Sailaway487 Posted January 6, 2013 #1 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Orkney Islands | © orkneysports It's time again to vote for your favourite itineraries! Welcome to Round One of this run of Itinerary Challenge. As I said before, this time it is going to be a bit more structured. For the next four weeks, these rounds are going to have four itineraries, and you are going to need to choose your favourite two itineraries. Then, the winners of each round will compete against each other in two semi-finals, and then finally, the winners of these go head-to-head in the final. This time, you need to choose your favourite TWO itineraries! So, what does Round One have in store? First, there's a brand new itinerary for this year onboard Thomson Spirit, that takes in the best that the British isles has to offer. Then we go back to 1999 when Thomson used to do cruises from Malaga, for a Morocco and Iberia special. Next we return to 2005 for a rather port-intensive version of Peals of the Aegean - no days at sea and even a visit to two islands in one day! (8 ports of call in 7 days!). Then we head over to the Caribbean for a 9 night special on The Emerald including a sail through the Panama Canal. Finally, there's a transatlantic cruise onboard Island Breeze from 2000. REMEMBER, you need to choose your TWO favourites from these five itineraries! So, which TWO itineraries are your favourite: BRITISH ISLES Scandinavia, the Baltic & UK | August 2013 | 12 nights | Thomson Spirit Harwich, UK - Ship at Sea - Edinburgh, Scotland - Invergordon, Scotland - Kirkwall, Orkney Islands - Portree, Scotland - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Dublin, Ireland - Holyhead, Wales - Cobh, Ireland - Torquay, England - Le Havre, France - Harwich, UK COASTS OF GOLD Western Mediterranean | May to October 1999 | 7 nights | Sapphire Malaga, Spain - Ship at Sea - Lisbon, Portugal - Casablanca, Morocco - Tangier, Morocco - Cadiz, Spain - Gibraltar, UK - Malaga, Spain PEARLS OF THE AEGEAN Eastern Mediterranean | May to October 2005 | 7 nights | The Emerald Corfu Town, Corfu - Argostoli, Kefalonia - Piraeus (for Athens), Greece - Kusadasi, Turkey - Mykonos & Santorini, Greece - Heraklion, Crete - Zakynthos Town, Zakynthos - Corfu Town, Corfu PRIDE OF PANAMA Caribbean | January 2000 | 9 nights | The Emerald Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic - Ship at Sea - Cartagena, Columbia - San Blas, San Blas Islands - Cruising through Panama Canal - Puerto Limon, Costa Rica - Ship at Sea - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Ship at Sea - Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic SUNSET BREEZE Transatlantic Crossing | April 2000 | 14 nights | Island Breeze Santa Cruz, Tenerife - Las Palmas, Gran Canaria - Santa Cruz de la Palma, La Palma - Funchal, Madeira - Ship at Sea - Ponta Delgada, Portugal - Ship at Sea (4 days) - Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda (overnight) - Ship at Sea (2 days) - Port Canaveral, Florida On the poll at the top, tick the two boxes of your favourite itineraries, and click the VOTE NOW button at the bottom. Votes will close on Sunday, 13 January. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailaway487 Posted January 6, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Voted for Pearls of the Aegean as I do love the Greek islands, and a port-intensive version like that would be brilliant, although I think I'd feel rather tired after it all! :D Second one I went for was Coasts of Gold. Not that keen on the Moroccan stops but love Gibraltar and Lisbon, and Seville from Cadiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzseeka Posted January 6, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Also gone with the Pearls of the Aegean - although I must say i wouldn't fancy Santorini and Mykonos in one day as they are both fabulous and it's great to have a leisurely, relaxed time wandering around both. Not keen on Heraklion either unless you are going to visit Knossos - Heraklion itself was a disppointement for me. (You could have predicted that vote though couldn't you Sailaway! :D ) The other one I've gone for is the one with Panama - no idea how good it might be but a lot of new ports which would be interesting - and we'd enjoy a return to Dr Cave's Beach at Montego Bay - especially if the Bahama Mamas are still as good (strong!:eek:). P.S. You've been busy with your research and come up with some interesting and varied itineraries - again. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailaway487 Posted January 6, 2013 Author #4 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Also gone with the Pearls of the Aegean - although I must say i wouldn't fancy Santorini and Mykonos in one day as they are both fabulous and it's great to have a leisurely, relaxed time wandering around both. Not keen on Heraklion either unless you are going to visit Knossos - Heraklion itself was a disppointement for me. (You could have predicted that vote though couldn't you Sailaway! :D ) The other one I've gone for is the one with Panama - no idea how good it might be but a lot of new ports which would be interesting - and we'd enjoy a return to Dr Cave's Beach at Montego Bay - especially if the Bahama Mamas are still as good (strong!:eek:). P.S. You've been busy with your research and come up with some interesting and varied itineraries - again. Well done! Agree about Mykonos and Santorini. I would drop Heraklion and then have a full day in both. I thought you might have voted for Pearls of the Aegean. :rolleyes: And thank you for the PS. I've tried to make them all varied so not have two Western Med, the Baltic etc. Hopefully the other weeks ones will be just as good. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pressy Posted January 6, 2013 #5 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I do love the Aegean Islands, but on this occassion had to go for the Panama. Did our first ever cruise here so has special meaning:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted January 6, 2013 #6 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Never done a tour of the British Isles in just over a week so here would be my chance :) Also the Panama tour looks good to me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakanne1 Posted January 6, 2013 #7 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Pearls of the Aegean because I love the Greek Islands and I can never tire of them. Didn't notice Mykonos and Santorini in one day though. Pride of Panama because of new destinations for me and I have always wanted to sail through the Panama Canal. :):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISIN LINDA Posted January 6, 2013 #8 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I've chosen the British Isles, because we did one on the Crown Princess in 2011 which was very similar. It was great because, to our shame, we had never been to Scotland or Wales :eek: Also, I picked the Aegean as it seems to be a gap in my cruising itinerary :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy v Posted January 6, 2013 #9 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I'm glad this is back....I do enjoy a good poll:). However I always seem to be the one who can't make up my mind:o. I've gone for Panama because that really is the most interesting for me. Then I've voted for around Britain because I would like to do one of these cruises, but perhaps not this particular itinerary. Thanks Sailaway I think we all appreciate the time you put in to keep us interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy v Posted January 6, 2013 #10 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Just voted but the votes don't add up correctly. Think someone has only voted once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamgirl1957 Posted January 7, 2013 #11 Share Posted January 7, 2013 What a good idea, will be very interesteing as the weeks go on. I voted for Pearls of the Agean as would always be my first choice as like just about everyone else i cant get enough of Greece ! :cool: Second choice was difficult, really fancy the Uk one, all those places in one week you possibly would never get to see as too much hassle to drive but then again Pride of Panama sounds amazing and would be a real experience. In the end went with my heart, British Isles it was for second choice :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hall4me Posted January 7, 2013 #12 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Voted for Pearls of the agean really fancy this one and the pride of panama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailaway487 Posted January 7, 2013 Author #13 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Just voted but the votes don't add up correctly. Think someone has only voted once. Noticed that yesterday. Think someone voted once instead of twice. Put your hand up whoever it was. ;) :D So it looks like the Aegean is doing well again (as I expected) but very interesting to see Panama doing just as well, considering its somewhere Thomson don't even sail to anymore. I'm guessing when Thomson were looking at a new destination and mentioned Pacific Mexico and Central America, I would guess Panama would be included. Something for Thomson to definitely consider it seems... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marieswede Posted January 8, 2013 #14 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I would love to do Panama Canal , second choice was pearls of the Aegean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymro1953 Posted January 8, 2013 #15 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I'd love to do the Panama one too. And if it hadn't been for the 2 stops in Morocco I'd have voted for Coasts of Gold instead of POA. Berwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailaway487 Posted January 11, 2013 Author #16 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Aegean and Panama still leading. Couple of days left, so if you haven't voted, do so soon. :) Just planning the next one now for Sunday. Currently stuck on Thomson's website from 1999. I tell you what though, it was much easier to use back then compared to the one now. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailaway487 Posted January 13, 2013 Author #17 Share Posted January 13, 2013 A few more hours left. Everyone voted? Round 2 will be uploaded this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzseeka Posted January 13, 2013 #18 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Make sure Santorini is inthere somewhere!!!!:D:D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailaway487 Posted January 13, 2013 Author #19 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Make sure Santorini is inthere somewhere!!!!:D:D:D:D Sorry, not on the next one. You'll have to wait for Round 3... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailaway487 Posted January 13, 2013 Author #20 Share Posted January 13, 2013 This poll is now closed! And the results are: PEARLS OF THE AEGEAN = 67.86% PRIDE OF PANAMA = 57.14% SUNSET BREEZE = 28.57% BRITISH ISLES = 25.00% COASTS OF GOLD = 10.71% So, Pearls of the Aegean and Pride of Panama will go through to Semi-final One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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