DILEMMA: 8 day on Conquest or 7 day on Fascination

[gardn198]

Hey guys, I have a dilemma. I'm a maid of honor hosting a bachelorette party and we are currently booked on the 7 day Southern Caribbean out of San Juan. It's pretty cheap, only $409/person since there will be 3 girls per room. The issue is, we're seeing flights around $1000 or more to San Juan that time of year (Feb 2018) will they go down?

 

I was looking at other options and theres an 8 day cruise on the Conquest out of Fort Lauderdale, it would be about $680pp but flights are under $400 so it saves money in the grand scheme of things.

 

What do you guys think? The Fascination is more port-heavy, and I haven't been to any of the ports on either route.

[gardn198]

Actually there's also an 8 Day Southern Caribbean on the Vista out of Miami that looks enticing as well

[hishorselover]

I'm not sure on the pricing of flights. We are on Fascination later this month. We have nonstop flights on Jetblue which I booked as soon as the time frame opened up (I think it was October..?). I paid just under $1200 round trip for all 3 of us in our party. I checked recently and the same flights would run us about $2200 if I booked them today. I am so glad I did it early!

[CaliCash]

Go for the Conquest!! Fort Lauderdale is relatively cheap to fly into, and hotels and other attractions are all centrally located near the cruise port. I loved my 8 day cruise on her! Have fun!!

[KYWEST1]

I was just looking at those 2 cruises for next January to take with the family since all my college kiddos will be on break. I loved the ports with the Fascination more, but having sailed both ships, the Conquest is so much nicer & bigger in my opinion. I wasn't sure about airfare either and you can always get a good price to Lauderdale. I would say the Conquest but you have me interested in checking out that Vista cruise now. That might be your answer.

[gardn198]

ugh I'm so overwhelmed now! How are the ports on the Conquest cruise?

this one goes from FLL to st. maarten, st. kitts, san juan, grand turk.

[gardn198]

Here are the 3 options:

https://www.carnival.com/itinerary/8-day-eastern-caribbean-cruise/ft-lauderdale/conquest/8-days/eco?Military=N&PastGuest=N&Senior=N&numGuests=2&roomType=IS&sailDate=02172018

 

https://www.carnival.com/itinerary/8-day-southern-caribbean-cruise/ft-lauderdale/conquest/8-days/cso?Military=N&PastGuest=N&Senior=N&numGuests=2&roomType=IS&sailDate=02032018

 

https://www.carnival.com/itinerary/8-day-eastern-caribbean-cruise/miami/vista/8-days/ecs?Military=N&PastGuest=N&Senior=N&numGuests=2&roomType=IS&sailDate=02242018

 

https://www.carnival.com/itinerary/8-day-southern-caribbean-cruise/miami/vista/8-days/sco?Military=N&PastGuest=N&Senior=N&numGuests=2&roomType=IS&sailDate=02102018

 

https://www.carnival.com/itinerary/8-day-southern-caribbean-cruise/pt-canaveral/sunshine/8-days/sc0?Military=N&PastGuest=N&Senior=N&numGuests=2&roomType=IS&sailDate=02102018

[panamatiger]

ugh I'm so overwhelmed now! How are the ports on the Conquest cruise?

this one goes from FLL to st. maarten, st. kitts, san juan, grand turk.

 

Hello there:

St Maarten/ Martin has both the French and Dutch Sides.

St Kitts has a peaceful downtown( Basseterre) for shopping and beaches.

By sailing into San Juan you get to spend some time in the Old City.

Grand Turk has a great Margaritaville right off the port.

I do love sailing out of San Juan- but then again-I have friends who live there so I go down the day before to visit.

Whichever port you finally choose to sail from, try to schedule to fly the day before sailing. ...best advice I ever received; for that cuts down on the stress of making the ship on time.

Just my $0.02 input

 

Garry

[drvmywifecrzy]

Make sure you let us know how 3 women in each cabin works out. That should be an adventure in itself.

[jsglow]

To answer your initial question, Southwest flies into SJU. They will open their winter schedule probably in early August. Tickets will be way below $1,000. From Chicago I'd expect them to top out at about $400.