Yeah, first one. I'm still not convinced it's for me.. but I decided I wanted to find out what the hubbub was all about.
It's just that all the propaganda for the cruises that's out there.. be it Travel Channel specials (which all look like hour long Disney commercials) or the DVD Disney puts out for.. they all stress the quiet, sophisticated adult activities.. I'm not sophisticated (not in the way they mean, anyway), and while I do tend towards quiet situations, that's not exactly my first vacation priority.
The boats have a jazz bar.. I don't do jazz.. by far the coolest thing I've found on the boats has been the bridge simulator, but that's in the kids area, and I've heard they only have one special event where adults can check it out.
Basically, my dilemma is that Disney World, to me, has been about giving everyone an excuse to let out their inner child. I ride the Speedway alongside the kids who are young enough that they have to have a parent riding with them. Then I find that their boats are practically age segregated, and it's just a bit of a shock. I understand the concept that parents might enjoy the ability the get away from the kids, in that way I can only be impressed at how they've divided up the ship into various age appropriate areas, practically turning the kids areas into a camp like setting, complete with counselors.. but at the same time many of the adult only areas ended up being themed against my preferences. Like I said, a jazz bar.. the spa (which I'm sure every cruise ship has, no vacation destination can resist putting one of those money vacuums into a resort complex)..
On top of that it sounds like Nassau is far from the best of their destinations, I found a trip report from someone who, having been to Nassau before, elected to just stay aboard ship on a follow up cruise.
I'm not really approaching it as skeptically as I may sound, though.. I'm looking forward to being able to watch a movie while floating in a pool, and the Pirates in the Caribbean party thing is supposed to be a good show. I've never been that far South, or that far out of the country anywhere, and basically it'll be a new experience. Along the way I'll find out if there really is some special thing about their cruises that can't (at least to me) be expressed in words, or if I'm just really not that sort of vacationer.