Despite my 'adventure' in the not so high seas I got the cruise fever. An article, Cruise Control, in the latest AA Directions magazine described perfectly what is available on a cruise ship which is what I discovered on my day aboard the Pacific Star.


“A day at sea could slide by in slow-mo. You could rise late, have a huge breakfast involving pretty much anything you could want, go for a constitutional right around the ship three times to clock up a kilometre, collapse on a deck chair to watch a pod of dolphins race the wake. That would be your morning. After lunch, you could take your book poolside until due at the spa. You’d have earned a drink by then, so its back to the aft deck, perhaps, to watch the sun set with half an ear on the band. A nearby couple might bend you other ear about their busy day learning line-dancing, attending a seminar on digital photography or thrashing the kids at paddle tennis. Or perhaps they’d be talking loudly about the art auction. Who bought the Chagall lithograph?” – Karthryn Webster from Cruise Control, AA Directions, Spring 2007

Not to mention the variety of restaurants for dinner and post-dinner entertainment or island tours and getaways.