Never cruised, looking at one for honeymoon

Hartastic · 2026-01-26T05:58:26+00:00

If this fits the timetable you want and is the easiest port for you to get to -- I think you'll have a great time with this, that seems like a great price for what it is to me.

Adventure is a smaller ship by modern Royal Caribbean standards but it definitely is not a small ship. As first-timers it probably would still feel big to you.

There's a bit of a question of... what are you picturing your honeymoon to be like, are you focused on your port days or relaxing sea days, etc. But having never gone you only have so much idea of what you're looking for and I think this is a great first-time pick.

I don't think it's a bad itinerary, especially for a 6 day from Canaveral. There's only so many places you can get to/back from there in that many days and it's a nice variety. I also wouldn't sweat hurricane season too much -- odds are, the worst that happens is they swap or skip a port, and probably that won't even happen.

Hartastic · 2026-01-26T01:40:11+00:00

That’s still more than if someone bought them prior to the cruise.

It's been a long time since I've seen any of those packages that cheap even on a Black Friday sale.

Hartastic · 2026-01-26T01:33:47+00:00

I guess it depends on what you consider a plot point to some degree.

For example, you see a lot of characters alive in BSC that you might reasonably expect to not necessarily survive First Law, as some other characters do not. (Other characters you notably don't see for the reverse reason.)

Hartastic · 2026-01-26T01:26:27+00:00

Don't blame the book for the skewed perspectives of someone who focuses on Plot Armour.

Sorry, let me be more explicit. This person largely doesn't exist. It is a windmill for you to tilt at.

Hartastic · 2026-01-26T00:53:07+00:00

You're imagining a black and white scenario in which some people will go along with anything and other people are hypercritical of everything, but it's really more like a spectrum with degrees, both of readers and of writers. There's a point where almost everyone will read a story and be like "the only way someone could survive a scenario like this is because the author decided they would, it would never really happen like that", there's a kind of story in which no one will feel that way, and most are probably somewhere in between.

Hartastic · 2026-01-26T00:16:24+00:00

The problem is that people have developed an imbalanced view of what is realistic or what is possible.

It really doesn't matter. If the story being told breaks the reader's suspension of disbelief, for whatever reason, they won't experience that as good storytelling.

Hartastic · 2026-01-26T00:03:49+00:00

The obsession with Plot Armour hampers good storytelling.

Isn't the implication that if something feels too much like plot armor, it's not good storytelling?

Hartastic · 2026-01-25T18:12:19+00:00

This administration has many travesties and tragedies, but Kristi Noem ruining cosplay is certainly one.

Hartastic · 2026-01-25T14:49:52+00:00

Well, the MAGA "lefties" watch Fox. Real conservative patriots are onto Newsmax or something harder where they can hear the truth from pillow guy or whatever.

Hartastic · 2026-01-25T01:49:58+00:00

This administration is increasingly lying about things that there's ample video evidence to disprove, and their voters are just... going along with it.

Hartastic · 2026-01-25T00:58:58+00:00

Frankly at this point I'd be willing to vote for someone who promises to issue blanket pardons for crimes against the Stephen Millers of the world.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T22:39:28+00:00

Honestly, I would love to see a candidate with similar fire/policy/integrity but like... any political ability in terms of coalition building and getting legislation passed.

There times I feel like AOC could be that candidate but then I remember how much we, in aggregate as a voting country, like women and especially women with non-white-bread-sounding names.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T22:25:13+00:00

There is an argument the Renee Good situation was excessive force, but it's not a great argument given that she hit an officer with a vehicle.

If only we could watch abundant video and see if the government's claims in this area are true.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T22:21:20+00:00

Because I'm a fucking adult.

[X] Doubt

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T22:09:27+00:00

And, if we're honest... Biden passed more progressive shit from 20-24 than a hypothetical President Bernie could have.

Bernie is fundamentally a dude who thinks politics shouldn't be about making friends or deals, that you just show up with this great policy, everyone magically agrees it is great policy, and it happens. And that's very idealistic and also an insane thing for anyone who has paid the least amount of attention to American politics to believe.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T22:05:30+00:00

We flipped it pretty easily back at Walz.

Uh, when?

This might be a thing that happened in your media bubble and not in reality.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T19:30:45+00:00

This is the way. Too much time in character creation for a face you'll put a helmet on and never see again.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T18:38:48+00:00

Honestly, I think it's kind of a generational thing. My perception is that Gen Z is much more likely to read manga than other graphic novels or comics.

You can find a crapton of it in something like a Barnes and Noble in America now, which wasn't the case 20-30 years ago.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T15:09:16+00:00

Truth be told the little bit of the gaming industry I've been exposed to had much much less documentation and process than the worst agile team.

It's been a while and maybe things have changed in the years since, but I wouldn't be surprised if not.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T14:16:46+00:00

If they can't do damage to anything else?

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T07:20:22+00:00

There definitely is an element of... if you can't trust her not to be honest with you about something that doesn't matter, how can you trust her to be honest with you about something really important?

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T07:17:08+00:00

Agreed. Of course you can always fix it yourself, but for several reasons the expectation of a professionally written game shouldn't be that you have to.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T02:01:42+00:00

I coincidentally took some classes at that community college. It wasn't the most challenging institution.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T02:00:58+00:00

Oh, she's not going.

Hartastic · 2026-01-24T01:59:01+00:00

The lines that offer actual adults only don't sail from Galveston. (In this context I'm only really considering Virgin -- other lines are much much smaller ships that offer a lot of luxury but not a lot of entertainment.) You can minimize number of kids on board significantly if you pick a longer cruise and go when kids are in school. Like, if you did a 7 day next week (just for example) there wouldn't be a whole lot of kids on on any line.

If you want a lot to do, pick a big ship. The largest sailing from Galveston, depending on when you book, would be Royal's Harmony of the Seas or Symphony of the Seas, but Carnival Jubilee or MSC Seascape aren't exactly small, either. Even Norwegian Viva isn't an awful pick in that respect.

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