Comments on: Susie Goes Cruising http://popgoestheculture.com/archives/30 Susie Watson, trend analyst and pop culture pundit teams up with cartoonist Barbara Luhring. Together they tear through the real and manufactured trends in pop culture today. Listen in! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:46:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Old Comments http://popgoestheculture.com/archives/30#comment-42 Old Comments Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:52:44 +0000 http://popgoestheculture.com/?p=30#comment-42 I did a 7-day cruise in the Western Caribbean (Jamaica, Grand Caymen Island, Cozumel in Mexico) a couple of years ago and it sounds very similar. I was amazed at how many different ways they had to attempt to get me to buy stuff. I swear a couple of places we stopped at while in port existed solely to service the cruises. And even though it was a different company (mine was Carnival) they too had a library with locked cases keeping the Harold Robbins books safely away from prying hands. They had a dodgy art auction too. But I did go to a fascinating jewellery class...learned to see flaws in gems etc. I think I was supposed to use this information in the many jewellery shops on board or in Jamaica or Grand Caymen but I didn't buy a single jewel...was simply curious to learn what to look for when I inherit ;) I would do another cruise some time because I figure all the shopping subsides the cheap travel. I was never tempted by the shopping so I figured I was winning out on the deal. However, 6 or 7 days would be about as long as I could stand without going mad. Bernadette • 6/17/06; 2:36:38 AM # Good point, Bernadette, I guess by not buying we do beat the system. And I brought my own books, anyway. Our cruise was 7 days, and you're right, it was a perfect length. Diamonds were the big thing being pushed by the shopping chick in Alaska, too, but she offered nothing so educational as gemology. They must get a cut from every retailer. Thanks for sharing! Susie Watson • 6/17/06; 7:45:09 AM # I did a 7-day cruise in the Western Caribbean (Jamaica, Grand Caymen
Island, Cozumel in Mexico) a couple of years ago and it sounds very
similar. I was amazed at how many different ways they had to attempt
to get me to buy stuff. I swear a couple of places we stopped at
while in port existed solely to service the cruises. And even though
it was a different company (mine was Carnival) they too had a library
with locked cases keeping the Harold Robbins books safely away from
prying hands. They had a dodgy art auction too. But I did go to a
fascinating jewellery class…learned to see flaws in gems etc. I
think I was supposed to use this information in the many jewellery
shops on board or in Jamaica or Grand Caymen but I didn’t buy a
single jewel…was simply curious to learn what to look for when I
inherit ;)

I would do another cruise some time because I figure all the shopping
subsides the cheap travel. I was never tempted by the shopping so I
figured I was winning out on the deal. However, 6 or 7 days would be
about as long as I could stand without going mad.
Bernadette • 6/17/06; 2:36:38 AM #
Good point, Bernadette, I guess by not buying we do beat the system.
And I brought my own books, anyway. Our cruise was 7 days, and you’re
right, it was a perfect length. Diamonds were the big thing being
pushed by the shopping chick in Alaska, too, but she offered nothing
so educational as gemology. They must get a cut from every retailer.
Thanks for sharing!
Susie Watson • 6/17/06; 7:45:09 AM #

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