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On Tue, 04 May 2010 11:11:31 -0400, Sue Mullen
wrote: D Ball wrote: Thanks, Tom, Rosalie & Sue, for the valuable lesson on how best to do Bermuda! I have to say, I'm as resistant to HAL as Tom is to Carnival (oh my!), so I may have to look at doing something altogether different in the short June window for R&R I'm working with. Although, part of the point of coming up to sail out of NYC was catching a show before and after the cruise, so you never know.... Diana, DO NOT give up on Bermuda because you don't want to do HAL!! Yes the HAL itin. is better, but you can still enjoy Bermuda from Summit. Another thing to keep in mind is that Bermuda sailings are less formal and the nightlife is on shore, not on the ship. I agree - do Bermuda. If they have the high speed ferry running to St. George, you can do that. If not - take the bus. Just because we would prefer to be docked right in town does not mean that Kings Wharf is bad - there's quite a bit to do out there too. Once you;ve done Bermuda, you will want to come back. Although I don't know why you are resistant to HAL. It isn't as good for kids as some of the other lines like maybe Disney, but it is still a nice line. |
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On May 2, 11:35�am, Charles wrote:
I have so many cruises stacked right now I am having problems keeping track of the travel arrangements---flights, hotels, insurance, excursions, online check ins. Friday I booked the HAL Veendam to Bermuda in June. I am cruising in Alaska on the HAL Volendam in August. Then there is the MOAGC on Oasis of the Seas in October and the Vikings cruise on Carnival Valor in December. And tomorrow I will be calling Susette to book the Vikings December 2011 cruise on Allure of the Seas. That will be five cruises to look forward to at one time. I have never done that before. I am sure though that some of you have me beat and have more stacked than I do! -- Charles WOW look at all the "V" ships you have Booked Volendam Veendam and Valor |
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On May 2, 12:48�pm, "Jean O'Boyle" wrote:
"Charles" wrote in message d... I have so many cruises stacked right now I am having problems keeping track of the travel arrangements---flights, hotels, insurance, excursions, online check ins. Friday I booked the HAL Veendam to Bermuda in June. I am cruising in Alaska on the HAL Volendam in August. Then there is the MOAGC on Oasis of the Seas in October and the Vikings cruise on Carnival Valor in December. And tomorrow I will be calling Susette to book the Vikings December 2011 cruise on Allure of the Seas. That will be five cruises to look forward to at one time. I have never done that before. I am sure though that some of you have me beat and have more stacked than I do! Charles Sheesh, Charles! You better be careful or you'll have Tom saying things about you and HAL that I hear from him whenever I mention going on HAL... Good for you! How in the world did you manage to get all that time off from work? Since we have already taken three cruises this year, we just have the NCL Gem Mediterranean cruise in September and the Oasis in October...still mulling over the idea of the Vikings Carnival Valor in December...we are going on a " land cruise" to Las Vegas next week for four days, though.;-) That is great...I'm happy for you! --Jean Jean We would love for you to go with us IN December! We love you guys! We now have the Allure held for the 2011 14th annual VIking Group 4Dec11 We have almost half of our allotment sold. and KERRY will be there! YEAH Susie |
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On May 2, 8:39�pm, "Jean O'Boyle" wrote:
"Charles" wrote in message d... In article , Jean O'Boyle wrote: Sheesh, Charles! You better be careful or you'll have Tom saying things about you and HAL that I hear from him whenever I mention going on HAL.... Good for you! How in the world did you manage to get all that time off from work? I have five weeks vacation now every year and I can't save it. Use it or lose it. As far as booking HAL, the only reason is that their Bermuda itinerary does St. George and Hamilton and has almost an extra day in Bermuda. At first I was going to do the Celebrity Summit until I saw that besides the docking at Kings Wharf it had an extra day at sea getting to Bermuda. I would rather be at Bermuda even though the one day at St. George is tendering than an extra sea day in the Atlantic sailing to Bermuda. The pricing was about the same. Since we have already taken three cruises this year, we just have the NCL Gem Mediterranean cruise in September and the Oasis in October...still mulling over the idea of the Vikings Carnival Valor in December...we are going on a " land cruise" to Las Vegas next week for four days, though.;-) That is great...I'm happy for you! Hope you decide to do the Valor with us. -- Charles I would really like to...we have not been on Carnival since 2006 and would like to see what changes have been made. The problem is that it is so close to Christmas and it's such a busy time at our house! I see Carnival stock is doing quite well. --Jean- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - AHh jean its 3 weeks before Christmas not like you can cook that Early! We put up the Decorations ahead of time... and sing carols.. When we get back you feel so good rom a cruise and the cruise all decked out in its Finest...and the pricing for that time is so good Come on jean! LOL we will do that Gift exchange agai and this Dec too I had a blast with it |
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On May 2, 8:39*pm, "Jean O'Boyle" wrote:
"Charles" wrote in message d... In article , Jean O'Boyle wrote: Sheesh, Charles! You better be careful or you'll have Tom saying things about you and HAL that I hear from him whenever I mention going on HAL.... Good for you! How in the world did you manage to get all that time off from work? I have five weeks vacation now every year and I can't save it. Use it or lose it. As far as booking HAL, the only reason is that their Bermuda itinerary does St. George and Hamilton and has almost an extra day in Bermuda. At first I was going to do the Celebrity Summit until I saw that besides the docking at Kings Wharf it had an extra day at sea getting to Bermuda. I would rather be at Bermuda even though the one day at St. George is tendering than an extra sea day in the Atlantic sailing to Bermuda. The pricing was about the same. Since we have already taken three cruises this year, we just have the NCL Gem Mediterranean cruise in September and the Oasis in October...still mulling over the idea of the Vikings Carnival Valor in December...we are going on a " land cruise" to Las Vegas next week for four days, though.;-) That is great...I'm happy for you! Hope you decide to do the Valor with us. -- Charles I would really like to...we have not been on Carnival since 2006 and would like to see what changes have been made. The problem is that it is so close to Christmas and it's such a busy time at our house! I see Carnival stock is doing quite well. --Jean- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - come on Jean We want you!!!! |
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On May 4, 1:13*am, D Ball wrote:
On 5/3/2010 12:35 PM, Charles wrote: I had the Summit in mind but when I looked at the itinerary the Veendam was better in my opinion. The Summit has two sea days to Bermuda, then three days docked at Kings Wharf and a sea day back. The Veendam has one sea day to Bermuda, one day at St. George...tendering, three days docked at Hamilton and a sea day back. So there is more time in Bermuda on the Veendam and I prefer Hamilton and St.George to the Dockyard even though St. George is tendering. We like sea days. It'd be our first time in Bermuda. Are you telling me Kings Wharf is the least desirable of the three pier locations? You need ten cruises not 11. *That is 10+. It has to be ten on Celebrity or 10 on Royal Caribbean. Not a combined number of the two. I was sloppy when I talked about the magic number being 11. What I meant was, because you have to complete cruise 10 to earn the next level, cruise 11 would be the happy cruise! the combination of RCI and Celebrity status credits, you got my attention! I've definitely messed up my calculations on that. I confused equalized status with credits counting toward the next level. Bummer! I will now have to re-think my strategy.... Thanks for saving me from myself, Charles. Speaking of loyalty programs, you are racking up quite a bit of credit with HAL. -- Diana Ball Austin, TX I tried to send this to you Diana and had issues with sending so if you get it more then once I am sorry!! Diana bermuda is so beautiful.. But the ships are just too big to get into some of the better ports. St Georges is the best like a Williamsburg type seaside town. Love it over there.and we found a great little tucked away jewelry store with great pricing. and a nice artwork watercolor store... Hamilton was the town in its day but i hear they have revamped the town but its really not what we all remember from the past but the location is good Kings Wharf is top far from everything BUT still doable I think Bermuda is like 15 miles long. You do not need excursions here, Just a Bus pass will do.... But the 5 day is just not long enough.... and more time in bermuda is optimal and HAL has a great Itin! But Celebrity comes in 2nd! Susie |
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In article , D Ball
wrote: Speaking of loyalty programs, you are racking up quite a bit of credit with HAL. HAL has got to have one of the worst loyalty programs. It appears to take twice as many cruises with half the perks as other cruise line loyalty programs. I don't think my HAL bookings are a trend on my part. They just happened to have the right itineraries at the right time. I would rather book Celebrity but HAL has the much better itinerary for Bermuda and for Alaska I want to do Glacier Bay. Celebrity does not do Glacier Bay. The destination won out over the ship and cruise line in those two cases. -- Charles |
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Diana bermuda is so beautiful.. But the ships are just too big to get
into some of the better ports. St Georges is the best like a Williamsburg type seaside town. Love it over there.and we found a great little tucked away jewelry store with great pricing. and a nice artwork watercolor store... Hamilton was the town in its day but i hear they have revamped the town but its really not what we all remember from the past but the location is good Kings Wharf is top far from everything BUT still doable I think Bermuda is like 15 miles long. You do not need excursions here, Just a Bus pass will do.... But the 5 day is just not long enough.... and more time in bermuda is optimal and HAL has a great Itin! But Celebrity comes in 2nd! Susie Hey, Susie girl, I am so appreciative of your expert insight, and I must admit, I am quite amazed by how much you all like Bermuda. I would never have imagined it to be so beloved! I almost always choose for itinerary, but the one and only time I sailed HAL for itinerary (Baltics), I swore I wouldn't go out with them again until I was ready to step into Heaven's Waiting Room, which is what the CD's staff called the ship. Rude! Thanks, again. -- Diana Ball Austin, TX |
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On May 5, 12:55*am, D Ball wrote:
I almost always choose for itinerary, but the one and only time I sailed HAL for itinerary (Baltics), I swore I wouldn't go out with them again until I was ready to step into Heaven's Waiting Room, which is what the CD's staff called the ship. Rude! Diana, I'll probably be the first one in the thread to suggest that if you want a cruise to feel like a cruise - and by that I mean time spent at sea - then book Summit. Cruises to Bermuda for me have always felt like I've booked a floating hotel rather than a cruise. I'm also going to commit the heresy of saying that IMHO, the advantages of docking in Hamilton and St. Georges over being at Kings Wharf are a bit overblown. Yes, it is nice to just walk on/off the ship to explore, return, go back out but it's not as if there's THAT much to see and do that you can't cover it all by taking a 30-60 minute ferry ride. Most of the places and beaches that you'd go to from Hamilton are as close to (or even closer to) Kings Wharf. And really, one evening in Hamilton and you've covered all the nightlife, which again is just a ferry, bus or cab ride away. You don't strike me as someone who would mind this. I personally feel that navigating the ferry system adds a bit of adventure and nautical flavor to being on Bermuda. Finally, having done 2 HAL cruises (one on Veendam's sister ship Maasdam the other Noordam) and 1 Celebrity cruise (Solstice) in the last 3 years, IMHO Celebrity provides the superior product overall. And that opinion comes from someone who wasn't impressed with Celebrity the first couple of times I sailed with them, FWIW. Warren |
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