Jump to content
Cruise Critic Community

El Cheapo Cruises Thread

icat2000
 Share

Recommended Posts

MicCanberra Holiday Sharing Rare

MicCanberra

Posted
Posted
On 10/7/2019 at 6:39 PM, willsaway said:

The ports and itinerary intrigued us, so we did a quick read of Maasdam reviews.  Never cruised with HAL, only Rci/Celebrity so very interested to hear any comments about this ship from those of you who are obviously familiar with her? Cheers.

It is a nice compact ship with only around 1200 pax.

There is usually plenty of entertainment on board with bands a nd musicians performing in the various lounges, but they do not have a production cast for shows, so it is all guest performers.

Plenty of activities on sea days, but it does tend to be an older crowd due to the longer itineraries. Usually a good mix of internationals along with the Aussies.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lyndarra Holiday Sharing Rare

lyndarra

Posted
Posted
32 minutes ago, cinogirl said:

Hi Lyndarra, great deal!  But I can only find that price (on the 1st Cruise site I looked at) without grats.  ("Gratuities, Transfers and visa's (unless stated) are not included.").   

 

I got the offer by email. After I posted the cruise here I went back to the email and I was sure it included grats. After reading your reply I went back to my email but now I can't find it. I've must have accidentaly deleted it and now I can't find it in the deleted files or bin.  I've also got their Sunday paper (Telegraph) ad but it doesn't mention grats as being included. Must have read the ad wrong. Sorry. Still a good deal though. I have an MSC cruise next month for which I've prepaid the grats but it was through a different TA.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
The_Big_M

The_Big_M

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, lyndarra said:

I got the offer by email. After I posted the cruise here I went back to the email and I was sure it included grats. After reading your reply I went back to my email but now I can't find it. I've must have accidentaly deleted it and now I can't find it in the deleted files or bin.  I've also got their Sunday paper (Telegraph) ad but it doesn't mention grats as being included. Must have read the ad wrong. Sorry. Still a good deal though. I have an MSC cruise next month for which I've prepaid the grats but it was through a different TA.

 

I got the email, it also says "Prices do not include gratuities or transfers unless otherwise specified and gratuities may be required for some dining options."

 

However, if you're interested, MSC currently have a promotion which includes free drinks for the first two people - I believe this should be combinable with this unless the TA has done something odd so worth checking out.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
banzaii

banzaii

Posted
Posted (edited)
16 minutes ago, voluntr57 said:

Just saw a 'Clean' deal in an email. 14 days Treasures of Asia 9 Dec 2019 on Sun Princess. Singapore to Fremantle from $995.

Yep saw that, $71pp pd only inside and oceanview left.

Edited by banzaii
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Kiwi Kruzer

Kiwi Kruzer

Posted
Posted

Heres a nice reposition  cruise on Golden Princess....

32 days LA to Singapore 

price dependent on the options you choose....eg cruise can be broken into segments.

 

DatePortArriveDepart
Sat 22/08/20Los Angeles (CA) / USA16:00
Sun 23/08/20At Sea
Mon 24/08/20At Sea
Tue 25/08/20Vancouver / Canada07:3016:30
Wed 26/08/20At Sea
Thu 27/08/20Ketchikan (AK)* / USA07:0016:00
Fri 28/08/20Juneau (AK) / USA10:0021:00
Sat 29/08/20Skagway (AK) / USA07:0020:30
Sun 30/08/20Icy Strait Point (AK)* / USA07:0018:00
Mon 31/08/20Hubbard Glacier (Passage) / USA07:0012:00
Tue 01/09/20Anchorage (AK) / USA07:0020:00
Wed 02/09/20At Sea
Thu 03/09/20At Sea
Fri 04/09/20At Sea
Sat 05/09/20Date Line12:0013:00
Sun 06/09/20Day lost (Due to passing the dateline)
Mon 07/09/20At Sea
Tue 08/09/20At Sea
Wed 09/09/20At Sea
Thu 10/09/20Muroran / Japan07:0018:00
Fri 11/09/20At Sea
Sat 12/09/20Yokohama / Japan06:3017:00
Sun 13/09/20Shimizu / Japan07:0016:00
Mon 14/09/20Osaka / Japan09:0021:00
Tue 15/09/20At Sea
Wed 16/09/20At Sea
Thu 17/09/20Keelung / Taiwan07:0021:00
Fri 18/09/20At Sea
Sat 19/09/20Hong Kong / China07:0018:00
Sun 20/09/20At Sea
Mon 21/09/20Nha Trang / Vietnam08:0017:00
Tue 22/09/20Phu My* / Vietnam07:0018:00
Wed 23/09/20At Sea
Thu 24/09/20Singapore / Singapore07:00

Link to comment
Share on other sites
boeckli

boeckli

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, ninjacat8 said:

What is the itinerary please

 

Day

Port

Dates

Arrival

Departure

1

Auckland, New Zealand

Dec 21, 2019

- - -

05:00 PM

2

Tauranga (Rotorua), New Zealand

Dec 22, 2019

06:45 AM

05:45 PM

3

Napier, New Zealand

Dec 23, 2019

12:00 PM

06:00 PM

4

Wellington, New Zealand

Dec 24, 2019

08:00 AM

05:00 PM

5

Days at Sea

Dec 25, 2019

- - -

- - -

6

Akaroa (Christchurch), New Zealand

Dec 26, 2019

07:00 AM

07:00 PM

7

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

Dec 27, 2019

08:00 AM

06:00 PM

8

Cruising Fiordland Natl ParkCRUISING ONLY, SCENIC CRUISING SUBJECT TO WEATHER

Dec 28, 2019

- - -

- - -

9

Days at Sea

Dec 29, 2019

- - -

- - -

10

Days at Sea

Dec 30, 2019

- - -

- - -

11

Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaOVERNIGHT,

Dec 31, 2019

08:00 AM

- - -

12

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Jan 1, 2020

- - -

04:00 AM

12

Port Arthur, Australia

Jan 1, 2020

08:00 AM

05:00 PM

13

Days at Sea

Jan 2, 2020

- - -

- - -

14

Eden, New South Wales, Australia

Jan 3, 2020

08:00 AM

05:00 PM

15

Sydney, Australia

Jan 4, 2020

07:00 AM

- - -

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Beejay4016

Beejay4016

Posted
Posted

Wow, if Christmas wasn't already organised for us, I would be sooo tempted by that one. We've done two NZ cruises, one on the Noordam and one on Celebrity Solstice. Solstice is lovely, but HAL does offer better service, and we just prefer cruising with them. Love, love, love the piano bar on Noordam.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jatee

Jatee

Posted
Posted

Hi.  Hoping some one on this forum can help me. 

 

Does anyone know if there is a travel cruise co whose website shows what cabins are available for a sailing. 

 

I am looking at a Christmas cruise in 2020 on Voyager for 8 people (4 cabins) and would like to see what the current availability is like but I can't seem to find a webpage that shows available cabins.  The RCI website only seems to show a few cabins (unless that means there are only a few left).

 

We are not ready to book yet as we don't know if people can get time off work being that it is so far away but I want to keep my eye on the cabins.

 

Any help appreciated.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
banzaii

banzaii

Posted
Posted

Im not sure any one company will be able to see all cabin stock and Xmas cruises sell out early.  That might be why you can't see much.

 

My advice is to find out who is in ASAP then call Royal Caribbean.  They are most likely to see all stock and can usually recall cabin stock held by travel agencies if needed.

 

Get that firm commitment from all you friends first.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
M-H-B

M-H-B

Posted
Posted
11 hours ago, Jatee said:

Thanks Ru2on, ill check out the website and will give RC a call to see what I can find out.  Thanks for your help.

 

Also I have read that logging into different countries RCI websites will show different availability and that RCI UK shows the most so possibly try royalcaribbean.co.uk and see what you can see. 

No idea if it’s accurate but it’s what I’ve read in the CC RCI forum - you could try posting your question there for some extra help

Link to comment
Share on other sites
GUT2407

GUT2407

Posted
Posted

14 Dec 2019 - 9 nights - Celebrity Solstice
- Interior twin share $938pp
- Oceanview twin share $999pp
- Balcony twin share $1134pp
- Concierge Balcony twin share $1288pp
- Aqua Balcony twin share $1498pp

Sydney - Noumea - Mystery Island - Vila - Lifou - Sydney

 

Pity Im not back by then

Link to comment
Share on other sites
willsaway

willsaway

Posted
Posted

Re Solstice - it is actually a little misleading.  I have just been on the website and done a reserved dummy booking for a guarantee ocean view, no perks, and it comes out at $1,198 per person.  I entered Balcony, and the price was $1,500 something, so a touch deceptive.  Still works out at $133 pp pn, which is ok for Solstice I guess, but these prices are not true.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Forum Jump
    • Categories
      • Welcome to Cruise Critic
      • New Cruisers
      • Cruise Lines “A – O”
      • Cruise Lines “P – Z”
      • River Cruising
      • ROLL CALLS
      • Cruise Critic News & Features
      • Digital Photography & Cruise Technology
      • Special Interest Cruising
      • Cruise Discussion Topics
      • UK Cruising
      • Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
      • Canadian Cruisers
      • North American Homeports
      • Ports of Call
      • Cruise Conversations
×
×
  • Create New...