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Sep 03 2014

6 Signs You’re Addicted to Cruising

By CruiseRadio

<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var></var>6 Signs You’re Addicted to Cruising <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>I’m here to tell you that cruise addiction is real. Your next fix can only be satisfied by booking – and then sailing – on your next cruise. Since we all love cruising so much, we thought we’d have a little fun and share with you the warning signs of cruise addiction.</var><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; font-size: 3rem; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>You measure in cruises</var></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21687" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_9805.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_9805.jpg" alt="IMG_9805" width="550" height="367" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0px auto 2rem;"></var><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>Some health experts recommend looking at sweets and treats and then measuring how many miles you’d have to run or burpees you’d have to do before you enjoy them. It’ll make you think twice before super sizing your fries and ordering that milkshake. I know I’m addicted to cruising because I think about how many cruises I can take – or drinks of the day I can buy or shore excursions I can purchase – before I make pretty much any purchase. Even the unavoidable ones. Oh, the mortgage payment is the same amount as a cruise – bummer. Or, gotta buy a new car – the less it is, the more cruising I can do. Cruising is your currency when you’re addicted.</var><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; font-size: 3rem; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>Your room is modeled after a ship’s cabin.</var></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21688" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_0399.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_0399.jpg" alt="IMG_0399" width="550" height="367" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0px auto 2rem;"></var><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>You love your cruise line’s bed and look so much that you’ve splurged and purchased the mattresses, the bedding, the pillows, even the shower curtain to try and create a cabin experience in the privacy of your own bedroom.</var><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; font-size: 3rem; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>You have a cruise reputation</var></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21689" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_3173-1.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_3173-1.jpg" alt="IMG_3173 (1)" width="550" height="367" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0px auto 2rem;"></var><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>When I ask for time off at work (and let’s be honest, I’m only there to fund my cruising habit in the first place), I almost always get this question: “Where’s this cruise going?” I run into co-workers in the hallway and they ask me both if I’ve just been on a cruise and when my next one is. If you’re truly addicted to cruising, people know it and they know you’re the person to ask about a cruise vacation.</var><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; font-size: 3rem; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>You choose your wardrobe with cruising in mind</var></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21690" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_9621.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_9621.jpg" alt="IMG_9621" width="550" height="825" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0px auto 2rem;"></var><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>When you’re shopping for clothes, you’ll’ make comments like “Oh, wrinkle resistant – awesome!” or “This will look great for formal night” or “I can wear this sweater when it gets chilly in the theater.” You know which fabrics to avoid – silk wrinkles like the dickens! – and which ones do the best in a suitcase for long periods of times. Your addiction has truly carried over into your ‘normal’ life as this point.</var><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; font-size: 3rem; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>Your social media feeds are cruises</var></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21692" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2014-09-03-at-12.54.25-PM.png" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2014-09-03-at-12.54.25-PM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2014-09-03 at 12.54.25 PM" width="460" height="116" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0px auto 2rem;"></var><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>You follow the cruise lines, the cruise news and industry experts (look for us on social media too – @cruiseradio). It’s the last thing you look at before bed and the first thing you see when you wake up. It’s your screensaver, wallpaper and usually your status update. You know what you like and if you can’t be on a cruise right this second, you’re going to live vicariously through these cruise social media feeds.</var><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; font-size: 3rem; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>You plan your next cruise while on your current one</var></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21694" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_7230.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_7230.jpg" alt="IMG_7230" width="550" height="367" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0px auto 2rem;"></var><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>A true addict is always planning their next fix. And cruising addiction is no different. Several times I’ve walked off a ship knowing where and when I’m sailing again. I’ve even put money down and made a reservation before. Cruise addicts pretty much have a cruise countdown at all times.</var><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; font-size: 3rem; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>Your pets after your favorite cruise ships</var></h2><div id="attachment_21693" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto 2rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; width: 560px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var><img class="size-full wp-image-21693" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/7058942935_d29b5c4778_z.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/7058942935_d29b5c4778_z.jpg" alt="photo flickr creative commons" width="550" height="414" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></var><var>photo flickr creative commons</var></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>Ship’s names are often unique and different. And memorable, which actually does translate well sometimes to the naming decision of your newest, furriest member of the family. Think about it: Breeze, Magic, Sunshine, Glory, Princess, Diamond, Ruby, and Pearl. I could keep going and going, but I think you get the idea.</var><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><var>How would you answer this question: You know you’re addicted to cruising when _____? We’d love to hear your answers, so please shoot us an email and join us in our cruising addiction.</var>

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