The smell gave me away didn't it
As much as we've been waiting for ages for Dave (even before his health issues) he didn't get on the media circuit and start offering up words like aggressive and fast at such an early stage. We knew he was taking time and we knew he was going to take longer than usual because of the anniversary stuff and we kind of accepted that. But Charlie, Scott and Frank keep telling us about these new album and dropping buzzwords but never back anything up and it's been that way for well over 12 months. Surely they could offer some of these riffs or something if they are so damn good.
I suppose I can say I've done a cruise now and if I had a bucket list it could be crossed off but that's about it. I know it's more mental than it is anything else but the idea of leaving a port today and not being able to get off the ship for 12 hours is what turns me off the most. It's like plane journeys, I'm not scared of flying and I've done it heaps of times but I hate it. I'd rather take four to five days to drive to the inlaws on the other side of the country than fly for 5 hours (plus the 3 hours it takes to get to the airport).
You can be in your cabin and chill, there is a library onboard where it's quite, but there is also some parts of the ship where you can kind of keep to yourself. They are open areas and people can walk in but if your sitting on the back deck and reading or have your eyes closed people don't bother you. Even sitting in the skydeck, which is at the rear of the ship and the highest point, is relaxing if you want it to be. At night it's a nightclub but by day the bar is closed and you can sit there and look out of the back of the ship and hear nothing.