jaydee6969 Posted October 18, 2022 #101 Share Posted October 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Cruise girl1979 said: Does anyone happen to know where Arcadia is going over Christmas 24? Baltics 19/12/24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted October 18, 2022 #102 Share Posted October 18, 2022 23 minutes ago, Cruise girl1979 said: Does anyone happen to know where Arcadia is going over Christmas 24? Baltic 19.12 10 nights 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted October 18, 2022 #103 Share Posted October 18, 2022 6 hours ago, yorkshirephil said: It is but lots of retired people do these cruises for the weather and don't get off the ship, especially when hard of walking. We don't always get off at some islands and it is surprising how many people are around the decks. Just look how many people went on staycation cruises during the height of COVID. Goodness that would drive me crazy. I would have to get off at each port. And I'm 75 and other half is 83. Whole point of the cruise for us is getting to different ports. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobstheboy Posted October 19, 2022 #104 Share Posted October 19, 2022 10 hours ago, jeanlyon said: Goodness that would drive me crazy. I would have to get off at each port. And I'm 75 and other half is 83. Whole point of the cruise for us is getting to different ports. A lot are of a similar view, we are the opposite. Having visited most places current main line cruise ships go to, we love warm weather sea days, so a 35 nighter to the Caribbean, sailing the southern route via Tenerife appeals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted October 19, 2022 #105 Share Posted October 19, 2022 35 minutes ago, bobstheboy said: A lot are of a similar view, we are the opposite. Having visited most places current main line cruise ships go to, we love warm weather sea days, so a 35 nighter to the Caribbean, sailing the southern route via Tenerife appeals. Yes I've visited most places too, and have done the transatlantic, but after 3 days, I like to get off!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted October 19, 2022 #106 Share Posted October 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, jeanlyon said: Yes I've visited most places too, and have done the transatlantic, but after 3 days, I like to get off!" You still can, might just mean a substantial swim. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kersh Posted October 19, 2022 #107 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Thanks everyone for the info. Still no brochure here so much appreciated. can anyone tell what Aurora is doing for Xmas 2024 and New Year 2025. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted October 19, 2022 #108 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Aurora 21.12.2024 R425 16 nights Canaries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted October 19, 2022 #109 Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, jeanlyon said: Yes I've visited most places too, and have done the transatlantic, but after 3 days, I like to get off!" If we did a transatlantic, DW would probably ask me to get off the ship after 3 days. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ray Posted October 19, 2022 #110 Share Posted October 19, 2022 13 hours ago, jeanlyon said: Goodness that would drive me crazy. I would have to get off at each port. And I'm 75 and other half is 83. Whole point of the cruise for us is getting to different ports. In 18 years of cruising we have only not got off at a port once, and that was Tunis. Having been there previously we both agreed never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted October 19, 2022 #111 Share Posted October 19, 2022 2 hours ago, bobstheboy said: A lot are of a similar view, we are the opposite. Having visited most places current main line cruise ships go to, we love warm weather sea days, so a 35 nighter to the Caribbean, sailing the southern route via Tenerife appeals. I must admit I love transatlantic crossings, mainly using QM2 as my bus home after visiting friends in the US. I also have enjoyed a couple of RCI repositioning cruises on Allure from Barcelona as she took the southern route but only stopped in Malaga, again as a bus to Florida to visit friends. My question on how Iona would fair is because I understand her deck spaces are more limited and her dome stays closed. I've not sailed her personally. Just had friends repositioning on NCL's latest offering the Prima. Slightly different as she went via Iceland and Canada with the hurricane affecting them. However their complaint was how much was unusable in the rough weather as inside facilities are over crowded when the open sections onto the promenade equivalent were closed. Canaries weather although reasonable is not guaranteed to be perfect in January so could Iona encounter this sort of problem? As I say I don't know her so was looking for general opinion on the idea. I'm not a huge fan of Ventura so was thinking this might be an offering I can consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kersh Posted October 19, 2022 #112 Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Megabear2 said: Aurora 21.12.2024 R425 16 nights Canaries Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Anarchy Posted October 19, 2022 #113 Share Posted October 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Red Ray said: In 18 years of cruising we have only not got off at a port once, and that was Tunis. Having been there previously we both agreed never again. Only time we both didn't get off at a port was Le Havre. Had been there before and decided it would be much nicer to stay on the ship rather than wander round the shopping mall again. Was pleased last year when we couldn't get into Vigo last year. Got £150 from the hols insurance company, when we were thinking of staying on board anyway. The Ole Lady stayed on board in Tenerife once as well. Mind you, Ventura had broken down and we ended up being stuck there for five days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardennais Posted October 19, 2022 #114 Share Posted October 19, 2022 9 hours ago, zap99 said: If we did a transatlantic, DW would probably ask me to get off the ship after 3 days. We did a 35 nighter Jan 2020 and couldn’t believe that we only had one small tiff - and not until week 4! The children just didn’t believe us when we told them after getting home. I think we were so relaxed and chilled that nothing could have annoyed either of us! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eddie99 Posted October 19, 2022 #115 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Our last cruise was the 35 night Ventura January 2020 expedition. It was fantastic. January in the Caribbean beats the UK any day! ☀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardennais Posted October 19, 2022 #116 Share Posted October 19, 2022 21 minutes ago, Eddie99 said: Our last cruise was the 35 night Ventura January 2020 expedition. It was fantastic. January in the Caribbean beats the UK any day! ☀️ I think we might have been on the same cruise. It was brilliant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costalota Posted October 20, 2022 #117 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Could anybody who is expirenced in world criuse intinerary`s say that the ports on the 2025 Worldie are a good choice? or are they pretty much repetitive? We will be retired by then so thought we might try one, just wish it was Aurora though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel57 Posted October 20, 2022 #118 Share Posted October 20, 2022 32 minutes ago, costalota said: Could anybody who is expirenced in world criuse intinerary`s say that the ports on the 2025 Worldie are a good choice? or are they pretty much repetitive? We will be retired by then so thought we might try one, just wish it was Aurora though. I’ve only done world cruises on Aurora (2012/13/14 when world was very different) but have visited most of those ports. In my opinion, I’d say the itinerary was a good one and going the right way round - But it’s very much down to what you personally want to see and do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobstheboy Posted October 20, 2022 #119 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Lots of emails from cruise company's this morning tempting me to pre register for 24/25. Very tempted with the Iona Jan 25, 35 nights, non fly to Caribbean via Tenerife, the warmer route. Is it worth committing at this time, who knows what the price will be nearer the time ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted October 20, 2022 #120 Share Posted October 20, 2022 20 minutes ago, bobstheboy said: Lots of emails from cruise company's this morning tempting me to pre register for 24/25. Very tempted with the Iona Jan 25, 35 nights, non fly to Caribbean via Tenerife, the warmer route. Is it worth committing at this time, who knows what the price will be nearer the time ? I think it depends on the deposit. If it is only £50 you have nothing really to lose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted October 20, 2022 #121 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Just looked through all the itineraries for every ship. I don’t think we will be booking. Several reasons. Few itineraries appeal. Launch prices (Balcony, Select fares) are more than we usually pay. Also, we aren’t too keen to commit to more cruises with P&O until we have experienced the ‘post Covid’ P&O (that I’ve read so much about on this forum) for ourselves. That means waiting until we have done our Iona and Ventura cruises next year. We’ve always booked at launch and found that subsequent prices have never been bettered, but my sense is that with the likely economic climate over the next few years, there will be bargains to be had and booking two plus years out might be unwise (especially at these launch prices). Finally, even though our last cruise got us to Caribbean tier with P&O, we are wondering if it might be time to try some other cruise lines. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted October 20, 2022 #122 Share Posted October 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, wowzz said: I think it depends on the deposit. If it is only £50 you have nothing really to lose. Actually, that’s a very fair point and would alleviate some of my concerns. I’ll have a chat with Mrs Selbourne! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollag Posted October 20, 2022 #123 Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Selbourne said: Just looked through all the itineraries for every ship. I don’t think we will be booking. Several reasons. Few itineraries appeal. Launch prices (Balcony, Select fares) are more than we usually pay. Also, we aren’t too keen to commit to more cruises with P&O until we have experienced the ‘post Covid’ P&O (that I’ve read so much about on this forum) for ourselves. That means waiting until we have done our Iona and Ventura cruises next year. We’ve always booked at launch and found that subsequent prices have never been bettered, but my sense is that with the likely economic climate over the next few years, there will be bargains to be had and booking two plus years out might be unwise (especially at these launch prices). Finally, even though our last cruise got us to Caribbean tier with P&O, we are wondering if it might be time to try some other cruise lines. Same here nothing tempts us same old boring itineraries, I’m sure I saw a post with an advert saying they’d be price matching for these new one did anyone else see it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermotsgirl Posted October 20, 2022 #124 Share Posted October 20, 2022 In a different world, I’d probably be looking at either of the two Ventura 35 night cruises in 2025. The earlier one has a more interesting itinerary, but the later one coincides with my 65th birthday. I’d avoid the 35 night Iona cruise to the Caribbean. There’s only 7 Caribbean ports and stacks of sea days. Seems to be some very slow sailing, as Iona doesn’t get to Tenerife until day 6, and the first Caribbean port isn’t until day 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted October 20, 2022 #125 Share Posted October 20, 2022 8 minutes ago, Dermotsgirl said: I’d avoid the 35 night Iona cruise to the Caribbean. There’s only 7 Caribbean ports and stacks of sea days. Seems to be some very slow sailing, as Iona doesn’t get to Tenerife until day 6, and the first Caribbean port isn’t until day 14 Seems to be a thing with Iona. A few weeks ago she was in Lisbon on the same day as Ventura. Iona left and did a very slow plod directly back to Southampton, whereas Ventura did a full day in Vigo the next day, yet they both arrived in Southampton the same morning! We aren’t fans of sea days, especially those that are created ‘for the sake of it’. We much prefer port days, even if we only get off for a few hours and then enjoy watching the comings and goings from our balcony for the rest of the day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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