NMTraveller

Cruise ships have roughly a 30 foot draft. That means that the bottom of the ship is only 13 feet above the sand. I have driven powerboats. I would not go full speed in 13 foot of water as the depth can change very quickly.

OK. Has anyone done a Princess Norwegian Fjords cruise? It is looking like HAL vs Princess right now.

OK. I see Eclipse now for 2025. I don't do short 7 day cruises though ... Skipping May and September looking at June,July, and August ...

I was looking at 2025 cruises ...

I am looking at booking a Norway cruise. Is it true that Celebrity only has E class ships doing these cruises?

Even the RCL captain who took the ship into a storm with 30 footers and burned out one of the azipods and shortened the cruise? What do you call him? Ex captain ...

I am starting to lean towards Princess. Does Princess have kids running through the hallways at night? This was happening on Millie during a Christmas cruise. The Millie staffing was also an issue. Instead of booking another cruise, I ended up booking a land vacation for next year as the resorts handily outperformed Millie in both food and service.

Very very gray ...

LOL. But they are sending sand and bottom debris all over the place in a protected wildlife area. A captain without any common sense? It would not be the first time...

Our Moveup bid was accepted at 45 days out.

Other boats in the area reported that they were in about 43 feet of water...

I wonder how much Celebrity will get fined?

It will be interesting to see if Captain Matt is captain next week. That will be a sign of how the investigation is going. The week before we were to go on an RCL cruise, the captain took the ship into a storm with 30 footers and burned out one of the azipods. Our cruise was fine (after repairs), but there was a new captain on our cruise.

Where are these balconies without shade? Perhaps I have been lucky as I have yet to run into one.

You mean now ex captain ... A rather difficult oops to explain away ...

Spoken like a true politician ... 🤣

Dining in Blu is not worth it. The two tops are too close together. I would choose Luminae or specialty myself.

Balcony. Anyways E class is crowded and loud and shouty.

The food and service are not as good as Murano... I ate there on Millie for 5 nights and the Branzino was always overcooked... We could have eaten more nights in Blu, but the 2 tops are rather close in Blu...

The pickings are slim due to demand. The only discount I am seeing is on the Beyond for a 6 day cruise. I don't do E class or cruises shorter than 12 days.

Murano for the food and service... Tuscan for the views. So Murano ...

The kids will like it. It is a one and done for most ...

I would book directly. Rather than through a second party.

Since no one has mentioned the obvious. There is no AC on when the window is open. With no balcony it is not possible for one person to be outside in the elements and another person to be inside in the AC.

One more question. What type of currency would one bring along on a Danube River cruise? We are starting in Giurgiu and ending in Vilshofen. Will Euros work? Do we need to be concerned about getting local currency at the ATMs for each country? I realize that we can use credit cards at most places, but every once in a while you run into some place that just takes cash or it is nice to have for tips. I am probably overthinking this ...