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    What is best solo option for next year?

    in Solo Cruisers

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    Robinola- i just booked a 9 night on Grandeur of the Seas for 2-22-18 as a solo in an inside cabin for a total of $550.99 including taxes and fees and a casino discount of $500 and a BOGO60 % off of -384. So without the casino discount of $500 it would still be 1050.99 including taxes and fees for an inside cabin for 9 nights. Not bad

    Wow thats an awesome deal!

     

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    Solo Cruiser's Roll Call

    in Solo Cruisers

    Posted · Edited by Getaway Girl 73

    Don't I wish!! I love the Sun, and the Panama Canal is on my bucket list. however, i have my cruise budget maxed out for this academic year. Unless something last minute and very cheap comes up out of NYC in January. . .

     

    Have a great cruise and enjoy the Sun!! (the rooms are the largest i've ever experienced).

     

    Anne.

     

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    Does age matter on solo cruise?

    in Solo Cruisers

    Posted

    I (single male age 50)cruise solo quite often and have no problem meeting people or having a good time...and I am somewhat shy at first. I meet people from all age groups and backgrounds and have had a great time with them.

     

    However forgive me but I am going to get parental here for a moment, Just be careful like you would anywhere else in letting people know you are traveling Solo. Even as a male very few people on ship know I am traveling completely solo....I tell most I am traveling with a group of friends.

     

    Have a Great Trip.

    That's good advice uncleg!

     

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    Can the island handle 10 cruise ships???

    in St. Martin/St. Maarten

    Posted

    Just read on our roll call that there will be 10 ships in St Maarten the day we are there??

     

    Can this port handle that many ships?? There are a couple that I've never heard of. Two AIDA ships, 1 Tomson, 3 P&O, 1 Azamara, and 3 Royal Caribbean.

     

    So glad we are doing a boat tour. Cannot imagine who busy the beaches and shopping will be

    O-M-G that sounds simply awful. I know Grand turk was really packed with 2 ships - carnival conquest and magic. 😨

     

    What part of the OH are you from? I'm from Warren.

     

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    PRIDE 10-01 change

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    At least they are allowing them the opportunity to request a refund or reschedule. That's normally not an option, but I suppose that they figure substituting NYC and Canada for the Caribbean is just too much of a change.

     

     

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    It really is. I'm glad they offered that.

     

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    PRIDE 10-01 change

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    I feel bad for the people already down in Baltimore with their shirts packed for the warm weather. Better go buy some sweatshirts!

     

     

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    Yeah me too--I'm an hour away from Baltimore but I never sail from there because I don't want to sail away in the cold so I just fly out of FLL OR MIA. Hurricane doesn't care though...😟

     

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    Independence of the Seas cabin selection help

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Hi,

    I'm trying to book Independence of the Seas for 5 people. I need to 2 rooms. Our choices are

    1. 2 ocean-view guarantee rooms

    2. 2 assigned connected ocean-view cabin #3634 and #3636

    3. 2 rooms next to each other 3340 and 3342

     

    Any feedback on those rooms or suggestion about guarantee rooms is greatly appreciated.

    I concur with Clarea- #3.

    I'd go with option 3, non-connected. The connecting door can change the furniture.

     

     

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    Picking A Deck?

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    Thanks for the information. I'll take a closer look at deck tomorrow. I'm not really sure I would like a cove balcony. I think a balcony on deck 2 would be a little too close to the water for me. One person has never cruised and the other is my son who was on a carrier in the Navy and said as long as it's not at the back he didn't care what deck.

     

    Why don't you try an ocean suite balcony on deck 7 or 8? That's the vertical middle of the ship so your cruise virgin won't feel much rocking, your son is accommodated, and you'll be high enough away from the water.

     

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    Carnival Magic

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted · Edited by Getaway Girl 73

    That's 764 per person and yes that is high for interior with almost a year before sailing. I'm cruising on the same ship, with a group two weeks after you and paying that much for an ocean view! You should call a vacation planner and confirm that rate. They're there 24 hours a day. I tried a mock booking too and got nothing--literally.

     

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    Are solo cruisers mostly introverted?

    in Solo Cruisers

    Posted · Edited by Getaway Girl 73

    I'm very social but I need my alone time too. I like being free to do what I want to do at the time I want to do it. Besides, I'm an empty nester and folks can't always cruise when I can. I had four cruises on the books in Jan 2016 but only cruised twice because roommates cancelled out on me. I have one buddy, also an empty nester, who can curise on a similar timeline as I but outside of him, I cruise alone.

    Downgrading is my new philosophy

    in Saving Money on Your Cruise - Tips & Advice

    Posted

    Does anyone have experience with a virtual balcony? DH and I are going to try one on our Alaskan cruise. While I appreciate a balcony would be lovely, it was a few thousand more than the virtual... If this works for us, we may do more of these and fewer potholes. We do have a price point in mind when we book a cruise and we do book balconies on cruises with more sea days in warm itineraries when the price is right.

     

    I'm doing a VB on Anthem but that's not until September. I'll keep an eye out for commentary as well, because that was the main reason I booked RCCL.

    Do peer-runner "watchers" have some kind of emotional disorder?

    in Ask a Cruise Question

    Posted

    A pier-runner is someone (or a group) that are running toward the pier very close to of after the deadline to return to the ship. Sometimes they get to the ship in time, and other times, they miss the ship. Talk about nightmares!

     

    That's why it's best to book through the cruise line. We returned after the deadline, five hour tour stretched to nine hours. But since it was a ship excursion, they held the ship for us.

     

    http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2121215

     

    Thanks!

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