Marian Paroo

13 hours ago, jpalbny said:

Looks like a fun itinerary! We have been to Mainz, Wurzburg, Rothenberg, Bamberg, and Nuremberg -  though not a single one of those visits was on a river cruise. All are great places to visit and I'm sure you'll enjoy them very much.

 

We've done a few river cruises in Europe, but we've never heard of this line. Looking forward to hearing about your experience! Have a great time!

It's fairly new and British. Isn't that a great name for a ship?

Route ...   https://www.rivieratravel.co.uk/river-cruises/medieval-germany-the-main-to-the-danube-river-cruise

I often heard that!

Has anyone done this? This will be a bunch of firsts for us. First River Cruise, First time in Germany (except for a visit to a friend in Berlin before the Wall came down), first time travelling as a couple!

Has anyone take this cruise or a similar one?

Bye,

Marian

There are no alcohol free cruises. Transportation ferries maybe.

My feeling is there just might be from the USA. Carry Nation is alive and well in some areas.

One would wonder that if the cruise passenger base would change a little...

 

 

 

for example:

 

 

 

Although I have seen a few muslims on cruises in Europe I know a few of my muslim friends from stricter families have said they wouldn't cruise because of the drink culture.

I wouldn’t, because it would be loaded with the kind of people from an anti-drink culture and I absolutely don’t mean Muslims

1st find out if tipping is an acceptable practice in Italy! Some countries don't tip...some do!

 

There are no "norms" tho...if you tip, you should tip what it's worth to you, and what you can afford.

When I left a tip in a rather high level French restaurant, the waiter told me “No need here, we are properly paid here, unlike in America”

I’ll admit I only have taken one cruise so far, but it was on a European line, so there was none of that as far as I could see.

I sure wouldn't chance it. Can you make them into magnets by sticking them to a magnetic backing?

Way to go!! Making extra work for the staff is selfish and mean spirited

When I see retired parents or parents on the cusp of retirement sacrificing themselves for adult children like that all I feel is contempt, unless it’s for chemo or something similar

I love that some people are suggesting the cynical and slightly naughty!

Backgammon.

The might have that available on the ship

I want to reply but I’d be banned from CC forever.

Ditto.

Crimes Against Humanity is my favorite!

Why in the world should you feel guilty? I swear, I see this all the time at work. Parents on the cusp of retirement giving up and sacrificing for their GROWN children- I just don’t get it

Having criss-crossed the Atlantic well over 100 times in an aircraft I aspire to a transatlantic just for the experience. I wouldn't consider it a "cruise" but a "voyage" where the objective is to travel not engage in the usual trappings of a mass market cruise. And if the weather got a little rough all the better.

Voyage, yes

I’d love to take one someday!

Slovenia and Hungary are land locked. Hard to get an ocean going cruise ship over the highways. :D

 

There are Danube cruises that go there.

School geography classes aren’t what they used to be....

Just curious....it sounds like we don't have 4th Amendment rights when onboard a ship?

Perhaps not an ship registered in the USA ?

First of all, I recommend searching this thread for previous relevant posts.

 

 

 

There are museums close to the cruise ship terminal in Haifa. For example, the Haifa City Museum and the Haifa Museum of Art (http://www.hma.org.il/eng). I've recently been to both and enjoyed my visits.

 

 

 

I have enjoyed walking along the Bat Galim beach front, which is also withing walking distance, a few times. At the western end of Bat Galim, there are a couple of museums, but only one of them is open on Saturdays (Shabbat), The National Maritime Museum (also http://www.hma.org.il/eng), which I also recently visited and enjoyed.

 

 

 

There is a cable car that connects Bat Galim with the Stella Maris Monastery, which I have also visited and found interesting. Unfortunately, the cable car's official website (http://cablecar-haifa.co.il/) is only in Hebrew, but you should be able to find up-to-date information in English.

 

 

 

Trains won't be running until Shabbat ends, but some bus lines provide limited service throughout the day. I believe the Haifa Center Train Station (https://goo.gl/maps/jX9wXeVPHYp) is the closest bus stop to the cruise ship terminal.

Haifa is a great place to be on Saturday (Tel Aviv, too)

I have a family member who is planning on taking her husband who has terminal brain cancer on a cruise in a couple of weeks once radiation ends. He is in a wheelchair and dependent on help for all daily activities except feeding himself. We have tried to encourage them to cancel the cruise and plan a get together close to home due to the seriousness of his illness and they won’t hear of it. Just curious how cruise lines handle this type of situation. Would they prevent them from boarding if he appears unwell? I doubt they will tell them the diagnosis.

Wishing them well. Now is the time for them to do everything they want and can

Not the one I was on. The MSC Musica

I wouldn’t only because I’m only fluent in English.

I think on MSC the announcements were in English, too

If only I could get a job as a ship’s librarian when I retire from the university!

I took a great cruise on MSC- loved the Italian atmosphere!