Cruise Crazy: The Cruise Addict's Survival Guide

Endorsements for Cruise Crazy:

“At last, a book to help us cope with––and embrace––our addiction. Yes, I am a ‘Cracked-Up Crazy Cruiser,” according to the Cruise Line Lexicon included in the book, and anyone else who fits in the same category will love Dr. Nutty’s Cruise Crazy: The Cruise Addict’s Survival Guide.”
––Ralph Grizzle, publisher of the Cruise Observer and The Avid Cruiser; cruise editor of Hemispheres, United Airlines’ in-flight magazine; and host of The Avid Cruiser TV.

“Funny and witty! And so true . . . ‘A must read’ for anyone who wants to cruise or has cruised many times.”
––A. Karl Halbedl, President and CEO, AAA Northwest Ohio

“It’s overboard with high energy and fun!!!!”
––Sue McCloskey, V.P. Member Services and Travel Agency, AAA Northwest Ohio

Summary:

For millions of people every year, a cruise isn’t just a delightful vacation––it’s an obsession. These Cruise Crazies have simply GOT TO BE ON ONE––landlubber jobs and responsibilities be damned. Luckily for their caregivers and traveling companions, there is a new behavioral therapy guide by Dr Kruz Nutty (aka Bob Mick), the world’s premier authority on cruise addiction.

Through Dr. Nutty’s Cruise Crazy, take a quiz to discover which of the four levels of cruise addiction you have reached. Then take note of the wacky pre- and post-cruise rituals and obsessive-compulsive symptoms that give cruise addicts away while learning new terms from the "Cruise Line Lexicon," that finally define their crazy addictive behaviors:

• Stage 1: Pre-Cruise Psychosis––a happy obsession over choosing the perfect cruise; hosting cruise-themed parties; planning shipboard and shore-side excursions; suffering from "paranoid packing"; and sending endless newsletters and emails to friends about the future cruise.

• Stage 2: Traumatic Travel Syndrome, where NOTHING will keep Cruise Crazies from getting to the ship on time. Whether flying and suffering from “Airport & Airplane Anxiety” or driving at break-neck speed to their port of departure while avoiding "highway heart failure"; they book only hotels with harbor views so they can keep watch for their arriving ship due to “Seaport Personality Syndrome”– get out of the way as these Crazies rush onto the ship.

• Stage 3: Sea Junky. Here they either subside into lethargic poolside lounging, hibiscus in hair, sipping umbrella-laden ice-cold drinks, and floating peacefully on turquoise waters, or they rev up into a frenzy of shipboard and seaport activities by overindulging, over-shopping, over-eating, over-dancing, and over-dipping into every port of call with utter abandon. Take Dr Nutty's second quiz to determine your "Onboard Activity Level."

• Stage 4: Cold Turkey Cruiser. Severe "Ship Separation Anxiety" overwhelms cruise crazies as they approach the dreaded end of the cruise, when days of uncontrolled exuberance come to an end.

But Dr. Nutty does not abandon his dry-land afflicted Crazies here. Discover his 25 Therapies for cruise withdrawal such as faux cruise ship rooms, the cabin steward game, or bathtub buffets. Laughter is always the best medicine and Cruise Crazy may be all the laugh therapy––or encouragement––you need.

Click Here to Order A Signed Copy from the Dr Kruz Nutty Store

Click Here to Order Large Quantities at a Discount from the Publisher