What is your Ideal Length of Cruise

JoeyandDavid · May 1, 2008

How many days on a ship is perfect for you?

lashl · May 1, 2008

A week is a good time for us. After retirement will kick it up to 10 days to two weeks. Right now it's hard to be gone more than a week.

That will change with the Cruise Crazie Group in Nov. 2009 but will only have two months left to work when we get back so who cares!

zebra · May 1, 2008

Typically we enjoy 10 - 14 days, but have done a couple of longer cruises and loved them both, especially if they included many sea days. If it's a port intensive cruise i.e. Europe, then I think 12 days would be max. for this type of cruise which typically only has one or maybe two sea days - it becomes too exhausting.

DebbieandJerry · May 1, 2008

Once we stepped over the 7 day cruise, there's no turning back. The first step was 10 days with 3 vacation days after (babysteps); next was 14 after that was 16 with one vacation day prior. The next one will be 15 cruise days but up to at least 3 vacation days prior to sailing.

Since I've never been on a ship past 16, it's hard to say what 21 or longer would be like. But, I could retire on a cruise ship and have jokingly said that is where you will find me when it's time to retire. So, I'm guessing that no length of time is too long.

boba · May 1, 2008

After my two 9-nighters I was ready to go home. After my two 7-nighters they had to drag me off the ship. :laugh:

boba · May 1, 2008

After my two 9-nighters I was ready to go home. After my two 7-nighters they had to drag me off the ship. :laugh:

sailingrose · May 2, 2008

The longest cruise we have done is 10 days with a day prior. 10 seems just about right but we'll see our Connie cruise could change my mind. LOL

LaurieM · May 2, 2008

Charlie and I like to do 2 7-day back-to-back cruises. We were on an 11 night cruise once and my husband said that it was a floating nursing home- no one on board who had a job--so, he likes to do b2bs and have a wider age range, even tho he's been retired for 10 years. I guess a few old ones are fun, but a ship load is a drag! This summer it should be an older crowd in Alaska, but he'll just have to suck it up!

jacketwatch · May 2, 2008

We've done a max of 10. I suppose maybe 12 would be OK but that would be it. If we do 7 then we try to combine a land stay in the embarkation port for a few days. Seven days just ain't enough time for vacation. :biggrin: