Mountaineer0313

Are those cruise ports? I haven’t seen them mentioned.

So, I don't eat in chain restaurants anywhere, least of all on vacation. Also, we always eat off the ship, even though ship food is already paid for. I will eat anything, but as long as my husband has chicken, steak, some form of potato, he'll manage. The Med cruise is on the list for the family cruise we're planning in 2025, so the one for just my husband and I, I am limiting to British/Norway/Iceland, etc. And only out of Southampton as we can get a direct flight from PIT to Heathrow. I need to ease him into Europe. We can visit the more "foreign" places in 2025 when we're with my family and he'll be otherwise occupied hanging out with his brother in laws.

Yes, I know this. My point was, he doesn't hate hot weather, he hates "beach vacations". So do I.

lol. I’ve only got 14 total. Im getting there 😂

You are clearly smarter than me on how to handle husbands 😂 Alaska should’ve been our first.

Yes! The first cruise I made him go on was a Caribbean. Honduras, Belize, Mexico. He hated it. Which made me hate it. It took a few years, but I convinced him to get back on a ship and we did Alaska in 2018. He said, and I quote “I don’t know how much we paid for this, but it was worth every penny”. (It was a lot of pennies, he has no clue). Then we did Canada and New England in 2019, which was also fantastic, and Alaska again last year, which may have been even better than the first time if that’s possible. And as a bonus, he’s also figured out he actually loves being on a cruise ship. Food everywhere, room service breakfast, a drink around every corner. He gets so excited to fill out his room service card and hang it on the door every night 😂

he doesn’t hate hot weather, per say, but he works out in it for 10+ hours all spring, summer, and fall here. But it’s not the hot weather, he just has no desire to go somewhere and sit on a beach. Which I don’t either, at all. That’s why Alaska is our favorite cruise destination. He could definitely be swayed by Norway and Iceland.

Yes, one benefit besides the fact that I want to visit the UK, is that Pittsburgh flies direct to Heathrow in about 7 hours. P&O doesn't seem to be able to book online or do mock bookings? Is there a trick I'm missing to navigating their site?

Thank you! I will check them out now. I also found Celebrity is sailing in August 2024 from Southampton, though I would rather go in September.

Norwegian Fjords is also on my short list, and I actually was perusing the Anthem one today. We sailed Anthem to New England a few years ago and loved her. Unfortunately, the absolute only months we can go in 2024 is August (and that's pushing it) or September, and there's one in August but it sails from Copenhagen and not Southampton.

You just described his diet.

Great idea! I'll find that episode tonight lol. I'm not worried about language barriers. I assume that in places like popular cruise ports, the vast majority of people know some English, or all of it, since there are so many English speaking people traveling through on cruises. And I've told him this. I've also told him that meat and potatoes are found everywhere and I promise I won't make him eat anything weird (again, I blame his parents for not making him try new things). I have thought about traveling alone, but I really do want him to stop being such a turd and just realize that there's a whole great beautiful world out there to enjoy, and we're lucky enough to still be young enough and able to afford to do it. I also do want to do the British Isles, or at least a cruise that starts in Southampton, as I love all things English and have always wanted to explore the areas in and around London. And I do think he'd enjoy driving on the "wrong" side of the road.

My husband and I are 36 and 41, respectively. Together, we have sailed the Caribbean once (he hated it, ruined the cruise, I'll save the hot weather cruises to do with my mom and sister), and Alaska twice (loved it, our favorite place to go). My problem? I want to go to Europe. Looking at sometime in 2024. My husband is not excited to go anywhere that might present a language barrier or "weird food" or could potentially be unsafe. I blame his parents for all of that, but that's an entirely different post for an entirely different message board. I'm thinking of a British Isles cruise for this reason, but there are many other places I'd like to see where English is not the first language. How easy is it to navigate a foreign country, your first time there, when you have almost zero knowledge of the language? I have no problem doing this and would be happy to Google Translate my way across Europe, but dealing with my husband in the process is a different story. My (large) family is also looking at taking a European cruise in 2025, most likely including Italy, Croatia, Greece, etc., so that would make it easier on me because someone else can deal with him. Would the British Isles be a good "first timer" European cruise destination for 2 people who have never been to Europe, one being a 36 year old man who is the equivalent to a 5 year old?

As someone who regularly sails Alaska and pretty much hates Caribbean cruises, I feel like the itinerary should always win out. Butttt...I do like good food lol.

Unfortunately, no. We own a lawn/landscape company, and basically anytime during the regular summer months is out for a vacation.

We are pretty loyal to Royal Caribbean and Celebrity, however I'm not finding any British Isles cruises in August/September 2024. This is an area I'd really love to cruise to, so looking for alternate lines that cruise there, but not the smaller lines that will run me the cost of a new car to get there. Thank you!

Bummer 😞

Not sure if I should post here or in the British Isles forum. I'm looking on Celebrity and they have a British Isles cruise for this coming September, but nothing yet for next September. Any idea when next years British Isles cruises will be released?

We'll be on Reflection this January, so I'm hoping I enjoy the S class as much as we did Millennium.

Millennium was definitely revolutionized, we were just on her last September.

Thank you! I love specialty dining so we'll definitely be doing that, as well as getting the partition removed. My mom and sister are sharing a room and I get my own, I'm pretty excited lol.

Don't worry. People who book cruises during school holiday breaks, or any holiday, are going to encounter crowns and rude people and kids. We sailed Celebrity last September, not during any type of holiday, and it was wonderful. Couldn't have asked for a better cruise, and we cruise a lot.

Good to hear! We're so excited to surprise her with it on Mothers Day!

Just booked 6 night- Bimini, Georgetown Grand Cayman, and Cozumel- for January 14th on Celebrity Reflection. My sister and I have been wanting to plan a girls trip with our mom and with Mother's Day coming up, and her birthday in July, we decided it was the perfect time to surprise her. She is an avid cruiser, but she and my stepdad own a very busy campground which leaves them no time for much travel. I also love cruising, but I generally avoid hot weather cruises because my husband hates them, and opt for cooler places, Alaska, New England, etc. This is my second time on Celebrity, sailed Millennium last year to Alaska, and my mom and sister have never sailed Celebrity, we usually stick with RC. I got 2 connecting sunset verandahs on deck 8, with the All Included gratuities, wifi and drinks. Super excited to be sailing somewhere warm for a girls trip!

the literal actual title of my post was “why are there no cruises with key west as a port in winter?” you can’t get much more specific than that.