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Jim(dainisjg) posted an update Monday, Oct 6, 2025, 8:43am EDT, 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Brian,All the cruise ships now have wifi. In the olden days the people going on cruises were mostly older, retired people. Now with wifi readily available there are a lot of younger people who I assume are "working from home" via wifi. Most of the newer ships are now geared toward family groups with lots of water slides, kiddie pools etc. No longer is it, " I say, Lady Ramsbottom, will you and Colonel Smythe be joining us for a rubber of whist this evening?"
People used to sit outdoors on the large wooden boat deck and greet people passing by. Now many newer ships no longer have a wooden boat deck and the people sit around the far upper pool decks and with the kiddies or go on the large water tubes etc. Young children have to speak louder to be heard so the times of having a quiet evening meal are sometime interrupter by loud, "MOMMY, MOMMY..." voices. Still, for the most part, we enjoy ourselves. The world is just changing and we go along with it.