The scenario: You are now at the point in your life, where you have the time and the funds to vacation where you want, and for how long you want. Would you...
1- Do lots of 7/10 day cruises per year?
2- Do some really long cruises, maybe twice a year?
3-Continue on in balconys /ov's? That's been fine before..
4- Go for the gusto, and, now go all suites all the time?
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Trip, I would imagine, we would stay with our preference for longer cruises but give up balconies or suites on occassion to maximize experience. Right now, time is the limiting factor so we stay pretty much with one or two cruiselines. I believe that once we retire, we will expand our choices so that we can cruise the itinerary we want and as often as we want and keep within budget.
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Silversea Silver Explorer (23nts) - Kangerlussuaq, Greenland - Nome, Alaska - Aug 14
Because there are a limited number of 7-night cruises from U.S. ports and it obviously costs more to fly other places, personally I'd love doing the longer cruises to other places we haven't been before. And as much as we love our balcony and junior suites, we're happy to do an inside cabin just so we do what we want to do.
Pete
__________________ 45 Cruises & Counting! Favorites: Paul Gauguin to Tahiti: Uniworld River Cruises in Europe; any of the Celebrity Solstice-class ships; Holland America for 12-nights in the Baltics & Russia; RCCL for 14-night Greek Isles, Turkey, & Croatia; Holland America for 14-day Alaska cruisetour; 10-night Canada/New England cruise; 21 days in Hawaii including a 7-night NCL cruise; Oceania for 25 days in Asia; & 3 months touring Europe by train. And many days spent in all-inclusive resorts!
I wouldn't really change much, although doing a 10 day cruise would be wonderful and I would like to go in style and have a suite, or even a mini suite...We still try to divide cruising with other vacations, so that wouldn't change either.
In my case, it's easier than ever to go on a cruise. We can drive to several cruise ports and we can afford to cruise a few times a year. We are retired, so we have the time. However, I love this part of Florida and we have friends here, we attend many social functions, the beach is ten minutes away and we are surrounded by palm trees, so every day feels like a vacation.
We are sailing on the Oasis next year and the following year we may do a land vacation in Hawaii.
TM
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Liberty of the Seas 5/2008+11/2009
Solstice 4/2009
Oasis 4/2010+4/13/2013
Allure 1/16/ 2011
Equinox 4/11/2011
Remember now, in this scenario, you have all the time, and lots of money...does that change anything?
Trip, I have been retired >20 years and enough funds for us to cruise when we want.
Our changes over the years are:
1. - We book balcony cabins since balcony became the norm. Previous we would book an outside cabin.
2. - Since we have to fly we will not do 7 day any longer. We do a B2B Caribbean every winter. We do 1 or 2 TA every year, preferrably westbound and sometimes do it w/ a B2B (Med & TA). Will do others when a good deal wherever the itinerary.
3. Have slowly changed from land & cruise vacations to all cruise vacations. Want less hassle as we age. No. of vacations after retiring and now have not changed. Before retirement w/limited time maybe 2 vacations/ yr. (sea or land). . . '
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Sometimes thing change..time and $ can do that:)
- not worth the extra £££ but not an inside either.
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