CRUISE VACATIONS! - Page 2

Nataliesgramma · ‎03-28-2015

We have only done the Disney Cruise because hubby has serious motion sickness. Had no complaints .....

Newgate · ‎09-05-2014

@Kachina624 wrote:
My sister and I have been on several cruises together. On the last one on the Golden Princess to Alaska, we both got sick and didn't eat for two days. The crew was very very unhelpful and unaccommodating. The food was not good. I'll never take a Princess cruise again.

We also have done the Caribbean and I wouldn't care if we never saw it again. It was in February and it was HOT and HUMID. The first thing I did when we got outside in Philadelphia was drink in the cool, sweet Philly air. I'm a mountain person, not a tropics and sea person.

We lean toward cooler climates for vacations..we also like to take driving vacations! Hot and humid is hard to cope with!! Thanks for your input!!

stazgirl · ‎06-11-2014

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
We took a river cruise last year on the Danube from Vienna to Munich. The sights and landscape are beautiful. The ship was great. So different than the big cruise ships. Loved slowly sailing down the river with beautiful scenery almost right next to you.

sounds so serene..That would be my choice, hopefully when I retire.

patbz · ‎03-10-2010

DH and I have taken 30+ cruises from 3 days to 31 days (that one was from Rio to NYC with a 1000 mile trip up the Amazon). We have done Cunard, Carnival,Holland,Princess, Celebrity and RCI. We have been almost everywhere and enjoyed them all. Usually get inside cabin midship and usually do our own excursions, sometimes with up to 6 other passengers.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@patbz wrote:
DH and I have taken 30+ cruises from 3 days to 31 days (that one was from Rio to NYC with a 1000 mile trip up the Amazon). We have done Cunard, Carnival,Holland,Princess, Celebrity and RCI. We have been almost everywhere and enjoyed them all. Usually get inside cabin midship and usually do our own excursions, sometimes with up to 6 other passengers.

You can save yourself a bundle by doing your own excursions. There is usually someone on the docks selling the same excursions as the ships offer for half price or less. We did that whale-watching in Juneau and had a much nicer boat than the excursion people did and theirs was overloaded.

When we visited the Islands with another couple, we hired a taxi driver for the day and had him show us the high points of the island. They were all excellent guides and it only cost us about $20/day each (negotiate the price).

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Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

@Kachina624 wrote:
@patbz wrote:
DH and I have taken 30+ cruises from 3 days to 31 days (that one was from Rio to NYC with a 1000 mile trip up the Amazon). We have done Cunard, Carnival,Holland,Princess, Celebrity and RCI. We have been almost everywhere and enjoyed them all. Usually get inside cabin midship and usually do our own excursions, sometimes with up to 6 other passengers.

You can save yourself a bundle by doing your own excursions. There is usually someone on the docks selling the same excursions as the ships offer for half price or less. We did that whale-watching in Juneau and had a much nicer boat than the excursion people did and theirs was overloaded.

When we visited the Islands with another couple, we hired a taxi driver for the day and had him show us the high points of the island. They were all excellent guides and it only cost us about $20/day each (negotiate the price).

Excellent advice especially for 1st timers. It is the way to go!!!! Especially hiring your own taxi.

Another one is to hire your own horse & buggy tour. They will take you where the "tourist" do not visit. You really get to see the "flavor" of the town. You also get to eat at restaurants where the town folks eat & if you're lucky a home cooked meal of local food at a "cousin's" home of the driver.

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

I've seen the commercials on tv for the Viking River cruises. I am serioulsy thinking about looking into this cruise for next year. I would like to take my grandchild who is teenager w/me. I think this will be a learning experience for him.

I would love to do the Amazon river cruise too!

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

Went on a Alaskan one.

bonnielu · ‎03-11-2010

After our first cruise, we were hooked. We go with a group and the planning is done by the coordinator which is one of the many square dance callers we know. So I don't have to think, plan, I just pay. I do pack however.

I think what I like most about cruising is that it is a package and someone else plans it. On board we meet new people who have come for the same purpose... to tour, and dance. On board we get plently of exercise. My fitbit has tracked over 10,000 steps a day (I think this is just trying to find our room) And I lose weight every time I cruise (no foolin')

We are about to go on our 6th cruise in December, and our 7th cruise in April. And we haven't run out of square dance callers yet who want to do this. They get a free cabin for all their planning and work.

Stray · ‎04-20-2013

@Mz iMac wrote:
I've seen the commercials on tv for the Viking River cruises. I am serioulsy thinking about looking into this cruise for next year. I would like to take my grandchild who is teenager w/me. I think this will be a learning experience for him.

I would love to do the Amazon river cruise too!

I did the Viking River cruise but found the Tauck River cruises to be better.