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Back from my cruise. it was fun I won several contests I have the
medals and the trophies to prove it. Even so I dont think that I will be taking another cruise anytime soon. There was all the hype but just no substance ya know? The food was good but not great mostly tasted like a good tv dinner, although I thought the lobster was terrible. It tasted not very fresh. The steak was good but as I said it had that tv dinner taste. All the cakes tasted pre packaged. The Hamburgers were pretty good but it isnt that hard to make a good burger. The funnest thing was prolly just walking from stem to stern on all the floors excersing the 7 means of food that I did eat. I must say that the frappachinos at the coffee bar were super and they did not have a rediculous price so that made it even better. Playing texas hold em was great made a few fun people with that. so my advice would be go for it take a cruise but dont do it by yourself because it costs alot more for the cruise ticket and it does get boring after awhile with noone to share the experience with. |
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On Monday, May 13, 2013 8:06:48 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I took the carnival elation and we went to cozumel a quick 4 day trip. I would also reccomend not taking a cruise longer than 4 maybe 5 days. It starts to get tiresome having almost everyone that works on the ship if you want to buy a drink like every 3-4 minutes sometimes. I swear I was at the pool and someone came by every 3-4 minutes as asked if I wanted a drink they must have done that for 20 minutes. Well, you did take a "booze cruise", a short festive cruise on the WalMart of cruise lines. I don't drink alcohol, and never was bothered more than once or twice a day if I wanted a drink (on other lines). Longer cruises have more sober people, it might be because it is harder to go on a week long drunk. I don't know. Earlier this year I took a 14 day cruise. It was way too short. I went to lectures and other classes and demonstrations. I usually took in a movie a day. I exercised daily, and I ate about six meals a day. I read books and played board games. I went to music recitals. I avoided the musical theater because I am not into "Glee" type productions, but those were well attended.. I played poker and watched TV. I tried to ditch my traveling companion whenever possible. I am not attached at the hip. But there is an advantage to knowing at least one other person on the boat. You couldn't get anyone to go with you? The price difference would have been minimal. |
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On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:37:35 PM UTC-7, wrote:
A fourteen day cruise wow that is alot where did you make port and what were all of your stops and that must have cost a pretty penny. 14 days to Hawaii. Five days there and five days back. Four ports on four islands. I never been to Hawaii, so I was easily amused. Rented a car twice and walked around twice. Went Muumuu shopping and just drove around. I bet we didn't spend more than $150 off shore. The art auctions are a ripoff. The jewelry sales are not any kind of deal. And the spa is over priced. I do like talking to the crew. There are some passengers worth talking to, but not many. I had my Kindle, so if there was any down time I could read or play Angry Birds. The cruise was less than $1,000 pp. Much less than nearly any land vacation. and I got to scratch off a state I've never been to (also did the Alaska cruise for the same reason). Both cruises were fun. I like the good personal service that I usually don't get because I like doing things cheap. For instance; The Alaska trip allowed me to buy presents for everyone-- diamonds and gold! The t-shirt shops had "black diamond" necklaces for $1.00 and those little bottles of gold flake for $2.00. So everyone got precious metal and gems, for $3.00 each. Yay! |
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I agree with Willma; if you're on a good ship with a good crew 14 days
isn't too long. In late '09 we flew from Austin TX to Sydney - that's a LOT of hours in the air and terminals; flew 1st class Austin to LA and return and business class on all four Quantas Pacific legs. That made it at least less uncomfortable. We spent three days in Sydney then boarded the SS Mariner for a 14 day cruise to Auckland , NZ. Great ship (700 passengers), great crew, lots of interesting ports , excursions and on board activities, mostly outstanding food, . . . . We weren't ready to get off in Auckland. It was an all inclusive tour - no tips, free bar and most excursions were paid for. Pricey but well worth the money to us. |
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