I grew up in an anti-cruise family. After taking my first river cruise as an adult, I can't stop talking about it. Mary Kearl I grew up in a family that loved to go on big trips, but refused to travel by cruise ship. I went on my first river cruise at 40 with my family and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Though I'm still not sure if I would go on an open-ocean cruise, I've become a river cruise convert. My parents are so anti-cruise that when we visited Alaska for my 21st birthday, ...