<b>Cruise ships</b> are a means of travel with substantial benefits, and a few drawbacks. Some people love them; others don’t care for them. They make it easy to visit several places in a single trip with no need to repack belongings and use a car/train/bus/plane to travel to each location. On a cruise, your “hotel” comes along with you – cabin, meals and transportation, and even entertainment. You unpack once and may go to bed in Cabo San Lucas and wake up in Puerto Vallarta, and so on to other destinations, to repack only at cruise end. This can make a great travel experience. Your sense of where you are is compromised only by not taking note of your itinerary and the daily ship’s newsletters delivered to your cabin.