First time on a Cruise - have lots of questions
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From: Marsha L on 4 Jun 2010 21:09 I kind of agree with Warren, but I have a suggestion that you might not have considered.. how about a schooner in Maine? http://www.sailmainecoast.com/ Hardly the Caribbean, but they have fall foliage cruises in October and the largest ship carries 40 passengers. On 6/4/2010 1:41 PM, Ohioguy wrote: > It looks like my wife and I will be going on a cruise in early > October. It just works out that several relatives can come by and watch > our kids (all are 7 or under). I think this will be the first time my > wife and I have had a week to ourselves since our first child was born > over 7 years ago. > > My preference for a vacation is actually hiking in the wilderness for a > week or so, but my wife wasn't interested in that. I find that when I'm > around crowds of people, it typically makes me feel worn out. I tend to > recharge when I have time to reflect in nature, in my garden, or similar > activities. Probably has something to do with growing up in the country, > out on a farm. > > Anyway, details: we can take a 7 day cruise, with up to a day allowed > for travel on both ends. In other words, we can be gone a grand total of > about 9 days, and wouldn't want to push it past that. Due to a "Disney > on Ice" show that various folks in the family want to see, we can leave > either October 1, 2, 3 or 4. Sort of wish there was a website that could > also lump in airfare - I'm trying to do it separately. (from Dayton, > Ohio) I think we will focus on the Caribbean 7 day trips. > > I'm most interested in buffets, magic shows, and perhaps 40's/50's/60's > type nostalgia music shows, or just some variety shows. I'm not very > interested in formal dining, because by the time you've waited to be > seated, waited to order, waited to get your food, and waited for the > bill - I find myself thinking, "gee, I could have fixed something like > that in half the time". I am looking forward to having time to relax and > read as well, rather than change diapers, get kids ready for school, etc. > > I've used a website, cruisecheap.com, to come up with some > possibilities. They are all Carnival ships - Legend, Victory & Liberty. > Oct. 3 7 night Western Caribbean from Tampa shows $569 for balcony, so > that is one possibility. > > I'm also considering the Norwegian Epic. I think I heard that it has > Blue Man Group show, which I've always wanted to see - and was trying to > decide if it was worth the extra cost. (and smaller room, most likely) > > If anyone has advice or suggestions, I'm very interested in benefiting > from your experience to hopefully improve the quality of the trip. > > Thanks!
From: Charles on 4 Jun 2010 21:45 In article <RkhOn.132103$0M5.71589(a)newsfe07.iad>, Ohioguy <none(a)none.net> wrote: > Is it true that you get some perks if you book your cruise with an > American Express credit card, or is this just some sort of Urban Myth? I often book cruises with an AMEX card and have never received any perks. I understand there are some with the Platinum Card but I never thought the higher yearly fee made the perks of that card of value for me. -- Charles
From: Charles on 4 Jun 2010 21:47 In article <pf7j06595d52041i4hbehg879jfi84n0l0(a)4ax.com>, Stu <info(a)foodforu.ca> wrote: > Don't let anyone talk you out of Carnival, usually you only find a > number of kids on board during spring break. They are not your's so > relax and enjoy yourself. First time may I suggest the eastern > caribean cruise on Carnival, we've been on both the Victory and the > Valor, we perfered the Victory (get the balcony bigger room) and you > can sit and sip wine at night watching the sea...very relaxing. I don't think a Carnival cruise is a relaxing kind of cruise in general. -- Charles
From: Charles on 4 Jun 2010 21:47 In article <bDgOn.21531$7d5.6184(a)newsfe17.iad>, Ohioguy <none(a)none.net> wrote: > I always thought that the travel agents simply made money by adding > on a couple of hundred dollars to the cheapest thing out there, and > folks figured it was ok because of the convenience of them doing most > all the work of getting scheduling and everything to work out. You're > saying it is not like that? No. -- Charles
From: Charles on 4 Jun 2010 21:53
In article <84c5a1e1-ecac-422b-9ea9-add310248d90(a)a16g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>, Warren <oceanvoyager_nyc(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm sure I'm going to take a lot of flak for saying this, but I don't > think a cruise is for you. I doubt you'll be happy.he Eh. I think he needs a change and likely he will be happy. He might as well take a cruise and find out. -- Charles |