LogFAQs > #985275818

Basically cruises are for when you want a vacation but want to do minimal planning and still have a good time, or you really like using the cruise facilities like pool and spa, and buffets.

You still get to explore foreign places, but your time to do so will be pretty limited compared to a non-cruise based vacation that doesn't require you to get back to the boat on time. To that end the cruise excursions will be pretty expensive and shorter compared to planning the same thing yourself, but all the risk is taken out as all the excursions have been prevetted by the cruise company so the chances of just being scammed is almost non existent (unless you count the excursions sometimes being boring as a scam, but that can happen even if you planned it yourself).