Thoughts, opinions...

[spylman]

Obviously it is all preference but are port days better or ship days better?

[kitty9]

You're going to find that it's six of one or a half dozen of another.

 

There are some who hate sea days and some who absolutely love them. There's no right or wrong, just preference.

[CruiserBruce]

You are right, its a preference, and there will be many on each side.

[cb at sea]

I like sea days....hubby likes port days! Depends on each person!!!

[paul929207]

I will vote for seas day

[Megalodon]

I love sea days because they are so relaxing. Not many vacations give you the gift of free-time to relax like a cruise does.

 

I love port days because excursions always feel like adventures to me. I get to do something exciting that i normally wouldn't get to do.

[johneeo]

Obviously it is all preference but are port days better or ship days better?

 

Personally, I book because of the ship, not the itinerary.

 

Therefore, sea days give me time to relax and enjoy the ship, so, I love the sea days.

 

As for the ports, just get me to a beach, any nice beach with a bar, and I am happy. or maybe a sailing / snorkeling excursion. Forget about shopping and sight seeing.

[sail7seas]

On a en day cruise, three sea days are enough for us.

Even if we only go ashore very briefly, we like to know we can. :)

[gerif]

I rarely have much time to just sit and chill between my full-time job and time-consuming hobby, so for me, it's definitely sea days. DH, OTOH, is retired and home all the time so likes to sightsee. We try to balance things out but I sure would like to take a TA soon. Actually, as far as I'm concerned, they could take the ship ten miles out and drop anchor for a week - just give me a lounge chair, foo-foo drink, trashy novel - oh, and the casino at night - and I'm a happy camper.

[packedandready]

I love sea days because they are so relaxing. Not many vacations give you the gift of free-time to relax like a cruise does.

 

I love port days because excursions always feel like adventures to me. I get to do something exciting that i normally wouldn't get to do.

 

Exactly!!!

[Talisker92]

A sea day now and then is OK for me. as some European cruises are very port intensive. But the cruise to Tahiti and beyond with 8 yes 8 sea days on the way home would drive me nuts!!!

[jocap]

If it's a big ship with plenty of activities, then 3 sea days in a row, such as back to Southampton from the Med, are great fun.

If it's a smaller, older ship, then the port days are the most important.

Jo.

[Leeroy-Jenkins]

Obviously it is all preference but are port days better or ship days better?

 

Varies.

[Andee]

Thge fewer the sea days, the better.

The ship is a floating hotel taking us from one interesting place to another.

[Happy ks]

I think it depends on the itinerary, if we were to ever cruise the Mexican Riviera again it would have to be a great ship since we would not want to get off in those ports again. If we ever get to cruise in Europe again I wouldn't worry about the ship so much since I would be anxious to be off the ship in each and every port. And we wouldn't mind if there were no sea days there.

 

We have a repo scheduled next year that will be all sea days, but the destination before we board is very desirable, Vancouver, since we love that city.

 

But we do love to be aboard most cruise ships and I believe we could do a transatlantic repo or a roundtrip Hawaii cruise with lots of sea days.

[John Bull]

Obviously it is all preference but are port days better or ship days better?

 

Its a helluva big motorhome, but for me its all about where it takes me.

 

I prefer the smaller ships, which can get into unusual ports, which often overnite at important destinations, and which are friendly little villages rather than big floating cities. But the downside of a small ship is the limited facilities, so not ideal for sea-days.

 

Apart from some facilities (such as ships' shops & casinos) being closed, you can stay aboard in port & treat it as another sea day - but with a pretty empty ship.

So I see lots of port days being ideal for both camps ;)

 

JB :)

[kruzerci]

Sea days!

 

One of these days I'm going to take a cruise and not get off the ship all week. I like staying onboard in port days and enjoying the empty pool deck or solarium.

[Colorado Kat]

Depends on the ports. For some, I've been a dozen times, and still love to get off and visit. Other ports, I've stayed on the ship, and just relaxed, having most of the ship to myself.

 

On my next cruise, I get to go to three new places, that I've never been to before. I am very excited for this trip!

[askimdog]

I prefer port days, I cruise to mostly enjoy seeing places foreign to me. Once off the ship I like heading inland away from the shops and ship to see the place. Ships are crowded mostly and I dislike that aspect. At sea days are great if I can find a quiet place to read a book and not be bothered by loud music or folks pushing drinks on me.

[RCI_FADM_76]

I enjoy both just fine as they each have their plus sides. The one thing that I don't like is when an itinerary is port intensive. For instance, I'd rather a 7 night Caribbean cruise with 3 sea days over an itinerary that has only one. Being on vacation, I'm not a fan of feeling like I'm always on the go. Granted, you don't have to get off at each port, but there's something to be said for cruising around the great blue open. We picked our next cruise for 1) copious amounts of sea days and 2) the ship.

[jdvmd]

When we started cruising, our first cruise we only had one sea day. Nowadays, there are some itineraries that I wish we could have had more because they are so port intensive...almost becoming a recuperation kind of day from the previous day's activities like the Baltic.

It has gotten to the point that my husband is liking itineraries with more and more sea days. I can see a transatlantic in our future.

[kitty9]

For a lot of people, myself included, they've been on so many cruises in the

Caribbean, that the ship IS the destination. I've been to nearly every island and it no longer holds interest. But I love cruising and all that comes with the ships, that I rarely leave the ship on Caribbean cruises. It's a different story for more exotic locales, such as Asia, South America or Africa where the ports are very important, and the less number of sea days, the better.

[STARFISH*4]

for me its PORT days...i cruise to see as much as i can in the amount of time i have-places i never thought i wanted to see or would see...altho i do like a SEA day now and then so i can sleep in:)

[hbmom2]

I personally enjoy both equally. As long as I'm on vacation, I'm happy.:) DH and youngest DD like port days better. Oldest DD likes sea days better. Varies in person and their preference. It also depends on what ports it is.

[sparks1093]

I love being at sea. Must be why I made the Navy a career:D.