Horological Meandering

patrick_y
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Pros and Cons

Pros:
1.  Forced integration environment.  You're stuck on a boat.  Get to know your PuristSPro friends or else! 
2.  Lots of activities.
3.  Can be reasonably priced.  A vendor invited me to a corporate training cruise to the Bahamas for 3 nights, very inexpensive.  Less than $300 per person (based on double occupancy) for the smaller inboard rooms without windows.  All inclusive!  I was fortunate to get my own tiny room with a window on a lower but acceptable deck next to other colleagues and guests of the vendor.
4.  Cruises are all inclusive. 
5.  Cruises can be kid friendly. 
6.  Lots of activities aboard.  But no Go Kart Racing like what happened with CHOPARD.  And no Ferrari Dealership Dinner like we had with Chopard. 
7.  Popular cruise starting point would be Miami.  Very central for US and European PuristSPro members and a place most Asian PuristSPro members have not been but would probably not be opposed to visiting. 

Cons:
1.  People cannot fly in and out easily, they have to fly in for the cruise, and stay through the cruise. 
2.  PuristSPro will be a party of 100-200 persons (company brands, watchmakers, PuristSPro members, etc.).  The boat I was on had around 1000 passengers.  We will definitely not be the majority on the ship. 
3.  Cruises can be kid friendly, but kids of other non-PuristSPro guests may be less friendly. 
4.  The cruise line I was on, Royal Carribean, had a lot of guests that were loud and rowdy (ergo, they really knew how to party).  The itinerary I attended was priced very accessibly, so there was a very diverse range of guests on the boat. 
5.  Limited food selection and VERY limited wine selection.  But the food was actually better than I expected.  Very corporate/hotel like food, but much better than I expected especially considering most of it was made in bulk in ovens. 

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