Picking a cruise based ONLY on dates

[mrsaquashark]

If we cruise in January it is always based on dates - I’m a professor and can only go when school is not in session. To compensate, we search Royal Caribbean and Celebrity and aren’t restrictive about our departure port. We can usually find a ship and itinerary that suits us. This year, we chose Freedom of the Seas because DD is joining us and it has a nursery, but we considered several itineraries from Port Canaveral, Fort Lauderdale, San Juan, and Miami, with the main requirement being that the ship didn’t stop in Nassau.

 

 

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[samiam0403]

Has anyone here ever booked a cruise based only on the dates, and not taking into account the ports, which RCCL ship etc?

 

Yes! Not having read the thread, I booked a cruise earlier this year (2 actually, now that I think about it :confused:) based solely on the date - not RCCL though. I had left Carnival behind a few years ago, but we had a mini-vacation planned for a concert in Orlando with a few friends to celebrate my 5-years cancer-free anniversary. I discovered that a Carnival cruise left Port Canaveral the same day. I was initially leery, but decided to book it. WE HAD THE BEST TIME! It stopped in a port we’d been to a dozen times, but we went in expecting to have a great time celebrating, and did. Even my husband, who doesn’t share my cruising addiction in the least, came away from that cruise saying it was his favorite cruise yet. :) So if you just enjoy cruising for cruising, I say go for it!