... is that, unlike, say, taking a cruise ship to the Bahamas, you
can't actually get out and go anywhere - at least certainly not
any time soon.

And even then, name me one place in the Sol system besides
Earth where you could walk around without having to wear a
special protective suit?

I wonder how people will feel having to essentially live in one
cramped room or another for days at a time, assuming that
space tourism for the next decade or so consists of suborbital
rocket rides and maybe a trip to a space station.

I know, the floating in zero-G thing and the view will probably
be the draw, but first they'll get sick for a few days and then
after a bit even seeing Earth from space will get passe. Just
ask the guys who had to stay on Mir and ISS for months at
a time. Of course flying into space is a career thrill for them,
but I also recall reading about how many of them got pretty
bored pretty fast. Maybe a tourist who's up there for just a
few days won't get that problem, though.