Jump to content

3rdGenCunarder

Members
  • Posts

    15,138
  • Joined

About Me

  • Location
    New Jersey
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Cunard, Holland America
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Anywhere a good ship goes

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

3rdGenCunarder's Achievements

10,000+ Club

10,000+ Club (5/15)

  • "Live from...." Rare
  • "Live from...." Rare
  • Great Review Rare

Recent Badges

  1. Just a little more data. I priced airfare from US to London through Cunard and direct with United (same flights), and Cunard was more. Today I booked directly with United for $700 less (first class) than the price Cunard quoted. That will pay for my spa pass and quite a few drinks on board. Interestingly, when I priced out two one-way flights instead of round-trip (with United), the flight to London was something like $2500 in first. But the return from London was over $9000!!!! I didn't think airlines still gouged on one-way flights.
  2. Hey! I think the Hudson Valley is very pretty. The land-based tour you saw would be an unfortunate surprise. We can check to see what other ships may be in port, but I don't know how to find out if there's a large land tour at the same time.
  3. I haven't taken a 7-day winter cruise for a long time. Partly because I like a longer cruise, and partly because of the stories from people who had to change plans when their cruise was chartered out from under them. I avoid the 14-day B2B for the same reason. But this is yet another reason to avoid 7-day cruises. I like to have a winter cruise to get away from the cold, and I've sailed with HAL for a lot of those cruises. But between the same old same old itineraries and the kids sail free and the possibility that the cabin I chose may be given to someone else and the disappointing entertainment, I'm questioning whether I'll keep sailing with HAL.
  4. I have a fridge magnet that says "Life is short, eat dessert first."
  5. Well, there are either a lot of train nuts (I'm one) or a lot of suckers because it's very popular. So you've done this trip, then? And if so, did you take the time to go to the museum about the construction of the railway? That adds to the appreciation of this trip on one of the world's steepest railways to run on regular (not cog) rails.
  6. Following seas, but also following weather systems. I've done EB TAs and had rainy weather travel with us most of the way.
  7. I've seen the "no upgrades" sign on nearly every cruise I've taken. I sometimes wondered if they put that out to stop people asking. I never would have thought to go to voyage sales and ask them. I wonder if upgrade availability will be reduced by the "bid up" option.
  8. It's actually 5 hours, and no, they don't discount the price. In fact, one of her captains joked in his remarks at a cocktail party, that westbound is a bargain because you get 5 extra hours for free.
  9. Having seen the original Top Hat (and all the Fred & Gingers) MANY times, I have to say the trimming was well done. I did notice that they added songs from other movies, including one from a Judy Garland musical. So if they played fast and loose with Irving Berlin, I wonder what they will do with Jane Austen???
  10. I agree. I've brought a bottle or two of wine if we visited a winery or a few bottles of a local beer. Maybe a bottle of fizz for a balcony sailaway. But I found it odd that there was no ginger ale. They used to have the Fever Tree, which was excellent.
  11. I rarely take wine onboard, and I don't bother with water or soft drinks. But last fall on QV, there was no ginger ale, and that's my go-to remedy if things get a bit bouncy. Am I allowed to bring on soft drinks?
  12. Well, considering my favorite version runs 6 hours, it would definitely need multiple nights!
  13. I have to say, Cunard is kinder to solos than other lines. Until you get up to the Grills cabins, a solo pays 175% of double occupancy. And they've had single cabins, going back to the days of QE2. They were small, but fine for one. I don' t know how many people who booked them realized that they did cost more than half of a comparable double. But they still were less than being a solo paying 175% or 200% in a double cabin.
  14. Interesting math. (I hate algebra so I didn't go through all of it, but I think you only looked at revenue and forgot to "credit" singles their $14 per day cost for food) But it doesn't support the two examples above of cruise lines gouging singles by hiking their price 3 or even 5 times the per person double occupancy price.
  15. I use "whats in port," too. If it links to a city's own website you might see the actual arrival and departure times instead of Cunard's vague "morning" and "afternoon." I also look at googlemaps to get a sense of where the dock is in relation to the port city or nearby major city. Tripadvisor now has a category of "shore excursions," which can give you an idea of what your ship is likely to offer. I hate that there's no way to see the actual list before you book.
×
×
  • Create New...