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Back to Back Cruises
I always find that 7 day cruises are just not long enough. I'm considering
taking two 7 nighters back to back. Does anyone have any experinece in this regard? Does the cruise line give you price break? While many ships do alternating eastern then western Carribbean iteniaries as example, I wonder whether I'm better off switching ships or cruise lines all together for a 'different' experience and different entertainment etc. Any thoughts would be appreciated. |
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We did back to back cruises on CROWN DYNASTY a few years ago more or
less 14 DAYS,EACH WAY,NEW YORK TO FT LAUDERDALE ,AROUND THE CARIBBEAN THEN FT LAUDERDALE TO SOUTH AMERICA ,AND BACK ,WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE,NO PRICE BREAK |
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JS wrote:
I always find that 7 day cruises are just not long enough. I'm considering taking two 7 nighters back to back. Does anyone have any experinece in this regard? Does the cruise line give you price break? While many ships do alternating eastern then western Carribbean iteniaries as example, I wonder whether I'm better off switching ships or cruise lines all together for a 'different' experience and different entertainment etc. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Done them on the same ship and different ships. I'm doing back to backs on the Carnival Legend this New Years (8 days for each cruise). It's definitely a great way to go. You get the benefit of a long cruise with younger and livelier crowds than you usually find on longer cruises. No real price break; but do it anyway. Howie |
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JS... I started cruising big time about two and half years ago. I
felt the same way... so I started booking back to back aka terminal turn arounds. In my particular case I never got a price break except the usual $100.00 comp from my travel agent. I have never considered getting off one cruise and trying to reboard on a neighboring cruise line ship that may be in port at the same time. For me at least that would be kind of a hassle. On the turn around bookings... I always tried to keep my same cabin so I could just stay put. Since then... I have booked standard 15 day tours like Hawaii... and even given consideration to some of those round the world gigs. Then I realized what would be the condition of my home much less if it still existed upon my return. (smile) Note: I live in Southern California and nothing is sacred... :-) Try a "turn" you might like it. Best regards Bill |
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I have done two seven day back to back cruise to Alaska. Far more relaxing
that just the seven day trip. Did it on Celebrity - no price break. Bryan |
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Is the entertainment and food a duplicate of the week before?
"Bill Warnock" wrote in message om... JS... I started cruising big time about two and half years ago. I felt the same way... so I started booking back to back aka terminal turn arounds. In my particular case I never got a price break except the usual $100.00 comp from my travel agent. I have never considered getting off one cruise and trying to reboard on a neighboring cruise line ship that may be in port at the same time. For me at least that would be kind of a hassle. On the turn around bookings... I always tried to keep my same cabin so I could just stay put. Since then... I have booked standard 15 day tours like Hawaii... and even given consideration to some of those round the world gigs. Then I realized what would be the condition of my home much less if it still existed upon my return. (smile) Note: I live in Southern California and nothing is sacred... :-) Try a "turn" you might like it. Best regards Bill |
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Howie,
I was looking at the Legend too, but I wonder about the duplication of entertainment etc..... Have you done it before? JS "Howard Garland" wrote in message ... JS wrote: I always find that 7 day cruises are just not long enough. I'm considering taking two 7 nighters back to back. Does anyone have any experinece in this regard? Does the cruise line give you price break? While many ships do alternating eastern then western Carribbean iteniaries as example, I wonder whether I'm better off switching ships or cruise lines all together for a 'different' experience and different entertainment etc. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Done them on the same ship and different ships. I'm doing back to backs on the Carnival Legend this New Years (8 days for each cruise). It's definitely a great way to go. You get the benefit of a long cruise with younger and livelier crowds than you usually find on longer cruises. No real price break; but do it anyway. Howie |
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JS wrote: Howie, I was looking at the Legend too, but I wonder about the duplication of entertainment etc..... Have you done it before? JS Yes, I have done back to backs on the Legend before (last December); and I loved it. The shows in the main theatre repeat but so what. You can just relax and spread those shows out over 16-days, instead of running to a different show every night. Of course, there is lots of live music on the ship, and this is never the same twice. The menu duplicates, but the food is awesome, and you can try different dishes each week. Howie |
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We've done 2 back-to-backs in Alaska and one in the Caribbean. The closest
to a "price break" we got was a free tour to El Junque Rain Forest in Puerto Rico on turn around day when we did the Seaward back-to-back in 1995. The meals and entertainment were the same, although the Jean Ann Ryan cast changed the second week. The feature show was Grease and we saw it both weeks (first week was better). Tobieon an Island in the Pacific "BNelson" wrote in message news:x2Kxb.516645$9l5.92258@pd7tw2no... I have done two seven day back to back cruise to Alaska. Far more relaxing that just the seven day trip. Did it on Celebrity - no price break. Bryan |
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Hi Bryan
"BNelson" wrote in message news:x2Kxb.516645$9l5.92258@pd7tw2no... I have done two seven day back to back cruise to Alaska. Far more relaxing that just the seven day trip. Did it on Celebrity - no price break. Bryan We did 3 back to back in 2002, Vancouver-Hawaii, Hawaii-Tahiti, Tahiti-Hawaii and in 2003 Vancouver-Hawaii, Hawaii-Ensenada. The menus repeated as well as the shows, except for the guest entertainers. The game shows on board, Newlywed games, Weakest Link, Quest on each cruise used the exact same questions each time. So if you are slightly crooked, you can clean up. PMM |
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