So, who’s up for a cruise ship vacation (poll)?

[commasense]

There’s also this recent thread about cruising:

Tell me about cruises, especially more laid-back, "educational" ones

Continuing the discussion from I'm new to credit card miles & points, please explain this to me like I'm 11: I’m not rich enough, old enough, or sea-worthy enough to have actually gone on any cruises, but this random anecdote in another thread got me really curious. I always thought of cruise ships as either floating orgies for spring break or oceanbound casinos for the elderly. I didn’t realize any of them offered “enrichment” programs. What does that mean, exactly? Like Masterclass-type thi…