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Offline deSelys

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« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2008, 03:57:38 AM »
I've been eyeballing those for a while:



It sure beats those smurfy sea behemoths for style
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« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2008, 05:41:10 AM »
Always wanted to go on a cruise, - only did 1 night legs so far.
But now with small kids, it's not too tempting.
Was thinking of something entirely different. Barges, or canal boats. In the UK, - the Midlands probably, or in Scotland. This is available on lakes, still rivers and canals in many countries. Did any of you try this???
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« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2008, 06:43:58 AM »
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How do you find that out?


Ask Treize if he is going on a cruise. :rofl
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« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2008, 08:08:16 AM »
I hear the Freewinds is nice. :noid

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« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2008, 08:45:21 AM »

Went with a cruise on NCL (Norwegian Majesty, pictured above) to the caribbean with my immediate family the week before Christmas, about 3 years ago. I learned 3 things:
1. I definitely needed to go with a group of friends
2. I'm never going on a cruise with my family again
3. I love the caribbean :)
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« Reply #20 on: January 31, 2008, 12:12:10 PM »
A Reserve buddy of mine was a Customs agent and dealt with the cruise ships quite a bit. He said that he wouldn't touch the Carnival boats unless paid to do so. He said they were at the bottom of the rate chart for a reason. I have no personal experience but figured he'd seen enough cruise boats and crews to have a decent opinion.
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« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2008, 04:52:02 PM »
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A Reserve buddy of mine was a Customs agent and dealt with the cruise ships quite a bit. He said that he wouldn't touch the Carnival boats unless paid to do so. He said they were at the bottom of the rate chart for a reason. I have no personal experience but figured he'd seen enough cruise boats and crews to have a decent opinion.


Good to know. Carnival isn't that much cheaper than Royal Caribbean to go to Mexico.
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« Reply #22 on: January 31, 2008, 04:54:26 PM »
floating hotels.
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« Reply #23 on: January 31, 2008, 05:04:23 PM »
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Royal Caribbean is First Class all the way!

I've sailed with them 3 times and would do it again in a heartbeat. Not sure on their west coast service, but they put on one hell of a cruise!


Not sure how RC does theirs, but Princess moves their ships around from port to port. I expect that the service shouldn't change much from port to port.
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« Reply #24 on: January 31, 2008, 05:05:46 PM »
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Originally posted by deSelys
I've been eyeballing those for a while:



It sure beats those smurfy sea behemoths for style


Looks very cool.

Also looks very expensive.
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« Reply #25 on: January 31, 2008, 05:08:01 PM »
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Wifey wants us to take a cruise in April or May, I'm interested in any suggestions too.  Probably out of San Diego heading south.


I'm looking at cruises out of LA or San Diego...

Near as I can tell, the itineraries are all similar between Princess, Royal Caribbean and Carnival. Prices aren't too far off either.

I haven't done enough of this to worry about their "frequent cruiser" programs so now I'm looking at reviews of individual ships.
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« Reply #26 on: January 31, 2008, 05:19:01 PM »
the coast guard does inspections of the cruise ships, you should be able to find them somewhere.
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« Reply #27 on: January 31, 2008, 05:48:53 PM »
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Went with a cruise on NCL (Norwegian Majesty, pictured above) to the caribbean with my immediate family the week before Christmas, about 3 years ago. I learned 3 things:
1. I definitely needed to go with a group of friends
2. I'm never going on a cruise with my family again
3. I love the caribbean :)


At least you got to the destination.  My brother and family sailed from
NYC on the Norwegian Dawn last Thanksgivingish...they made it as far
as Norfolk, Virgina before the crew admitted that they had engine
trouble and could not complete the cruise.  there was apparently a
small riot by cheesed off passengers at Norfolk.

Unplanned stop
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« Reply #28 on: January 31, 2008, 05:54:28 PM »
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A Reserve buddy of mine was a Customs agent and dealt with the cruise ships quite a bit. He said that he wouldn't touch the Carnival boats unless paid to do so. He said they were at the bottom of the rate chart for a reason. I have no personal experience but figured he'd seen enough cruise boats and crews to have a decent opinion.



hmmm I been entertaining the idear of taking a cruise myself with the GF.
I havent really done any research as of yet.
I have heard from ppl on both sides regarding carnival.
Anyone else have any input on the topic?
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« Reply #29 on: January 31, 2008, 11:14:11 PM »
Years ago wife and I had a great one-week cruise on Carnival's Fascination from Puerto Rico to Barbados, different island every day except at sea the last day.
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