Jul 6, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min · 17 segments
Have you ever heard someone say they'd never take a cruise because the ship might sink… or that cruise ships are just floating petri dishes? This week on **Cruise Talk Weekly**, Tommy and Tony…
Tony BarnetteHostYou know what? I think this is like a – I have a theory, and I don't think it's a stretch.
Most people who talk the most CRAP about cruising and say how they don't like it, floating petri dish, it's not cultural, it's a joke, it's not really travel.
These are people, whether you want to think the cruise ship is going to sink because a lot of them are nervous about that.
I've talked to people who say – I would go cruising with you and mostly girls.
She's like, I would go cruising, but if I went cruising, I wouldn't take the life jacket off.
And I am sympathetic to that because I was a little bit like that when I first started cruising.
I think there's a little bit of an anxiety layer for some people, a lot of people, more people than like to admit.
We talk about it sometimes because it's the outlier events that get the attention, right? Almost any stranger on the street, if you say the word Titanic, I think they understand that to mean that that was a ship that sank.
And so I think that because that is so pervasive, I think that sits in people's minds.
I think it was The love boat was kind of what I had in my mind or those old Kathy Lee commercials about carnival cruising.
You know, I think another thing that I get sometimes is that people I think people really are afraid that they're going to be seasick all the time.
And, you know, there are places in the world where it is likely that you will get seasick.
But I don't think most people realize that most of the time the waters of the Caribbean and where cruise ships go are usually fairly calm.
You know what? I think this is like a – I have a theory, and I don't think it's a stretch.
Most people who talk the most CRAP about cruising and say how they don't like it, floating petri dish, it's not cultural, it's a joke, it's not really travel.
These are people, whether you want to think the cruise ship is going to sink because a lot of them are nervous about that.
I've talked to people who say – I would go cruising with you and mostly girls.
She's like, I would go cruising, but if I went cruising, I wouldn't take the life jacket off.
And I am sympathetic to that because I was a little bit like that when I first started cruising.
I think there's a little bit of an anxiety layer for some people, a lot of people, more people than like to admit.
We talk about it sometimes because it's the outlier events that get the attention, right? Almost any stranger on the street, if you say the word Titanic, I think they understand that to mean that that was a ship that sank.
And so I think that because that is so pervasive, I think that sits in people's minds.
I think it was The love boat was kind of what I had in my mind or those old Kathy Lee commercials about carnival cruising.
You know, I think another thing that I get sometimes is that people I think people really are afraid that they're going to be seasick all the time.
And, you know, there are places in the world where it is likely that you will get seasick.
But I don't think most people realize that most of the time the waters of the Caribbean and where cruise ships go are usually fairly calm.
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