Where do you stay between trips on a back to back?

[froghollow]

If you take back to back cruises and you're not in the same cabin for both trips, where do you stay when you get to port at the end of the first cruise? Do you - and your luggage - have to leave the ship and then re-board? Or can you store the luggage and wander the pier until boarding. Or can you stay on board?

[LHT28]

Usually on most cruiselines you can stay onboard or go ashore .....just make sure the room steward knows you are moving to another cabin.

They will usually just take your hanging stuff on a rack then you just need to pack up the drawers etc..

 

Check with the purser or houskeeping manager before your 1st cruise ends.

[JLC@SD]

If you take back to back cruises and you're not in the same cabin for both trips, where do you stay when you get to port at the end of the first cruise? Do you - and your luggage - have to leave the ship and then re-board? Or can you store the luggage and wander the pier until boarding. Or can you stay on board?

 

Dont know which ship or crusie line you will be on. We were on Princess and had to change cabins.

 

Your cabin steward will help you get moved.

 

We packed our suitcases with the stuff in the drawer. The steward arranged to have a hanging cart brought and our hanging stuff was moved on it with our suit cases. We stayed in our first cabin until the second was ready and then just moved. The rest of the day was free.

 

New cruise cards were delivered to our room the last night of the first cruise. The only reason you might have to go ashore is to process through customs without your luggage. We had to do that at Ft. Lauderdale after a Caribbean cruise.

 

The ship has done this many times before and I am sure it will go smoothly for you. No luggage storage or taking luggage ashore in required.......:)

[chasetf]

If you take back to back cruises and you're not in the same cabin for both trips, where do you stay when you get to port at the end of the first cruise? Do you - and your luggage - have to leave the ship and then re-board? Or can you store the luggage and wander the pier until boarding. Or can you stay on board?

We stayed aboard on a Caribbean B2B along with about 30 others. After clearing imigration, we spent the rest of the day around the pool. :D I was neat having the entire ship to ourselves for about 4 hrs until the new passengers started arriving in the late afternoon.

[Keith1010]

OK, in terms of cabins, when you book your cruise ideally you want to find the same cabin that is open on both segments so that you do NOT have to move at the end of one segment from one cabin to the other. If you book well in advance like we did, that is not a problem.

 

In our case, there was no imigration to clear since we were in the Mediterranean. On the moring of disembarkation, when most passenger's disembark we were considered an in-transit guest. We could leave or go back on the ship as much as we wanted as if we were in any port. Since we had the same cabin, it was a normal day for us. During breakfast our stewardess cleaned the cabin and we could return to the cabin as soon as she was finished.

 

I remember saying goodbye to some newfound friends we had met on board and then sitting in one of the lounges until it was time for them to go. While most people looked sad, we knew we had another cruise to go. Also, later in the day it was interesting looking at the faces of the new embarking passenger's. Many looked tired as the majority had traveled a long ways to the ship and had to figure out where everything is on board.

 

Keith

[Krazy Kruizers]

Of all the many back-to-back cruises that we have done, only once did we have to switch cabins. That was because we booked the cruises very close to sailing. Our cabin steward knew that we would be chaning and was very helpful in getting us to the other cabin once the other people had left and the cabin was made ready for us.

 

Otherwise we just roam the ship, if we want to get a shore and do anything, we do.

 

Just be advised that in some ports you will still have to go through immigration between the cruises.

[froghollow]

Many thanks to all for the great information. We weren't sure about booking a back to back trip but now, because you were so kind to share your knowledge, we know it can work out.

[Boitexan]

Just curious.....is there any break in the price when you book back to back? Or are you essentially booking two separate cruises that just happen to follow one another?

[flamingokidz]

Well, we have done two back to backs both on Carnival. Did West and East Caribbean and another time did East & Southern Caribbean. We never had to change cabins. We made the back to back arrangements ahead of time, so we booked the same cabin for both legs of the trip. It is no big deal. You wait in the lobby or in your room. When the ship is cleared by customs, you are personally escorted off the ship by someone from the pursers office. They walk you over to a customs official and escort you back on. You are then free to go into port or stay in your cabin or wait on deck in the sun. We love it. We love long cruises and back to back works real well for us. Hope you decide upon it. I actually would not cruise if a liner made me change cabins and that is something to seriously consider. Why bother? Pack and unpack just once.

Happy Cruising

 

 

SAIL ON..........LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND

 

LYNNE:cool:

[JLC@SD]

Just curious.....is there any break in the price when you book back to back? Or are you essentially booking two separate cruises that just happen to follow one another?

 

Our experience is that Princess does not give a discount for B2B trips.

[Keith1010]

Many cruise lines will provide a discount for a b2b cruise. The amount of the discount varies by cruise line.

 

Keith

[wolfcathorse]

Many cruise lines will provide a discount for a b2b cruise. The amount of the discount varies by cruise line. Keith

 

I'm going to book my B2B for 4-28-06 while onboard Grandeur 2-6-06. Will the LA on Grandeur offer me a discount if there is one, or should I ask. I'm going to start putting courtesy holds on the rooms I want since the lower decks are starting to book up. Can I continously put holds on day after day until I depart on Grandeur so I can book Sovereign for the cabin seapass account credit?

[serene56]

Just curious.....is there any break in the price when you book back to back? Or are you essentially booking two separate cruises that just happen to follow one another?

 

if it is a discount its very small..both cruises are treated as seperate cruises all together.

 

The 2nd week--all your stuff will be the same so you want something that will be going to differnt ports.. all your shows, dining etc will be the same as last week

[Keith1010]

You will have to ask about the b2b pricing. I will say this again it varies by criuse line. Some will not give a discounts, others a small one while others a very large one. Again, the key is to ask whether or not the cruise line provides a back to back discount, and if so, how much reduction will you get off the two combined cruises.

 

Keith