Bobpell54 Posted August 16 #1 Share Posted August 16 Who would like to see at least one fall cruise that goes out for 14 days without a visit to FLL in the middle? bob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PMP Posted August 16 #2 Share Posted August 16 Do you mean a Panama canal cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobpell54 Posted August 16 Author #3 Share Posted August 16 A cruise originating in FLL and returning to FLL. Staying out in the islands without returning to FLL after 7 days. I am not advocating all fall cruises as such but try one and see if it fills up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted August 16 #4 Share Posted August 16 They usually have one or two on the smaller ships. Volendam has a 14 day southern Caribbean in December. You can search on the website for cruises greater than 9 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAKcruiser Posted August 16 #5 Share Posted August 16 I think they like to come back to Fort Lauderdale so they can sell individual 7 day cruises in addition to the 14 day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlaMariner Posted August 16 #6 Share Posted August 16 Will 12 nights work? Like this one? This is Rotterdam but there are many more. Sunday, October 27 Fort Lauderdale, FL 3:00pm Monday, October 28 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas 9:00am 5:00pm Tuesday, October 29 At Sea Wednesday, October 30 At Sea Thursday, October 31 Curacao 8:00am 11:00pm Friday, November 1 At Sea Saturday, November 2 Cartagena, Colombia 7:00am 2:00pm Sunday, November 3 Panama Canal (Partial Transit) (Cruising) Sunday, November 3 Gatun Lake, Panama (Cruising) Sunday, November 3 Colon, Panama 5:00pm 9:00pm Monday, November 4 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 7:30am 4:30pm Tuesday, November 5 At Sea Wednesday, November 6 Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands 7:00am 4:00pm Thursday, November 7 At Sea Friday, November 8 Fort Lauderdale, FL (There are plenty of HAL Caribbean cruises that are longer than 7 nights that don't require a FLL port call) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobpell54 Posted August 16 Author #7 Share Posted August 16 Eleven or twelve day fall cruises are offered and we have tried them all. As an avid cruiser who travels to FLL from Toronto we would like to try a 14 day without languishing in FLL rather than an island somewhere in the southern Caribe. Being treated badly as a "passenger in transit" (PIT) while wasting a day in FLL on our expensive seventh day is not a happy experience. This happens on each of our B&B. I would rather sit on a far off beach not gazing at a fuel barge and crates of eggs or lettuce being loaded all day. I will look at the Volendam ones next fall Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted August 16 #8 Share Posted August 16 2 minutes ago, Bobpell54 said: Eleven or twelve day fall cruises are offered and we have tried them all. As an avid cruiser who travels to FLL from Toronto we would like to try a 14 day without languishing in FLL rather than an island somewhere in the southern Caribe. Being treated badly as a "passenger in transit" (PIT) while wasting a day in FLL on our expensive seventh day is not a happy experience. This happens on each of our B&B. I would rather sit on a far off beach not gazing at a fuel barge and crates of eggs or lettuce being loaded all day. I will look at the Volendam ones next fall Bob Curious...have you searched on the HAL website? There are some there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted August 16 #9 Share Posted August 16 4 hours ago, Bobpell54 said: Who would like to see at least one fall cruise that goes out for 14 days without a visit to FLL in the middle? bob DW and I still like to cruise in the Caribbean, once a year, and its usually between thanksgiving and Christmas. Our preference is for a true 14 - 21 day cruise without dealing with the back-to-back hassles of coming back to a Florida port. What to do? Expand your horizons to other cruise lines. For example, this coming December we have a true 14 day Caribbean cruise on Silversea. And just yesterday, we booked a 2025 fourteen-day cruise on the Enchanted Princess (it does not have any turn around days in the USA). With HAL, you are not going to generally find a true 14 day Caribbean cruise unless you can book a Panama Canal full transit. But that will not return you to your starting port. The solution to the OP's problem is to simply expand your horizons to the entire industry, rather then trying to fit a specific cruise line (in this case...HAL) into a box it no longer frequents. For many years, Princess would purpose one of their ships to doing real 14 day Caribbean cruises. Several years ago, they stopped this practice and went to the normal back to back models. One cruise director told us that the cruise lines see this as a good move since many more folks are interested in 7-10 day voyages rather then true 14+ day cruises. We found it interesting that Princess has resumed some true 14 day itineraries (which are far better than any back to back 7 day). Hank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLouisCruisers Posted August 16 #10 Share Posted August 16 We're booked on this one that doesn't go back to Ft. Lauderdale for 21 days. Volendam Jan. 4-25, 2025. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted August 17 #11 Share Posted August 17 (edited) 14 hours ago, StLouisCruisers said: We're booked on this one that doesn't go back to Ft. Lauderdale for 21 days. Volendam Jan. 4-25, 2025. That one might get us to go back to the Caribbean! I wish it was being offered in 2026! Edited August 17 by Sea42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipeeinthepools Posted August 17 #12 Share Posted August 17 17 hours ago, Bobpell54 said: Eleven or twelve day fall cruises are offered and we have tried them all. As an avid cruiser who travels to FLL from Toronto we would like to try a 14 day without languishing in FLL rather than an island somewhere in the southern Caribe. Being treated badly as a "passenger in transit" (PIT) while wasting a day in FLL on our expensive seventh day is not a happy experience. This happens on each of our B&B. I would rather sit on a far off beach not gazing at a fuel barge and crates of eggs or lettuce being loaded all day. I will look at the Volendam ones next fall Bob I feel your pain. The only solution I have is to plan some sort of shore excursion for Fort Lauderdale. Don't stay on the ship and wait around, treat it as just another port. Grab a taxi and go explore the beach and restaurants in Fort Lauderdale or go on an alligator tour. There's a car rental place at the port exit, rent a car for the day and explore on your own. Good luck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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