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2020 Group Cruises you've seen advertised


WAMarathoner
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No commentary, please, just list the date, ship, and group [titles taken from their websites] (departing from).  That way those who are interested in traveling with groups can look it up, and those who do not want to travel with a large group can avoid them.

 

01/29 - Norwegian Pearl, Outlaw Country Cruise (Miami)

01/30 - Carnival Victory, Super Bowl Cruise (Miami)

02/01 - RCCL Adventure of the Seas, Cruising with the King (Ft. Lauderdale)

02/01 - Celebrity Infinity, The Jazz Cruise (Miami)

02/01 - Carnival Paradise, Huddle on the Sea (Tampa)

02/01 - Carnival Valor, Shiprocked (New Orleans)

02/02 - Cayamo (Miami)

02/09 - Holland America Nieuw Statendam, The All Gay Cruise (Ft. Lauderdale)

02/14 - Norwegian Pearl, Sail Across the Sun (Miami)

02/15 - Celebrity Infinity, 70s Rock and Romance (Miami)

02/18 - Norwegian Pearl, Keeping the Blues Alive (Miami)

02/21 - Celebrity Reflection, Gay Mardi Gras (Ft. Lauderdale)

02/22 - Celebrity Infinity, Ultimate Disco Cruise (Miami)

02/24 - Urban Cruise Weekend (New Orleans)

02/27 - RCCL Independence of the Seas, Rock Legends Cruise VIII (Ft. Lauderdale)

02/27 - Carnival Sunrise, Invicta (Ft. Lauderdale)

02/29 - RCCL Independence, K-Love (Ft. Lauderdale)

03/08 - Explorer of the Seas, The 80s Cruise (Miami)

03/21 - Celebrity Summit, Mim Gay Travel (San Juan, PR)

03/28 - Celebrity Infinity, Flower Power (Miami)

03/28 - Carnival Magic, Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage (Galveston)

04/23 - Holland America Volendam, All Gay Lesbian Coastal Cruise (San Diego)

04/24 - Celebrity Reflection, Transatlantic Gay Group Cruise (Ft. Lauderdale)

05/11 - Celebrity Solstice, Hawaiian Island Gay Group Cruise (Honolulu)

05/17 - Emerald Princess, Chumley's Bears (Vancouver)

05/22 - RCCL Navigator, The Grown & Sexy Cruise (Ft. Lauderdale)

05/24 - Emerald Princess, Adventure Bears (Seattle)

05/24 - Royal Caribbean, Crystal & Tahisha 50th Birthday Bash (Cape Liberty)

06/22 - Carnival, Cooper Reunion (Miami)

07/01 - Enchanted Princess, CruiseDesigns (London)

07/03 - Carnival, Believe and Succeed Friends (Long Beach)

07/25 - Sky Princess, CruiseDesigns (Berlin)

07/13 - Carnival, Cruisin' with L & A (Tampa)

08/14 - Celebrity Solstice, Mim Travel Alaska Gay Group Cruise (Seattle)

08/22 - Carnival, BM Getaways (Miami)

09/12 - Norwegian Pearl, Catholic Fellowship Cruise (Honolulu)

10/08 - Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas, Educational Opportunity Tours (Cape Liberty)

10/20 - Norwegian Pearl, Melissa Etheridge (Miami)

11/02 - Carnival, FaithCon (Miami)

11/07 - Royal Princess, Adventure Bears (Long Beach)

11/29 - RCCL Allure, Post Thanksgiving Gay Group Caribbean Cruise (Miami)

 

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Not to put fine a point on it, but some of the cruises that you've listed (like the Infinity Flower-Power & Rock-n-Romance sailings) are not 'group cruises' -- as I understand it, they are out-and-out charters. No need to 'avoid' anything -- since you can only book those by going directly thought the charter company. (I know because we book Jazz Cruise charters -- usually on X ships -- every year).

 

You do have a good idea though. Lots of us have had bad experiences, somewhere along the line, with a large group that we didn't know about 'taking-over' public spaces on our ship. Just suggesting that your list might be more manageable, if you can differentiate between whole-ship charter cruises, and large-group bookings on regular sailings.

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13 hours ago, WAMarathoner said:

Thank you WW.  How can I tell the difference when looking them up?

Hmm.. a good question, my fellow Pacific-Northwesterner!😎

 

I think that the easiest way to check would be to go to the cruise-line's web page and try to do a 'dummy booking'. If the sailing is a complete charter (like my upcoming Smooth Jazz Cruise on X's Infinity) you shouldn't even SEE that particular sailing, in the cruiseline's inventory. However, if the cruiseline's website shows that sailing as available for sale to the general public -- and you happen to know that there's a large group sailing on it -- then, that would be one for your list.

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WAMarathoner -- Thought that you might find this thread interesting. It's by a poster on the HAL boards, who does a good job of keeping track of dry-docks, group cruises, and charters on HAL. As you can see, it's a pretty ambitious (but achievable) undertaking -- keeping track of that information, just for one cruise line. Hope this helps!😎

 

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and that's just one cruise line ..one has to give props to the cruise line fleet marketing folks to find a way to fill cabins on the older smaller vessels that are more configured for full charters or large groups as long as it does not exceed 50% capacity 

 

the mega ships don't work for music charters

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