Not judgy at all...I'm with you there on all points. I took one Caribbean cruise a bunch of years ago (It was a 4 or 5 day voyage), had bad weather over half the time, which meant the ports of call on those days were canceled due to the inability of shuttle boats to get us all to land (no docks large enough to accommodate ship) and so everyone was stuck on board all day. Not much to do except eat. And this wasn't one of those bottom of the barrel discount lines, either. The whole experience of getting off at the same place I got on was immensely disappointing, much like an overhyped theme park ride. I'm intrigued by the idea of a transatlantic voyage with a European tour on the other end, but I think I'm done with overcrowded journeys from point A to point A.