Eastern or Western/Freedom or Liberty

[iliketorelax]

Hi,

This is a great forum for priceless info!!

 

I am trying to decide on the Liberty Eastern Caribbean trip or the Freedom Western Caribbean trip for next June.....

I(40) will be traveling with my wife(38) and 2 kids (10 & 12)....the Freedom trip will be approx.$400 more for the same cabin.....is it worth the $$ to take the Western route for the more $$???

I keep hearing that the western itinerary is nicer.

 

Also, is it advisable to go on a new ship (Liberty) on only it's 2nd or 3rd trip or is it better to go on the Freedom which will have a year of cruising under it's belt and thus have more of it's bugs worked out??

 

Any advice and comments will be very much appreciated.

[Maryutah]

The Liberty has been out in the Med awhile, it's itinerary is Civitavecchia, Naples(Italy), Venice(Italy), Dubrovnik(Croatia), Messina(Croatia), Barcelona(SPain), Cannes(France), Livorno/Pisa (Italy), Civitavecchia

 

The Freedom will go out in March 2007 and will start Civitavecchia, Naples(Italy), Rhodes(Greece), Izmir(Greece), Istanbul(Turkey), Piraeus(Turkey), Katakolon(Greece), Livorno/Pisa(Italy), Civitavecchia, Then later in the season, it will alternate between the two above itineraries.

 

I think the Med being a 12 day crusie is one reason it has more expense. Your airfare might be a deciding factor - it is not cheap to fly to Rome!

Also pre and post hotels are very pricey (i'm finding) - think of those as you decide.

 

I think the Freedom (Ship) and crew will be settled by the time we cruise - I think this will be their 4th - and get all the bugs out :)

 

Good luck w/whatever you chose - :D