Anyone been on a cruise?

Sorry, no advice from me other than enjoy the time you have with your father. My grandmother always wanted to go on a cruise and I promised her we'd go together but she died before it happened.
 
Monserrat said:
I'll need a much higher paying job before I can cruise, but congrats Vanilla, and good on you for treating you Dad too!
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My mum died in August, so though we both needed a bit of cheering up.

If you look for deals and are prepared to go a bit off-season then cruises can be quite reasonable.

We are paying the following each:

£220 for Cabin (11 nights) - we each have our own cabin.
£88 GBp service charge (10 euro a day)
£150 for flights to Barc

That's almost £500 excluding the spending, excursions, drinks, etc. If you share a cabin and get cheap flights you can bring that down to about £350 each.....

I think that's quite good for 11 night accommodation and the chance to see a load of new cities*.


* and maybe get some MILF action. No GILF action tho.
 
I think it would bore the hell out of me,
However would love to do the "cruise" in an ice breaker to the antartic and do a hellicopter ride to the penguins.
But at ~10k pp it's a lot.

At that insanely cheap price(Vanillas), I think I would give it a go though.
 
There are more predators cruising the decks and dinning rooms than the keels of these boats. Its a brave lone man that boards these ships. If that life boat appears to me moving out off rhythm with the ship - it probably is!
 
Can't see how it can be more boring than being at your hotel then going out to places? The cruise ship has a lot more than your usual hotel resort. You wake up each morning at a different place also, rather than being stuck at the same place for 7-14 days.
 
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I understand that you don't have to stay in the same hotel and you can travel around, but the majority of holiday goers they go to 1 hotel. If you compare that type of holiday to a cruise then where I was going makes sense.
 
It completely depends on the company you're going with. If it's P&O it'll be an OAPfest, if it's Royal Caribbean there will be a lot of families and younger people.
 
Only ever been on one and it was fantastic.......go and enjoy.... Big ship will have more than enough to keep you busy and you can eat your own bodyweight in free food 24 hrs a day.

You will love it.....and so will he.
 
Vanilla said:
It's MSC
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I did MSC Opera a few years ago, it is a mixture of OAP/Young with more OAP. The food was fantastic tho! Very good Italian chefs.

I also did Ocean Village around the med, another one around the greek islands and the best one was Royal Caribbean, 2 week cruise on Mariner of the Seas. At the time it was the 3rd largest afloat. Freaking awesome! Almost all young couples, mostly american many on honeymoon. Had a great laugh and met some great people. It has an Ice Rink on board, which makes for great entertainment in the evenings which is different from music or stage shows.
 
I've been working for a cruise company for the past 4 months, after 12 months I get a free 7 night cruise :D

If you go with the right company, cruises are in no way what people often assume, which is boring and full of old people.
 
this is the one i went on:

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Pestilence said:
I'm tempted to try a cruise for me and the mrs next year. Important question, though: Can you bring a laptop (ie. is electricity available in the rooms)?
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Yes of course there's electricity in the rooms :p my wife took her laptop, but as mentioned internet is pricey.
 
Been on 3 cruises with Royal Carribean, 2 Europe & 1 West Carribean ones.

Enjoyed all 3 immensely, last 2 have been with kids and were still great.

Service/food/staff was awesome, didn't get bored in the ship (loads of things to do & get given a daily schedule). Some excursions are worth it, some are not (sometimes best to simply disembark and wander round a given town/city yourself)

As an aside, spending a day in different cities certainly gave me a taste for visiting them "properly", and i've done so subsequently. (Week in rome/Florence springs to mind, off the back of excursions)

Reckon you and your dad will have a top time :)
 
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