sam49 Posted January 22, 2011 #1 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Went on a RC western caribbean cruise in Dec 09 and loved it. The best part for my two teenage daughters was mixing with all the american teens (they want to live in usa as adults - anyone what to take them now!). Anyway we are cruising europe with RC in July but have been told the cruise will mainly be spanish passengers. I haven't got anything against the spanish just can't speak the language. So do any of you americans come to europe in July? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady_cruiser Posted January 22, 2011 #2 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Why don't you try the Roll Call section here for your sailing date and see if anyone from the USA has signed up. Or if they haven't start one of your own, tt is a great way to pre-meet people before your cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam49 Posted January 23, 2011 Author #3 Share Posted January 23, 2011 have started a roll call but not getting any response, so that why I wondered if americans are likely to travel to europe in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcruz Posted January 23, 2011 #4 Share Posted January 23, 2011 have started a roll call but not getting any response, so that why I wondered if americans are likely to travel to europe in July. We will be there in August with our 16 & 21 year old :rolleyes:. Have started a roll call and gotten the same response as you. Was assuming not too many europeans come on here for the roll calls. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcook Posted January 23, 2011 #5 Share Posted January 23, 2011 We'll be on the Liberty out of Barcelona in late June. We just recently got a Roll Call thread started for our cruise, and the other summer Liberty sailings have been very quiet as well. I'm sure there will be lots of Americans on the cruise itself... not sure if there will a big Cruise Critic crowd however. I've read, but can't say personally, that the sailings out of Barcelona tend to have more Americans and Brits than the sailings out of Malaga, which tend to have a higher concentration of Spaniards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suekay Posted January 23, 2011 #6 Share Posted January 23, 2011 We'll be on the Liberty out of Barcelona in late June. We just recently got a Roll Call thread started for our cruise, and the other summer Liberty sailings have been very quiet as well. I'm sure there will be lots of Americans on the cruise itself... not sure if there will a big Cruise Critic crowd however. I've read, but can't say personally, that the sailings out of Barcelona tend to have more Americans and Brits than the sailings out of Malaga, which tend to have a higher concentration of Spaniards. We sail the Med every year (out of Barcelona or Venice) and there have always been lots of Americans (and Canadians), until last September when we sailed out of Malaga on Advenure. Totally different demographics/atmosphere with few Americans and LOTS of large family groups of Spaniards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy4cruizen Posted January 24, 2011 #7 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Went on a RC western caribbean cruise in Dec 09 and loved it. The best part for my two teenage daughters was mixing with all the american teens (they want to live in usa as adults - anyone what to take them now!). Anyway we are cruising europe with RC in July but have been told the cruise will mainly be spanish passengers. I haven't got anything against the spanish just can't speak the language. So do any of you americans come to europe in July? Thanks Our family is traveling out of Barcelona on June 12. Sailed the Baltic last July--some American teens, but a lot more form Mexico and Spain. Our daughter did just fine and made some friends that she still keeps in touch with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted January 24, 2011 #8 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Went on a RC western caribbean cruise in Dec 09 and loved it. The best part for my two teenage daughters was mixing with all the american teens (they want to live in usa as adults - anyone what to take them now!). Anyway we are cruising europe with RC in July but have been told the cruise will mainly be spanish passengers. I haven't got anything against the spanish just can't speak the language. So do any of you americans come to europe in July? Thanks My wife & I traveled on the Brilliance this past August and did not notice an overwhelming Spanish population. On one of the nightly show the cruise director identified the % of nationality and there were a lot of Brits, Americans, Canadians, etc. Surprising, a good portion of the itinerary covered Italy, however, there was a miniscule %. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandancer Posted January 24, 2011 #9 Share Posted January 24, 2011 One consideration is the length of the cruise. We have taken 4 and 5 night cruises from Barcelona and although there was some US guests, by far the largest group was Spanish. Several other European countries were well represented also and of course us Brits. However, when we took a 7 nt Med cruise on RCCL there were lots of Americans and Canadians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbeachgirl Posted January 25, 2011 #10 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Went on a RC western caribbean cruise in Dec 09 and loved it. The best part for my two teenage daughters was mixing with all the american teens (they want to live in usa as adults - anyone what to take them now!). Anyway we are cruising europe with RC in July but have been told the cruise will mainly be spanish passengers. I haven't got anything against the spanish just can't speak the language. So do any of you americans come to europe in July? Thanks Thanks Sam.... I think that you're the 1st Brit to admit that us Americans do speak English afterall :) Don't worry... There will be plenty of us "Yanks" sailing the med this summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXASMUNK Posted January 25, 2011 #11 Share Posted January 25, 2011 We will not be sailing the Med this summer, but had to jump on and say "thanks" for as much as American like and Respect the "Brits" is it great to hear one positive comment come back at us! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam49 Posted January 25, 2011 Author #12 Share Posted January 25, 2011 We do love you really just don't like showing our feelings - stiff upper lip and all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NordicPrince Posted January 25, 2011 #13 Share Posted January 25, 2011 What makes you think that a large portion of the Spanish cruisers will not be able to speak at least cursory English? Never have had that problem cruising in other primarily Spanish speaking places like Puerto Rico or Mexico. The world is getting to be a smaller place. I think you'll have less communication problems than what you anticpate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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