Cruise Question Of the Day

JoeyandDavid · May 25, 2008

I would give up nothing... as a matter of fact they (cruise lines) really need to up the anti....

sailingrose · May 25, 2008

What would you give up on a cruise to help keep the prices lower?

I'm with Joey nothing.......I work and save all year to be pampered........I like it just like it is.

sailingrose · May 25, 2008

How many different cruise ports have you sailed in and out of? List them too!

OK I'll give it a shot......Many of these ports I've been to multiple times and I'm sure I've missed a few but here goes:

Port Canaveral

Fort Lauderdale

New Orleans

Key West

Miami

Tampa

Brooklyn

San Francisco

Los Angeles

Costa Maya

Cozumel

Cabo San Lucas

Puerto Vallarta

Cataline Island

St Thomas

St Martin

Aruba

Curacao

St Vincent

Caracus Venezuela

Barbados

St. Lucia

Grand Turk

Kings Wharf Bermuda

Belize

Panama

Limon Costa Rica

Cartagena Columbia

Puerto Rico

Nassau Bahamas

Freeport Bahamas

Labadee Haiti

Half Moon Cay

Coco Cay

Princess Cay

Georgetown Grand Cayman

Ocho Rios Jamaica

St. Johns Antigua

Martinique

Vancouver

Skagway Alaska

Juneau

Haines

Ketchikan

Seward

Anchorage

Guatemala

JoeyandDavid · May 25, 2008

Nice list Rose..

sailingrose · May 25, 2008

Always looking to add more Joey.......

hazelson · May 26, 2008

I would rather pay more than give something up!

JoeyandDavid · May 26, 2008

Todays Question :

Todays question was supplied by one of our members who PM's me..

Will the increase in fuel charges, both in the airline and cruise industries, cause you to rethink how, when, and what you may book as your future vacations??

Suzila · May 26, 2008

Right now, I think it's just the tip of the iceberg. I don't think the full effect of the rising costs have been realized yet. We usually have a variety of trips planned during the year, all different modes of transportation, and as those trips gets closer we may have to alter plans, we'll see.

Our next planned trip is for a long weekend to San Antonio. We already have everything paid for, so that trip will not be affected.

After that we have a short driving trip up to Solvang, CA, but we will have to use our truck and car trailer...the gas for that will be a large amount...we'll go, but will have to save up before the trip.

We have been thinking about going on another Superbowl cruise next February, but haven't planned it yet. That may go by the wayside because we already have a week planned in February/March to Vegas.

Then, sometime during the year (not sure when yet) there is a New Hampshire convention we'd like to go to. That trip may not happen, because we've seen a repositioning cruise from Vancouver down to Los Angeles we are interested in. We can combine that with a few days stay in Vancouver at our timeshare. I'd rather do the cruise than the convention, if it comes to that.

So, for us, I think it may just be a matter of which trips are more important to us.

TheSkipper · May 26, 2008

Probably to a limited degree. It will make it tougher to book a cruise off the East Coast because of high airfares. Not impossible, just tougher. Will probably look a lot harder for bargains. I have two more frequent flyer tickets to Europe, so that is probably on the radar again for somewhere down the road.

But, in most cases we will simply "bite the bullet", life is to be lived, this is not a rehearsal! :laugh:

Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day. Do me a favor and at 3:00 PM in your time zone take a moment and remember all the brave men who died to give us the right to live in freedom. Thanks.