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Maiden voyage, any perks or downsides?
Hi Karen what ship are you going on this winter ?
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Maiden voyage, any perks or downsides?
Karen,
Aren't you doing the maiden voyage of QM2? We just canceled our May sailing on QM2. Decided it was too expensive for what amounted to a 7-day Caribbean cruise. We could go on Silversea for the same price and probably will. None the less, I'm very excited about QM2 (actually less so than I used to be for some reason) and will sail on her eventually. When the hype dies down and prices are more realistic. Hope you are still going on the maiden voyage, as I'd love to get the play by play from you. I have to live vicariously through someone else! Ernie "CupCaked" wrote in message ... (KPJEG) wrote: Hi Karen what ship are you going on this winter ? Maybe, maybe, maybe the last December crossing on the QE2 . . . maybe. But definitely Radisson in late January '04. And you, Ken? Karen __ /7__/7__/7__ \::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.cupcaked.com/reviews (...and leave off the "potatoes" to e-mail) |
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Maiden voyage, any perks or downsides?
Karen,
I totally understand. While I'm still very interested in the ship, my enthusiasm seems to dwindle with each report and picture I see. No doubt she is going to be spectacular, but any more so then say VOYAGER OF THE SEAS?? I really don't know. Sure she is an ocean liner, but when you are sailing onboard her are you really going to notice she is an ocean liner? I have a feeling she will feel like many other large cruise ships out there.... although a very nice one. Bottom line for me is she is just too overpriced. When a standard balcony cabin costs as much as a balcony suite on Silversea I have to re-think my priorities. Like you, I was not that disappointed when I canceled the QM2 (Cunard has yet to refund my credit card, and it's been almost two weeks..... they sure were quick to charge it though!), as I knew we would book something else that I would probably feel better about. I'll be anxious to hear about your experience with RSSC. I have heard nothing but positive things about them, and they really have great prices for a superior product. Which RSSC ship have you decided on and where to? Well, sorry you are not on QM2's maiden.... but I know we will both get on her eventually! Ernie "CupCaked" wrote in message ... Hi Ernie, Nope, for a variety of reasons, we decided against the maiden voyage of the QM2, even though (as you know) we have been booked since bookings first started and we have been following the building of this ship from the very beginning. To tell you the truth, we're just not all that excited about the QM2 anymore, based on what we hear and read about her progress. I remember living through the same hype and excitement about the Rotterdam VI, and we turned out to be horribly disappointed in that ship. I fear the same for this ship. There are some issues with the QM2 and it's management that I'm not happy with, so I think we'll wait until initial reports are in to do a trip on the new Cunarder. This cautiousness, along with some other job-related and family goings-on, make it even more judicious for us not to take a two week trip this January. I have been growing increasingly more interested in ships like Seabourn, Silverseas and Radisson, so we'll be doing our first Radisson cruise at the end of January, 2004. We're VERY excited about this cruise, but I have to say I'm surprised that I'm not all that disappointed in not doing the QM2 maiden voyage in January. The only disappointing thing about NOT doing that trip is not being at the naming ceremony in Southampton with the Queen. I intended to talk corgis with her, if at all possible ;-) I'm with you, Ernie. I think I'll wait with the QM2. Karen "E.k.R." wrote: Karen, Aren't you doing the maiden voyage of QM2? We just canceled our May sailing on QM2. Decided it was too expensive for what amounted to a 7-day Caribbean cruise. We could go on Silversea for the same price and probably will. None the less, I'm very excited about QM2 (actually less so than I used to be for some reason) and will sail on her eventually. When the hype dies down and prices are more realistic. Hope you are still going on the maiden voyage, as I'd love to get the play by play from you. I have to live vicariously through someone else! Ernie "CupCaked" wrote in message ... (KPJEG) wrote: Hi Karen what ship are you going on this winter ? Maybe, maybe, maybe the last December crossing on the QE2 . . . maybe. But definitely Radisson in late January '04. And you, Ken? Karen __ /7__/7__/7__ \::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.cupcaked.com/reviews (...and leave off the "potatoes" to e-mail) __ /7__/7__/7__ \::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.cupcaked.com/reviews (...and leave off the "potatoes" to e-mail) |
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