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6 hours ago, Hlitner said:

We really like the Yacht Club and think it’s one of the best values in the cruise world

Agree !

20 minutes ago, 1025cruise said:

It would depend on the itinerary. I'd probably go with Celebrity and Princess over the others.

Southern Caribbean

9 minutes ago, Hlitner said:

WOW ,  So many differences, not just among the lines and ships but also between the cabin categories.  And much would depend on your own likes/dislikes.   For example, on those Celebrity ships you have the so-called "Retreat suites" which come with an array of ship within a ship benefits.  Personally, we have zero interest in the Celebrity "infinity balcony cabins" which I like to call French Balconies or faux balconies.  As to NCL, we consider this a budget line unless you are willing to book one of the Haven Suites, in which case it becomes a completely different kind of higher end product.

 

As to the Blight of the Seas...oops meant Icon of the Seas, if you think big is better than that might be for you.  I like to point out to folks that none of the true luxury lines have huge ships.  There is a reason that the best luxury ships tend to carry fewer than 1000 passengers.

 

Hank

 

 

Thanks, We are not too focused on cabin, we are even fine with an inside, we prefer a nicer ship vs a nicer cabin. But we did just do Yacht Club on MSC and loved it. Something similar on other lines I know would not be in our budget. 

We are a mid 40's couple, love good food, dining variety, pool people, like listening to music on vacation.
These ships are doing itineraries we like so which ship would you pick and why?

Celebrity Beyond
Celebrity Apex
Icon of the Seas
Sun Princess

Enchanted Princess
NCL Prima 
NCL Viva

We love food and variety of restaurants. 

We are going between RCCL. NCL and Celebrity....what do you think has the best deal price wise for speciality dining?

What line without speciality dining has the most dining options included?

7 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

What do you mean by longer? Are you open to back to back cruises?

Meaning like more than a week long cruise

We are still open on itinerary but want to have lots to do beyond the ports on a longer cruise

We are still open on itinerary but want to have lots to do beyond the ports on a longer cruise

We are still open on itinerary but want to have lots to do beyond the ports on a longer cruise

I know it can be subjective but what would you say is a really good cruise/ship/itinerary for Hawaii? 

5 hours ago, Germancruiser said:

This might be off topic and not at all helpful- none of them- Millenium Class! LOL!

Is one sailing this year?

1 hour ago, Nado44 said:

You'll want to book a suite in Retreat if you're looking for a similar MSC Yacht Club experience.

I assumed, but Retreat is out of our budget compared to Yacht Club unfortunately 

3 minutes ago, Shiba_Lover said:

When you say you are big into dining options - I will say they are a bit limited on the ship unless you go for specialty dining.  There are 4 main dining rooms, but the menus are mostly the same.  The venues are decorated differently.  Be sure to make reservations as early as possible to secure a table/time. 

Have a great honeymoon! 

 

Specialty dining...

Le Voyage (Beyond and Ascent only)

Fine Cut Steakhouse

Le Grand Bistro

Eden

Raw on 5

Dinner on Edge (which is on the Magic Carpet) - this only operates when conditions are favorable.

Rooftop Grill

 

 Thank you, this is good to know. We like good food but also variety, so having the same/similar food the whole cruise in a main dining room would not be great for us. 

9 minutes ago, NutsAboutGolf said:

Are you going to book a suite or a non-suite? You can't make a bad choice, Apex is the older, a tiny bit smaller, and is missing the specialty restaurant Le Voyage; the other two are basically the same.  I would look into pricing and itineraries

Was not planning to book a suite. Thanks for the info !

Which do you prefer and why? 

I have only done MSC Yacht Club recently (and loved it), long time ago did RCCL and Disney.

We are a couple in our 40's and big in to dining options. This would be for our honeymoon. 

We are considering doing a Greek cruise but would like to get off the ship for a wedding ceremony, simple just the two of us

Is something that maybe can be done? 

We are considering a cruise in Greece, hopefully able to get off the ship to get married. 
Any ships do an overnight in Greece? 

38 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

My all time favorite ship is the Celebrity Silhouette.

Why so?

I enjoy cruising, my boyfriend is skeptical, so I want his first cruise to be amazing, what ship would you pick?

We are mid forties, just the two of us travelling and open to destination and cruiseline. 

We like pool time, looking for a nice pool. not too crowded (well as good as you can get for a cruise), what ship would you pick?

We are open to RCCL, NCL, MSC and Celebrity 

I know it can be subjective but curious what ship and why?

On 9/30/2023 at 3:42 AM, CDNPolar said:

Personally, we prefer the entire ship to be adult only and choose our cruise line that way.  This limits your choices however.

 

Like the rest, more information please.

We atleast would like some adult only areas on the ship, beyond that open

On 9/29/2023 at 8:43 AM, CruiserBruce said:

We need a lot more info here. Where do you want to cruise to? Is budget a serious restriction?

 

There are many cruise lines that are adult only in fact, or essentially adult only. There are cruise lines, like Disney, that cater totally to kids.

 

When you can cruise matters a lot. During school times, the number of kids drops a lot. Longer cruises (greater than 10 days) have a lot less kids, typically.

We do not need an adults only cruise but a cruise line/ship that has some adult only areas ideally. We are looking at the Caribbean

On 9/29/2023 at 7:49 PM, donaldsc said:

Anywhere in the world?  Being a bit more specific might be useful.

 

DON

Caribbean. 

We are looking for some adult only areas, what would you pick?