peggy: to answer your query as to intention, it was simply stated.
Some people like to read in their own inferences into questions and seek deep-down motivations for what is a simple question, it seems.
I simply wanted to know how it is that people can book, what is, an expensive cruise (not something ordinary like a trip to the movie theater) without doing what
, I supposed to be, rudimentary research on that cruise. I have seen people shocked to learn that they sit at tables with other people, don't know how the restaurant thing/rotation/meals work, if they have to pay for food, if towels are provided at the pool...etc etc. THIS information is readily available on the DCL site and myriad other places.
I, personally, cannot get a handle on how people manage to find the Disboards but don't utilize the Disney owned site as well, if not first.
That being said (again), I would like to reiterate that I try to be personally welcoming to newbies (as most were to me) and ENCOURAGE even the most basic of questions.
I also have encountered negativity to my posts before where people infer snottiness where none was intended. I am literate and my posts are, I believe clear. It is something in my tone, I believe, which inspires people to click on the snotty button......maybe I need to incorporate more smiley-huggy emojis in my posts....