I’ve Taken 91 Cruises and Think Cruises Are Absolutely the Best Form of Travel
Cruises give travel a level of convenience, comfort, and novelty that traditional travel can’t match.
Large cruise ships function as floating cities, often carrying several thousand passengers and crew while generating their own electricity, freshwater, and wastewater treatment onboard. Andrew Peacock/Getty Images
People can be funny—even snobbish—about cruises. “Oh, I’d never get on one of those ships,” I hear them say. “I like to truly experience a destination on a deeper level.” Things like that.
How do I respond? I tell them that the only people who don’t like cruises are the ones who have never taken one.
Tim Johnson
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Toronto-based writer Tim Johnson is always traveling in search of the next great story. Having visited 140 countries across all seven continents, he’s tracked lions on foot in Botswana, dug for dinosaur bones in Mongolia, and walked among a half-million penguins on South Georgia Island. He contributes to some of North America’s largest publications, including CNN Travel, Bloomberg, and The Globe and Mail.
