Are we the only people on the seven seas — or the face of the planet — who have never seen Dancing With The Stars?
Is it acronymious of us to admit that DWTS is not among our list of acronyms, which at various times has included MLB, AA, PVR, ATM, FAQ and hundreds of others?
Could that explain why we're bemused that Holland America is launching a series of six Dancing With…er, DWTS Cruises in 2013 and 2014 so that "dancers" can learn to mambo, jive and tango with the best of them, and then rub shoulders (or hips) with the "stars?"
Are we out of tune with the world when we've heard of Maria Callas but not Mark Ballas, Magic but not Kym Johnson, and David but not Lacey Schwimmer…that the Monaco we know more about is "Princess Grace of" and not "Kelly" (the star pictured on the right)?
Does history look like our short suit because we didn't know that DWTS is based on a British TV series called Strictly Come Dancing, that the two of them convinced the Guinness people to name them the world's most successful reality TV format, and that has been nominated for 50 Emmys and won 10?
Is it possible that anything thinks we've missed the boat because when the first DWTS Cruise happens on the Eurodam in February to the Eastern Caribbean, we'll be on the Crown Princess in the Western Caribbean?
Will Holland America, which is also branding the DWTS motif on its entire fleet, have the last laugh when it has all 15 ships jammed with dancing wannabes while we're still wondering how they managed to be sold right out?
That's SRO, by the way…
Golden Princess
14 nights
February 27, 2013
Los Angeles (return): Hilo, Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Lahaina, Ensenada
Inside: $995
Cost per day: $71
www.princesscruises.com