Best cruise you have ever gone on

jsme · January 27, 2006

Feb 2004 just Jeff and myself for our anniversary. It was a short cruise but we had the best time. It was on the Sovereigh.

TheSkipper · January 27, 2006

Aboard the Silver Wind of the then brand new Silverseas Cruise Line. Israel to Venice through the Greek Isles. 10 years ago.

JoeyandDavid · January 27, 2006

thats a great question .. we have two that give us fond memories....

HAL Ryndam and the Century....

The most exciting Itinerary is our one in October in europe :smiley:

Joanandjoe · January 27, 2006

If we happen to be on a cruise, that's the best because it's happening NOW! If we're not on a cruise, the best one is the last one.

However, if we try to be objective, the last two cruises we've been on were the best, but for reasons so different that we can't choose one. By far the most exciting cruise based on itinerary was two weeks in the Western Mediterranean on the Wind Surf in November, 2004. While our Radisson Seven Seas Navigator itinerary last September, Montreal to NYC, was much less exciting than the Med., it was a jazz cruise with 12 wonderful musicians, all fantastic, most of them famous. Both lines had wondefrul food and service, so how can one choose between them?

Mebert · January 27, 2006

Joanandjoe,

My sentiments exactly. I have never been disappointed.

If I had to choose one it would be The Carnival Destiny cruise. It was my first and I loved the itinerary.

Suzila · January 27, 2006

Our favorite cruise was on Princess to Alaska. It was the most exciting, the best scenery, and we really enjoyed Princess. We also had our kids with us on that cruise.

We're going back to Alaska this summer with friends on an RCL.

Joanandjoe · January 27, 2006

I think it's hard for most people to choose a best cruise, when most cruises are wonderful. In choosing the two we chose, that left out, among other things, our first cruise (Alaska) and a suite on Celebrity for a Panama Canal/Caribbean/Central America cruise. Even the cruise on the old Regal Empress was very good.

hazelson · January 28, 2006

I don't think anything can compare to the "First Cruise". Ours was the Glory - and it can't get any better than perfect - or can it? :grin: :grin: :grin:

Lisa63 · January 28, 2006

I can't limit it to just one...

Here's my top 3:

1) QE2 westbound transatlantic crossing, 2003 - we loved the sea days, the entertainment, the elegance, the ship, and the guest lecturers (including my favorite author, who I got to meet). It was also our only ocean crossing.

2) Splendour of the Seas, Canada/New England, 1999 - this was a 10-night roundtrip cruise from Boston, visiting Bar Harbor, Halifax, Cornerbrook, Saguenay Fjord, and Quebec City. Although the weather was chilly (it was late October), and we missed the port of Sydney due to rough seas, we had a marvelous time. We also had terriffic tablemates, with whom we still keep in touch.

3) SS SeaBreeze, E. Caribbean, 1993 - this cruise was a lot of fun. We had super tablemates, and we often closed down the dining room after late seating. Cruise director, Tom Dentino, was wonderful and visible. He learned our names. I was three months pregnant at the time, and our bus boy made sure a glass of skim milk was awaiting me at every meal. I will also never forget our approach into San Juan. All in all, a great trip on a favorite ship.

NYCruiser · January 28, 2006

The best cruise we were ever on was on one of the worse boats. I had only cruised twice before so when I booked the third time I had no idea about age of boats, etc, after the third trip though I started paying lots more attention.

So we booked a 5 day on the Jubilee, which is one of carnivals oldest boats, the boat had a bad sewer smell through the cruise and was old and small I was so disappointed to be bringing my friends on a boat like that after telling them how much fun cruising was.

Well, I am a big advocate for making the best out of what you got, and we did. To this day if you ask any one of us who went on that ship what was our best cruise we all agree it was that one. We had more fun on the 5 days on that ship that any other one we have taken. Not to say we havent had fun on our other ships, but for some reason that was absolutely the most memorable. We all still tell stories of it, and they were good ones too, I could fill up a whole page here making you laugh.

And that brings me to this. I hate when I hear people on all the boards complaning about the carpet, how the boat missed a port, how, how this or that happened to them. My experience just goes to show you that if you find the bright spot in something you can still enjoy it, if you choose to make yourself miserable over it, then you will have a miserable experience.