@cazzie I like all of that too. Just living here in the Tampa Bay Area I am a member of the Dali Museum (incredible collection) we just went to a wonderful car museum that specifically has automobiles that were the first of their kind for technological advances over history. We took a tour of Florida Southern College that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The symphony is better here than I would have thought.
Every city I go to, or live in, I explore the museums, investigate the performing options, I love all of that.
Cruises are more of a total mental break, especially if you are cruising with your SO, friends or family. No stress about deciding where to eat. No fighting trying to find the restaurant. Entertainment at night that usually is pretty good at least some of the nights. A little dancing at night if you want, and usually even some sort of dance class during the day on day.
I like being on the water, gentle breeze, blue all around.
Some cruises I only would want to do for a few days, because sometimes all the stops start to look the same. The Caribbean is like that. But, if there is something interesting in a few ports then the days move sling quickly.
I like the social part too. Meet some new people, have an interesting conversation. The Alaskan cruise I went on was extremely international. There were 300 Australians on board. I met people from all over Western Europe. Americans and Canadians of course. I like that big mix of people.
I go on many different kinds of vacations.