There's Magic in the Starze.

Now, THAT'S more like it!

I am so in. I am looking forward to 15 days of lounging around and sipping umbrella cocktails.

Imagine dining Club 33 style every evening, with a different menu every night, offering cuisine from around the world.

Don't like to be poolside in the sun? Lounge on the promenade deck, relaxing on padded teak lounges.

Catch a show, from comedy to jazz.

There's even a coffee house lounge. :)

I bet there's no topless deck on the Magic.

Topless? I want Neked!

Yeah, I've done it and this definitely is not enough to overcome uninteresting destinations for me. But I know a lot of people who pay the same price to stay on the Magic for a week even if it never left the dock in Los Angeles because they love being on the boat so much.

I would be one of those people. ;)

That was one of the main draws for us to book the transatlantic repo - 8 sea days, 6 of them consecutive in the middle of the ocean. Good times! :snap:

I think one of the reasons I love those days is that no one can reach me (unless they spend $8.99/minute to call or I spend money on the internet service) and I don't have to think about the world (unless I turn on CNN on the tv, and I avoid that like the plague). When I'm at sea, the whole world could go to hell in a handbasket, and I wouldn't want to know about it. To me, it's the ultimate vacation, mainly for those reasons. ;) I get to spend a lot of time with my thoughts and personal interests, and am able to fully relax.

Same here. And I can't possibly explain it. If I'm at home, I can't stand to be inside with nowhere to go and the same things to do over and over. If I'm vacation on dry land, you'd sooner catch me dead then wandering around the hotel, no matter how swanky it is. I'm the kind that has a detailed itinerary for every hour of every day weeks ahead of my departure date, and backup plans should something not go to schedule.

But put me in the middle of the ocean, and that magically gets shut off. I don't care what I'm doing or what I'm not doing or what I could be doing. All I care about is making sure I know exactly what food is available at what hours and when sunset is so I don't miss it.

I'd probably go crazy on a cruise...