galary Posted May 17, 2012 #1 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hi, We are "young seniors" and relatively new to cruising and trying to decide which cruise to select. We would like a ship with lots of "things to do".....eg entertainment/shows on at sea days. Right now we are considering: Dec 8 Celebrity Summit San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Croix, U.S.V.I.; Basseterre, St. Kitts; Roseau, Dominica; St. George's, Grenada; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; San Juan, Puerto Rico Dec 7 Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas . San Juan, Puerto Rico - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands - At Sea -Castries, Saint Lucia - Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe - St John's, Antigua and Barbuda - Saint Croix, Virgin Islands - San Juan, Puerto Rico Dec 9 Princess Ruby Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Princess Cays, Bahamas - At Sea - St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands - Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands - At Sea - Fort Lauderdale, Florida Questions: Which cruise would you suggest we pick? Are there any other cruises you would suggest? Anyone already booked on the above cruises? galary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie J. Posted May 17, 2012 #2 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I would say Royal Caribbean. Why? we haven't been on Celebrity is quite a while but think of them as more of a 'country club' style of cruising. Few families and most men actually wore a tux on formal night. They didn't have a lot of day time activities. We were on the Princess Dawn last year and felt we were the youngest on board.We are a young 68! In the atrium EVERY night they had a violyn, cello and piano playing. How do you dance to that? We never saw so many people dancing the waltz before and not in the atrium. We like to go to a lounge before dinner (8:15) and have a drink,maybe dance. In the lounge, the trio left for an hour's dinner at 7:30! We ended up watching 'Marmaduke" on our cabin TV when there didn't seem to be anytihng else to do! Check the review here for each ship then decide. You will find similar things to do in each port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie8862 Posted May 17, 2012 #3 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hi, We are "young seniors" and relatively new to cruising and trying to decide which cruise to select. We would like a ship with lots of "things to do".....eg entertainment/shows on at sea days. Right now we are considering: Dec 8 Celebrity Summit San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Croix, U.S.V.I.; Basseterre, St. Kitts; Roseau, Dominica; St. George's, Grenada; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; San Juan, Puerto Rico Dec 7 Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas . San Juan, Puerto Rico - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands - At Sea -Castries, Saint Lucia - Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe - St John's, Antigua and Barbuda - Saint Croix, Virgin Islands - San Juan, Puerto Rico Dec 9 Princess Ruby Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Princess Cays, Bahamas - At Sea - St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands - Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands - At Sea - Fort Lauderdale, Florida Questions: Which cruise would you suggest we pick? Are there any other cruises you would suggest? Anyone already booked on the above cruises? galary We are in our low 50's. We absolutely loved the Summit. Great ship and I believe it is or already has gone into drydock. I also love the Itinerary... My next choice would be Royal Caribbean....never had a bad cruise or experience with them. What ever you choose, will be great. We all differ in opinions..just do a little research and good luck to you both.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseapril Posted May 17, 2012 #4 Share Posted May 17, 2012 We would choose the Ruby Princess because we really like Princess and like to sail from Ft. Lauderdale. However, the other ships offer interesting itineraries -so would research the ports and choose according to itinerary preference. JMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseaholic777 Posted May 18, 2012 #5 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Celebrity is the classiest of the three. Princess isn't far behind with Royal come in third. Ihave cruise on all three of these lines. Pick the Summit or the Ruby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamessemaj Posted May 18, 2012 #6 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Celebrity is the classiest of the three. Princess isn't far behind with Royal come in third. Ihave cruise on all three of these lines. Pick the Summit or the Ruby. This just goes to show that each will have their own view, and the OP can't really expect a definitive answer. While I have often seen Celebrity cited as a class above the others, that is not my opinion. I have been on 3 Royals, 2 Princess, 1 Celebrity (Millennium, btw) and would rank Celebrity at the bottom of my experiences. Not bad, just not the best. I would go with RCI first (Navigator my favorite ship of all) Princess 2nd, Celebrity 3rd. Nobody can assure you what you will like based on their own experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted May 18, 2012 #7 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I would pick the Dec 8 cruise ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mizLORInj Posted May 18, 2012 #8 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Hmmm. Ruby Princess is a lovely ship (have sailed her sisters) but since Summit came out of Solticizing early this year I'd probably go with that one. Really though, I'd go on any of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galary Posted May 20, 2012 Author #9 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Thanks for all your comments......we have decided to go with the Ruby Princess. galary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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