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From: Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. on 22 Jul 2010 15:20 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:51:38 -0700 (PDT), Bo1953 wrote: > Any other suggestions or recommendations are welcomed too. First, you picked a good time to cruise. Right after New Year's, prices tend to be down and the ships a whole lots less crowded. With the ultra luxury ships you have picked, kids wouldn't be a problem anyway. You didn't say how long you had but when we cruise, we prefer the Eastern/Southern routes and especially like to combine all three. I.E. would be many of the non transit to the Panama Canal (Lake Gatun) itineraries. Often these will swing thru the Caymans, Costa Rica, the ABCs over to the Grenadine and Windwards, Leewards up to the Virgins. -- Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services Sign up for special email deals @ www.CruiseQuick.com - Sells more cruises than 99% of the agencies in America. (not affiliated)
From: Stu on 22 Jul 2010 15:22 On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:07:33 -0400, Tom K wrote: > Bo, Peter is mostly a troll. He is and he's ignorant. of facts and things. Tred careful when in with peter.
From: Bo1953 on 22 Jul 2010 16:00 On Jul 22, 2:07 pm, Tom K <tkani...(a)optonline.net> wrote: > On 7/22/10 11:00 AM, Bo1953 wrote: > > > > > On Jul 22, 3:41 am, peter<peter...(a)stockton.com> wrote: > >> X-no-archive: yes On 7/22/10 4:51 AM, in article > >> 61031d55-3785-454f-bcf4-452264e35...(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com, "Bo1953" > > >> <bo1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> 1) Regent SS Mariner 4 Jan 11 Western Caribbean, Deluxe Suite $3,399 > > >>> 2) Seabourne Legend 28 Jan 11 Bal Suite B2 $3,199 > > >>> 3) SeaDream SeaDream II 7 Jan 11 Club Deck 3 $3,399 > > >>> Seadream I can opt for the minimum class. I understand for #'s 2& 3 I > >>> need to add air, port charges and taxes. > > >> Those lines are way above our league. > > >> Then again, the Caribbean is way below our league. > > >> Why spend thousands of $$$ to go to third world islands where the main > >> attraction is the cruise ship that brought you there, if you can select > >> exciting itineraries instead? > > >>> Any other suggestions or recommendations are welcomed too. > > >> Consider Celebrity or HAL. You'll get much more value. > > >>> TIA for your input... > > >>> Bo1953 > > > Peter, > > > Thank you for the input. My question and thoughts about value, please > > chime in on this, we do prefer single open seating for all meals, not > > worrying about my special diet request, we both drink alcohol and do > > enjoy wine with dinner frequently (we do this at home), what about the > > service provided on Celebrity or HAL? > > > Can you address that for me, as I have not been on either of those > > lines. > > > Also, what itineraries would you recommend I consider for Jan 11 as > > opposed to Caribbean? It appears as if the lines you recommended for > > value all go to the same "major" ports or places where I can easily > > fly into for a week visit or so. > > > Thank you again - Bo1953 > > Bo, Peter is mostly a troll... other than those few days a year when he > crawls out and behaves... so take Peter with a grain of salt. > > Though... (and not sure about whether it's the rainy season there, or a > nice time of year in Dec/Jan)... but if you really want to consider > alternatives... definitely look at the Paul Gauguin in Tahiti. Many > people feel that's the "best" cruise experience in the whole world > (ship, drinks, service, food, itinerary... all rolled in together). > > I love Celebrity and HAL... BUT they are mass market. The lines you're > looking at are not mass market. They're in a different league. > > --Tom Tom, Thank you for the input. Yes, I deliberately chose non-mass market types because my partner has never been on a cruise and I did not want to be pegged with some friends of his who only have done mass market and rave about them. I want to insure that we are spoiled upfront for the comparison... Then when I Am forced into that $600 base rate cruise, I can smile knowing that we will never ever do one of those again.. I would love to do the Paul Gauguin, yet for the distance we would require at least two weeks, for a first cruise my thoughts are doing a "local" one first, then going to Tahiti will not be an issue... Thank you for your thoughts.
From: Bo1953 on 22 Jul 2010 16:02 On Jul 22, 3:20 pm, "Ari Silverstein, C.T.A." <AriSilverst...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:51:38 -0700 (PDT), Bo1953 wrote: > > Any other suggestions or recommendations are welcomed too. > > First, you picked a good time to cruise. Right after New Year's, > prices tend to be down and the ships a whole lots less crowded. With > the ultra luxury ships you have picked, kids wouldn't be a problem > anyway. > > You didn't say how long you had but when we cruise, we prefer the > Eastern/Southern routes and especially like to combine all three. I.E. > would be many of the non transit to the Panama Canal (Lake Gatun) > itineraries. Often these will swing thru the Caymans, Costa Rica, the > ABCs over to the Grenadine and Windwards, Leewards up to the Virgins. > -- > Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services > Sign up for special email deals @www.CruiseQuick.com- Sells more > cruises than 99% of the agencies in America. (not affiliated) Ari, We have six to eight days max... Personally, I prefer fourteen to eighteen days. I do not think my partner could stand it as a first cruising. Thanks - Bo
From: Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. on 22 Jul 2010 16:45
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:02:16 -0700 (PDT), Bo1953 wrote: > On Jul 22, 3:20�pm, "Ari Silverstein, C.T.A." > <AriSilverst...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:51:38 -0700 (PDT), Bo1953 wrote: >>> Any other suggestions or recommendations are welcomed too. >> >> First, you picked a good time to cruise. Right after New Year's, >> prices tend to be down and the ships a whole lots less crowded. With >> the ultra luxury ships you have picked, kids wouldn't be a problem >> anyway. >> >> You didn't say how long you had but when we cruise, we prefer the >> Eastern/Southern routes and especially like to combine all three. I.E. >> would be many of the non transit to the Panama Canal (Lake Gatun) >> itineraries. Often these will swing thru the Caymans, Costa Rica, the >> ABCs over to the Grenadine and Windwards, Leewards up to the Virgins. >> -- >> Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services � >> Sign up for special email deals @www.CruiseQuick.com- Sells more >> cruises than 99% of the agencies in America. (not affiliated) > > Ari, > > We have six to eight days max... Personally, I prefer fourteen to > eighteen days. I do not think my partner could stand it as a first > cruising. > > Thanks - Bo Coming out of NJ, right? A couple of thoughts. 1) Fly south, in Jan anything cruising out of the East will have a couple of cold days (at least) as you go and come. 2) If you fly, get to FLL or MIA, the latter having the widest assortment of cruise choices. However, look at these. http://www.rssc.com/cruises/MAR110104/Itinerary.aspx or http://www.rssc.com/cruises/NAV110117/Itinerary.aspx We sailed the Navigator a few years back and found the ship and RSSC great value. The itineraries for Jan lead you to better and better weather. As additional incentive. http://www.rssc.com/cruises/NAV110117/specialoffers.aspx -- Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services Sign up for special email deals @ www.CruiseQuick.com - Sells more cruises than 99% of the agencies in America. (not affiliated) |