it) you ALWAYS come back new.

Happy cruising!

 

 

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