how many cruises have you been on?

[KeithnRita]

15 since 1997, with number 16 booked. Beginning next year we will go back to 2 per year.

[frostyboy64]

sounds great everyone. glad to see we will keep the cruise companys in business

for years

[sailinglisa]

16 with 2 booked and many more planned.....but now that I am taking longer cruises going to more expensive destinations, I may be cutting down to once a year.....but the cruise and corresponding land cruise will make up for the lack of a second cruise that year. At least until I win the lottery! LOL

[Joanandjoe]

Once again we're in the minority. We've had 11 cruises (3 Europe, 3 Canada/New England, 3 Caribbean or Bahamas, Alaska, and Bermuda) including our last four vacations (totaling 5 cruises, including a B2B as 2 cruises) and 7 of our last 8 vacations (8 cruises). We're "cruised out" for awhile. Given our dislike of hot weather (ruling out Caribbean and Mexican Riviera) and the exhorbitant cost of cruising to places other than hot weather places, our cruising from now until when I retire (hopefully 3 to 5 years) will be very limited.

For example, yesterday we received a Holland America brochure for the cruise we most want to take: 10 days, British Isles and Norway. The least expensive balcony room is more than $5,000 per person including air, while the cheapest suite (which is what we prefer) is about $8,600 per person. That's before tips, wine, purchases, shore excursions, laundry, transfers to and from the airport, etc. In contrast, our Holland America Caribbean cruise from New York, which we drove to, cost $2,300 per person for 11 days in a full SA suite. That's the conundrum: we can easily afford the Caribbean but don't want to go back there; while Europe, where we want to go, costs more than twice as much (in this case, about three times as much for an equivalent room). Alaska is about half way between the two extremes in cost; but we've decided not to go back until we have the time for a cruise tour, which won't happen until after I retire.

If any of you can figure a way out of that situation, maybe we'll start cruising again.

[sailingrose]

We're up to about 39 cruises with 2 more booked. We have 29 with just one cruiseline but we're working on the others too. I just don't know how to vacation any other way and don't want to. If I had my choice, I'd be on a ship right now! LOL

[gymbrat33]

I have been on 10 cruises. My 11th will be on July 15th aboard the Valor. I'll never stop cruising especially when I live so close to the Port of Miami. Carnival keep the good deals coming!

[Chucksta63]

Wow I'm the baby of the bunch....lol

I've only been on 3 & loved it since the first second!!!!!

I am booked on 4 right now with 5 coming soon!!!

I just can't get enought time off to go more often...:-(

I've now started doing B2B to get the most bang out of my flight to port!

[hazelson]

Only four so far - the thought of getting seasick put me off - we are late starting but can't wait for #5 in the fall. Yeah for the "patch" lol.

Dh wants to go on a med cruise - sounds great if I didn't have to fly tee-hee.

[Suzila]

We've been on 15 cruises, with #16 booked, and we're looking into #17.

We expect to step it up to 2 every year when we retire in a few years.

[popsec]

We just completed our 10th cruise since we started cruising Feb of last year and we've got 2 more booked this yr....Sept & Nov. How many more will we take?....as many as we can