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Article: Horizon lines.(cruise ships)(How To Forget The Election)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- November 25, 1996
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TO JUDGE by the activities offered on cruise ships, my notion of what a cruise provides is not shared by many other people. Eating, drinking, dancing, floor shows, karaoke, eating, swimming, viewing midnight exhibits of butter sculpture, eating -- it all strikes me as madness. I live in a place where I can do all these things (except possibly viewing butter sculpture). Why should I go on a boat to sample them?
The thing to do on a cruise, which cannot be done anywhere else, is to watch the horizon. This requires a chair on the upper deck. The chairs at the bow get too much wind, the chairs amidships are too close to the activities. Usually there is a suitable chair ...