Deployment 2024-25 booking season begins

[cruiseboy89130]

On 7/23/2023 at 3:50 PM, twangster said:

Oct. 23 - Nov. 7, 2024

15 Night Suez Canal

Pricing will be very interesting as it is timed badly for working citizens!

Internet will be non existent for most parts of the journey.... especially in the Suez and surrounding dessert areas on the way to Dubai....

If it is below $800 pp I would go....

Taxes will be about $500 pp on top!😱

Edited July 24, 2023 by cruiseboy89130

[Another_Critic]

24 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Pricing will be very interesting as it is timed badly for working citizens!

Internet will be non existent for most parts of the journey.... especially in the Suez and surrounding dessert areas on the way to Dubai....

If it is below $800 pp I would go....

Taxes will be about $500 pp on top!😱

Why is Oct/Nov timed badly for working citizens?

[ONECRUISER]

4 hours ago, island lady said:

 

We on the world cruise might.  😉 

Sure, rub it in! No happy for you all. Can't do World Cruise but couple days ago counted it out and just on Serenade I've done 268nites(so far). Going on her for all of Sept inc Repo then moving over to Radiance for Oct... Going to enjoy this Class until it's gone

[pstone1]

16 hours ago, twangster said:

 

Genuinely curious how many would sail for 50 nights.  I'm sure some would, but how many?

 

 

We absolutely would!  We spent 36 nights on Jewel followed by 14 nights on Voyager, so 50 nights right there.  Went home for 2 weeks, then back on Jewel for another 28 nights.  No problem!

 

We are already booked for this timeframe though, but wish we could do it!

[pstone1]

46 minutes ago, ONECRUISER said:

Sure, rub it in! No happy for you all. Can't do World Cruise but couple days ago counted it out and just on Serenade I've done 268nites(so far). Going on her for all of Sept inc Repo then moving over to Radiance for Oct... Going to enjoy this Class until it's gone

See you on the Serenade!  We too plan to enjoy our favorite class as long as we can!

[cruiseboy89130]

1 hour ago, Another_Critic said:

Why is Oct/Nov timed badly for working citizens?

Not the month but the weekdays are terrible......you need 3 full weeks of vacation time!🙄😱

[Another_Critic]

44 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Not the month but the weekdays are terrible......you need 3 full weeks of vacation time!🙄😱

Yeah, that could be an issue.

 

But, it does allow short pre-cruise and post-cruise stays. 

[cruiseboy89130]

6 minutes ago, Another_Critic said:

But, it does allow short pre-cruise and post-cruise stays. 

Any cruise will allow that!

No advantage there!

Leaving on a Wednesday and return on a Thursday is as bad as it gets!

Edited July 24, 2023 by cruiseboy89130

[island lady]

8 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

I would and have. Doing 42 nites this Sept/Oct, inc a PC and a Repo though it's on 2 Ships

 

That is not a B2B.  More commonly called a side to side.  

[island lady]

5 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

Sure, rub it in! No happy for you all. Can't do World Cruise but couple days ago counted it out and just on Serenade I've done 268nites(so far). Going on her for all of Sept inc Repo then moving over to Radiance for Oct... Going to enjoy this Class until it's gone

 

Good for you.  🙂 

[ONECRUISER]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

 

That is not a B2B.  More commonly called a side to side.  

True but they are not really Side by Side. On Serenade Starting in Tampa B4B ending in Boston THEN shoot to West Coast and Start a B3B on Radiance ending in Tampa

[FionaMG]

Anthem sailings from October 2024 to March 2025 are up.

 

@little britain get your credit card out! 😂

[cruiseboy89130]

3 minutes ago, FionaMG said:

Anthem sailings from October 2024 to March 2025 are up.

 

@little britain get your credit card out! 😂

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🤑🤑🤑

[FionaMG]

Just now, cruiseboy89130 said:

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🤑🤑🤑

 

Yup

[cruiseboy89130]

4 minutes ago, FionaMG said:

 

Yup

But taxes are lower for Suez than 2019!

BTW they sold Explorer Suez 13 nights in 2019 starting at $379 as a GGG🎉👌

But taxes were about $450

It will be interesting to see if anybody books this at the prices and the bad timing!

Edited July 25, 2023 by cruiseboy89130

[little britain]

12 minutes ago, FionaMG said:

Anthem sailings from October 2024 to March 2025 are up.

 

@little britain get your credit card out! 😂

$4814 for 2 in a gty balcony…. They are having a laugh!!  As they say on TV: I’m out! 
For that price we can fly to Petra for a weekend!  
Poor itinerary too - zero interest in Israel and sadly no Oman 

very disappointing 

Edited July 25, 2023 by little britain

[gumshoe958]

16 minutes ago, little britain said:

$4814 for 2 in a gty balcony…. They are having a laugh!!  As they say on TV: I’m out! 
For that price we can fly to Petra for a weekend!  
Poor itinerary too - zero interest in Israel and sadly no Oman 

very disappointing 

There’s an Oman stop on the Dubai-Singapore leg.

 

But yes, with those prices it’s an easy decision.

[Jumping Cruiser]

29 minutes ago, FionaMG said:

Anthem sailings from October 2024 to March 2025 are up.

 

@little britain get your credit card out! 😂

 

The itineraries for anybody wondering. 

 

 

[Missusdubbya]

2 hours ago, FionaMG said:

get your credit card out!

indeed, yikes the prices!

[island lady]

13 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

True but they are not really Side by Side. On Serenade Starting in Tampa B4B ending in Boston THEN shoot to West Coast and Start a B3B on Radiance ending in Tampa

 

Two B2Bs then.  

[cublet]

1 hour ago, Missusdubbya said:

indeed, yikes the prices!

Hello,

 

Never mind your credit cards - get the deeds to your house out!

 

Regards,

 

Cublet

[island lady]

8 minutes ago, cublet said:

Hello,

 

Never mind your credit cards - get the deeds to your house out!

 

Regards,

 

Cublet

 

I cringe at how many brand new vehicles I could have bought with the cruises we have booked.  😮  Or houses for that matter.  😉 

[OCSC Mike]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

 

I cringe at how many brand new vehicles I could have bought with the cruises we have booked.  😮  Or houses for that matter.  😉 

 

Who wants a collection of cars and houses instead of more cruises? We're ready to cash out our house and go live with my wife's parents but for some reason they don't like the idea. 🤣

 

I offered to pay them rent and chip in for utilities... no luck. 🤷‍♀️

Edited July 25, 2023 by OCSC Mike

[island lady]

1 hour ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Who wants a collection of cars and houses instead of more cruises? We're ready to cash out our house and go live with my wife's parents but for some reason they don't like the idea. 🤣

 

I offered to pay them rent and chip in for utilities... no luck. 🤷‍♀️

 

LOL...you so bad.  😄   You could demand an allowance for taking them to the post office, grocery, house cleaning, lawn mowing etc.  That is what they are doing now in China, so I have heard.  😉 

[OCSC Mike]

12 minutes ago, island lady said:

You could demand an allowance for taking them to the post office, grocery, house cleaning, lawn mowing etc.

 

LOL, I only do one of those things for my own house (grocery shopping). I love my in-laws and am grateful for the family cruises, but let's not get crazy!