Never leave ship

[Davidlmc]

Just curious how many cruisers go on say a 7 night or longer cruise and just stayed on the ship the entire cruise. Either because you have been to the ports or just cruise for the ship and not for the stops. Thinking about this in the future.

[pasodancer]

We've been to Mexico, Jamaica, Bahamas, etc so many times that we now tend to just chill out on the ship instead of doing excursions. BUT, we normally do go into the "duty free" area and hit a bar and have a drink and snack then wander back on-board, just to say "we've been there again". ;p

[George C]

We have not done this yet, but skip many ports , like ship when it’s almost empty , and for most cruises we have been to ports many times , we will always visit a new port but that is rare for us.

[Clarea]

Just curious how many cruisers go on say a 7 night or longer cruise and just stayed on the ship the entire cruise. Either because you have been to the ports or just cruise for the ship and not for the stops. Thinking about this in the future.

Not the entire cruise, but we've stayed on for 4 of 5 ports.

[VillaHappy]

We have not actually done this, but we've been very tempted!

[Ladysilver]

We've done that a couple of times and really enjoyed the half-empty ship. :D

[voyager70]

We rarely if ever get off the ship in the Caribbean. Love the nearly empty ship on port days.

[spookwife]

Just curious how many cruisers go on say a 7 night or longer cruise and just stayed on the ship the entire cruise. Either because you have been to the ports or just cruise for the ship and not for the stops. Thinking about this in the future.

 

 

quite a few do. I no longer get off in any Mexican ports. many people now cruise the big ones: Oasis, Allure, Ovation, etc for the ship amenities and don't care where she's going.

 

some of my best days have been on port days when 2/3 of the pax are gone.

[depplep]

We also rarely get off the ship. We've been to several islands many times. It it's somewhere we haven't been often, then we would get off the ship. Love having the pool to ourselves.

[DrewFoundLander]

We've done it several times now and love a mostly empty ship. Most people that remain are well seasoned cruisers which makes for great conversations and a relaxing afternoon, Having the pool, windjammer and some others venues with only a few others enjoying the same is a real treat for us.

[gerelmx]

At least we always go down to walk near the port, to know some historical point of the town.

[ONECRUISER]

Done a 10 nite and 11 nite without leaving ship. Nice, quiet and have ship to self...

[JessyCruises]

We are thinking of doing this on our Freedom sailing on the 28th. We might get off at Lababee but otherwise I think we will stay onboard. This will be our 3rd sailing since November on the same ship/itinerary.

[rt1092]

Unless we need a gift souvenir, or the ship stops at a port we haven't been to yet. We almost always stay on the ship.

The solarium is great without the crowd.

[maggieq]

Most of our Caribbean cruises are ship based. We enjoy the pools while everyone else is of at the ports.

[KiwiGal117]

We have skipped one port on each of our last two cruises. It is nice to have the ship "to yourself". Next year we are on Symphony, with several of the same ports as our Freedom cruise this year. I don't anticipate getting off the ship in those ports. I could see doing a full 7 day without disembarking...

[Margy23]

We do this frequently. There's nothing more peaceful than the solarium on a port day or, depending on the ship's orientation, just sitting on our balcony watching the port activity. We've been on most of the excursions and my husband's not able to snorkel any more, so unless we are with a group of friends I can snorkel with, we just enjoy the ship.

 

Of course, if we happen to go to a new port, which doesn't happen often anymore, this all changes and we're as eager to explore the town and enjoy at least one excursion as first-time cruisers.

 

Margy

[KansasK]

I pick a port where I can just walk around and do that in a port. I have stayed on the ship for all ports but one. I enjoy the ship being quieter and mostly empty. In no time at all, it starts to fill up again!

[pandaball]

I've done it! Port days are the only time I get exactly the lounger by the pool I want!

[dee1321]

Just curious how many cruisers go on say a 7 night or longer cruise and just stayed on the ship the entire cruise. Either because you have been to the ports or just cruise for the ship and not for the stops. Thinking about this in the future.

 

 

 

In the Caribbean, we only get off on the private island... otherwise we stay on board the entire 7 days.

 

 

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[mugtech]

We use cruises to explore places we may want to take longer, noncruise vacations in the future. Staying on the ship would defeat the purpose. Sometimes we get off in ports we have seen before just to get free Wifi.

[STANMELB]

Been to the Caribbean too many times. Last 8 cruises, all on an Oasis Class ship, never got off the ship at any port.

 

We only sail 7 night cruises. Just sail to enjoy our room and the ship.

[cnjoy26]

I don’t get this? Why not just stay at an all inclusive thing? To me the reason you go on a cruise is to visit multiple different places in one trip but if you don’t actually get off the ship what’s the point? I have a friend that recently went on a cruise and hated it because they didn’t do any excursions and stayed on the ship and she was so bored she just wanted to leave...

 

 

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[maggieq]

I don’t get this? Why not just stay at an all inclusive thing? To me the reason you go on a cruise is to visit multiple different places in one trip but if you don’t actually get off the ship what’s the point? I have a friend that recently went on a cruise and hated it because they didn’t do any excursions and stayed on the ship and she was so bored she just wanted to leave...

 

 

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Price out a very good all inclusive and compare it to what we pay for cruising and you will see why we cruise. Also we’ve done all inclusives and their evening entertainment compared to cruising well it’s not even close.

[sdrocks]

Have stayed on the ship many times while in port, especially the Caribbean as have been to most several times. We too like the quiet,

half-empty ship. Do like to get off in Labadee. Usually get off a short while in Cozumel as it is an easy port to get off/on ship.