budmeister

Ok, thanks! I hoping for something different, I guess we will have to eat in Greece to enjoy Greek food! I wonder, are so many of the passengers from that U.S. that it seems appropriate to serve US cuisine on cruises that operate across the world? That seems a bit odd to me.

We booked the Oia on your own excision from Celebrity in Sept. it meets at 7:30 am. About how long will it take to get to Oia?

We are on Celebrity, and have only ever done Caribbean cruises. We the ship menus be Greek food, as it is a tour in and out of Athens, or it be the same standard menus on Caribbean cruises?

What is the earliest time we should get to the cruise ship? We will be coming from a hotel in Athens. For Caribbean cruises we we usually get there about 10:30 and are on the ship by 12:00. Is Athens the same?

Did you go yet? I have the same dilemma. I booked the ship excursion to Oia on our own just to avoid the cable car issues, but still do not know how long to will take to get from ship to Oia , and then to get excursion site.

I am on that cruise too! At least we get to sleep in that day! it is the only times we not up at 8 to hurry off the ship. I booked a 3 hour private walking tour, but am worried about the heat. Do you have any air conditioned ideas picked out to visit? I do not have a list of what I want to do,

How did it go? We have a similar look to our day in Sept. When did you come back to ship? I am wondering what the cable car line was like around 5 or 6.

There are 6 ships in port, leaving at 8,9,10. and 11 pm.

Hi, I booked a ship excursion to Oia to avoid the cable car issue as I have a private excursion. I thought that meant somethin like a tender type boat to Oia. Then I read about a bus when you get off the small boat, which made me think the tender type boat does not go directly to Oia. My actual destination is Vista Yachting- the blue dot on the top right of the pic. Does the small boat leave me a a better location than taking the bus to Oia? Would there be transportation from the small boat to where I am going? Is Athinios port by any chance where the small boat leaves us? Thanks for any help. I thought I had it all planned out until I read about the bus!

There seem to be 11,000 passengers in Santorini on my day (Sept. 14th.) That is going with the high passenger count of the range for each ship. 4000 don't get in till 4:00 pm, the rest early am. They leave at 8,9,10,and 11 pm. Any thoughts on cable car waits to get back to the ship around 6 pm? I booked the ship excursion to get to Oia just to get that transportation set, but we won't have any time there before our sailing excursion. We have a catamaran sail that ends at 3:00 near or in Fira. It seems like to will be too late to visit Oia. Thoughts on Oia around 3:30-5:30pm? Will Fira be entertaining for a couple of hours, do you think? I am starting to think that it will be so crowded we will miss seeing Oia and Fira and end up going back to the ship. I am interested in anyone's thoughts. The late departure times seem like a wild card to me.

Hi, There are quite a ew ships in port on our day in Santorini- September 14th. We are on the Infinity, which is in port until 10:00pm. I am debating about an early dinner in Fira or Oia around 4:30 pm, and aiming to get the the cable cars about 6:30, to get on ship by 8:00. I expect 9:00pm to be boarding. Clearly, I do not have 2-3 hours for a cable car wait if we have dinner. Any thoughts on whether it is necessary around 6:30, or whether I should skip the dinner idea? I was thinking about making a reservation for dinner as I expect so many people to be around, but my common sense says to just go with the flow and see what is going on at the time. Thanks for your thoughts!

Hi, I am also trying to decide how to go to Delos. We normally do on our own. We will be on Celebrity Infinity in Sept., and I do not know which port it comes into, so I do not know how to decide if time needs to be left for getting to the right place. It look like both the ship and on your own leave at 10:00. am. The museum is currently closed, and I am concerned about being out for 3 .5 hours in the heat. Is there any other air - conditioned places to be in Delos? Is there a shop or cafe for snacks and drinks? The tours for both ship and on our own both seem to be for 3.5 hours- 10-1:30. Are we stuck there for the whole time, or do boats go back and forth and we can take an earlier one back? Thanks for any advice!

Yes. On Ocean balconies too for 1/2024. I almost did not book, but when it was down to the last room I would take, we got out the calculator. We priced a land vacation for 5 nights, vs out cruise for 7, and cruise was still 80.00 cheaper. I paid 1315 pp. No tax, and I am used to 750-870 pp. I even gave up mid ship, but you can see it did not help much.

Will do, as I will know tomorrow night!

We are on Explorer tomorrow and have the 7 day UDP. I forgot that this class ship has so few specialty restaurants compared to the bigger ships. I just saw that we are assigned Chefs table for first night. We have never eaten there b/c of the upcharge with the UDP. Does Explorer have the same upcharge as other ships? .

Thanks everyone! I decided to stay in my well-picked room for those picky about noise.

Is there such a thing as a bad location for a jr or grande suite on explorer? Noise would be my big issue. I have never been tempted before , but 140 and 175 pp sounds pretty low. Never stayed in a suite.

Have you seen Cats? Worse than that?

I am very sorry for your loss.

That was supposed to say 1/ 2 day!

I would like a 20 or so person max, often listed as semi private, with stops at couple of beaches- not just near them, -swimming in hot springs, and enough seating for everyone. I have not found one where reviews either say all swimming is off boat or not enough seating. Have you a recommendation? I am 11 months out, but caldera Yachting is full or unavailable my day and one popular line does not want cruises b/c it will change its times if it wants to. Thanks for any suggestions!

We have a 2:00 flight the day we get off the cruise. What would you recommend we do in Athens? Or should we just go to the airport. We will have plenty of luggage!

I was looking forward to walking on and around the volcano/caldera area. Only 2 excursions seems to offer this . One that discourages cruisers and one that is unexpectedly and concerningly cheap. It that not a thing to do anymore? Is sailing around it now the norm?

I would like to do a Delos guided tour and a Mykonos tour in the same day. All of the Delos tours seem to take four hours and include a beach break, which I do not need. The ship tour to Delos says very strenuous and need to stand for 2 hours. Does Delos need to be 4 hours and very strenuous? Is there a way to do a guided tour of shorter duration without the beach break?