Cruising with friends?

[Brklynguy]

We always cruise or vacation the same time each year with same friends plus others.....always the same class, always fun.

[wework2play]

Cruise with friends. It will be unforgettable. We had the time of our lives last year with a group of 10.

[Ms. Fun Bunch]

:) I cruise every year with my family and friends Usualluy there is around 30 -40 of us we always have a great time together. This year we are sailing the Destiny on August 5th. I can't wait!!!!

[wework2play]

Afterthought: Plan some things with the group, and other things alone. It can be difficult to please everyone. On one port day, we all disagreed about what to do and I found myself doing what I didn't want to do just to make them happy. So, don't be afraid to say "hey, we're going to do this and we'll meet up with you for dinner".

[cruzegirl]

I've only cruised with friends so far.... No family...... But I've had the same cruise buddy for 4 of 6 cruises..... She lives in N.J. and I live in California... We get together when we cruise and other special events..... We're great friends and independant so we cruise and get along well together.... It's been awesome...... Cruise #5 in Nov...:D

[Calicruiser101]

Cruised alone on our honeymoon, duh. The second cruise we went with our very good friends. No problems about staying together too much, sometimes we all went to the same place other days we went seperate ways. The only problem we had was dining room attire. The couple aren't exactly into dressing up. They did fine on formal night, but one of the other nights he came in dressed in shorts and a shirt that had cut-off sleeves, oh my.:eek:

[cathyz]

We've cruised mostly with friends, only once just the 2 of us. The last cruise was with 33 of our friends for my DH's 50th b.day. Everyone did what they wanted during the day and then about 6:00 we met in our suite every day for happy hour and then on to dinner where we all sat at 4 tables next to each other. Either way is fun!

[ShedQueen77]

Same thing happened here. My wife found the cruise,had to book it for them,had to do their fun pass cause they couldn't figure it out, I had to book their excursions and all this on a dial up connection and they had high speed access at home:rolleyes: I got high-speed access just so I could do the carnival and cruise critic faster:D This is our second cruise(first with the kids) and their first. My best friend called my wife and asked if they had telephones in the cabin and she told him yes and he said good cause he wanted me to call him and wake him up in the morning:cool: I have done all the research and have a box with cruise stuff in it ( duct tape, power strip) everyone here knows "the list" and made hime a folder with all the info.That said.. he's my best friend and his wife and my wife are best friends and everyone gets along great. I am just hoping their feelings don't get hurt if we don't want to do everything they do.

 

Tom

 

I'm with you! I love these people dearly and I don't want any hurt feelings anywhere. I don't mind spending some time with them and helping them out, but I can't find a way to nicely draw that line. I guess I'll just suck it up and deal with it. Since they're family too, that could get sticky right quick! :)

 

Now hopefully if they want to cruise with us again, they'll have the routine down and won't need so much of my "assistance"!

[teanbean16]

The first time we cruised with best friends/cousins and our children. The seven of us had a great time. Last year, we cruised with family and friends--16 of us. Four of us had extended balconies and we had all a huge balcony after the dividers were opened. We had a fantastic time. We told everybody what we had planned for day trips and whoever wanted to join us was welcome. Most days, at least 12 of us did trips together. It was wonderful and the pictures were marvelous. None of us were tied to the hips and when we are on holiday if you want to do something or don't want to do something then go right ahead. No pressure. The last thing anybody wants to hear is why aren't you going to do this or that!!! Just remember to do your own thing and be happy. Make time for yourself if you want it or just enjoy your family and friends. We are booked again this March and there are already 16 of us booked. Yes, we love going with a group of our family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!:) :)

[mrdood]

any bad times had or has everyone enjoyed it?

 

Tom

 

We usually cruise with friends, just make sure you balance together time with apart time. You read posts about how people are offended that their friends are not past guests and are not invited to the past guest party and how terrible it is that they can't go... look if they can't find anything to do for the 45 minutes, they have big problems - everyone needs apart time, even families.

 

Last fall we cruised with my best friend and his new GF, she went nuclear the first night because my bud blew off dinner and the shows to gamble and was down $700, they were both really drunk and I had to remove my friend from the Casino, per the pit boss' request... I thought the trip was going to be a disaster, but they were angels the rest of the cruise - guess they had to get it out of their system:p

[cruzegirl]

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Originally Posted by tomboyy

Same thing happened here. My wife found the cruise,had to book it for them,had to do their fun pass cause they couldn't figure it out, I had to book their excursions and all this on a dial up connection and they had high speed access at home. I got high-speed access just so I could do the carnival and cruise critic faster. This is our second cruise(first with the kids) and their first. My best friend called my wife and asked if they had telephones in the cabin and she told him yes and he said good cause he wanted me to call him and wake him up in the morning:cool: I have done all the research and have a box with cruise stuff in it ( duct tape, power strip) everyone here knows "the list" and made hime a folder with all the info.That said.. he's my best friend and his wife and my wife are best friends and everyone gets along great. I am just hoping their feelings don't get hurt if we don't want to do everything they do.

 

Tom

 

I'm with you! I love these people dearly and I don't want any hurt feelings anywhere. I don't mind spending some time with them and helping them out, but I can't find a way to nicely draw that line. I guess I'll just suck it up and deal with it. Since they're family too, that could get sticky right quick! :)

 

Now hopefully if they want to cruise with us again, they'll have the routine down and won't need so much of my "assistance"!

 

I had a little bit of that problem last Dec. with a cruise. My regular cruise buddy and I did great. We each take turns planning a cruise vacation. But a friend from work and her husband wanted to join the cruise. Which was great. I really like them both. The issue was the she is not a computer person. So her husband and I did most planning. And since he had never done this, I had to help him... ALOT. Still no problem. Until I felt they weren't taking care of things timely enough. So I finally backed off. Meaning I sent the info., the due dates and then they were on their own. All was well until she found out they didn't have a balcony after all:eek: .... Oh well.... Next time, check it out when I tell you too.......lol...... This time for our cruise in Nov. he's already contacting me and making arrangements. Love it.......Lesson learned. :D