I'm Back to Celebrity....Almost

[Randyk47]

Last year I crossed over to the "dark side" (historically a HAL customer) and sailed the Galaxy out of Galveston. :o Went back to our cruising roots for a 10-day on HAL's Volendam last month and had a great cruise. Having said that....I'm back. :) We're looking to next year's cruise and we're about....I think....to book the Summit repositioning cruise in April 2007. I've read some mixed reviews, in a generic kind of way, about repositioning cruises. Any general or specific impressions about these type cruises with Celebrity?

 

PS- Hey Phil....I see you'll still around.....how about that cruise together?

[lysolqn]

We've taken several repositioning cruises, including transatlantic and they're great - especially because staff and crew are really upbeat and looking forward to a change in itinerary after having OD'd on months and months of the same old same old.

[MISSYLOU]

Did the same cruise on Infinity and could not find any drawbacks. We loved it. Not sure what your question is. Of course one way airfare to/from both ports can be higher. Otherwise a wonderful cruise. With lots of places on deck to watch the ship go through the canal.

[excitedofharpenden]

Hi Randy!:) How ya doin? Glad to see you enjoyed your Volendam cruise. A bunch on our roll call last November on Mercury were doing a reunion of their cruise on her as we were doing a reunion of our Galaxy cruise in 2003, plus quite a few more Amigos besides.

 

Now, how about Connie in March 2007? We have quite a group going already. Ultimate Caribbean, going to a few ports I haven't been to.

 

Anyway, good luck with the planning. Don't you just love the planning?:cool:

 

Phil

[Randyk47]

Missylou - Though Lysolqn touched on it, and it apparently wasn't a problem on their cruise, I've read on CC that some repositioning cruises aren't all that good. I couldn't/can't recall where or when or even what lines were mentioned. I do recall there were concerns about the ports of call (not normal ones so the port and the ship weren't used to the ports/excursions), reduced or tired staff, etc. Of the Celebrity ships we've also only sailed on the Galaxy and while she was a bit tired and in need of a drydock it was still a great cruise and the small things that needed to be fixed were not really that big of an issue. Working with a TA right now and waiting for the final costs for a couple of cabin options so we'll see. As for airlines/airfare....well....living pretty much in the middle of the US we'll probably just take something like Southwest and save some bucks.

 

Phil - Hmm....March 2007.....will have to look into that if this Summit cruise doesn't pan out.

[cruising with marti]

Last year I crossed over to the "dark side" (historically a HAL customer) and sailed the Galaxy out of Galveston. :o Went back to our cruising roots for a 10-day on HAL's Volendam last month and had a great cruise. Having said that....I'm back. :) We're looking to next year's cruise and we're about....I think....to book the Summit repositioning cruise in April 2007. I've read some mixed reviews, in a generic kind of way, about repositioning cruises. Any general or specific impressions about these type cruises with Celebrity?

 

PS- Hey Phil....I see you'll still around.....how about that cruise together?

 

Randy, I love repo cruises, same cruise benifits, but for less $$$.

 

By ther way, We wre on the Summit repo cruise from San Diego to Alaska, last May, just a great cruise..

 

Is that generic enough? :D

 

 

phil

[poetic license]

We have done 3 repositioning cruises and they were all terrific, as well as a great deal. Airfares don't have to be much more expensive doing these kinds of routes, since you can always buy 'open jaw' tickets and get around it that way. I actually like starting in one port and finishing in another. It gives us the opportunity to see and explore two different cities.

 

Happy Sailing~