Would You Take a Seven Day "Stationary" Cruise?

[cruiserbryce]

uh...no...going to new places and seeing new things are the reason we go on cruises. I may as well just stay in a hotel if I wasnt going anywhere...I'd get a larger room that way

[Whimsy]

Like many others, I wouldn't mind 2 days in port but I got to have my sea days as well. If I wanted to stay in one place I would just do a regular vacation. There are many nice resorts for a land based vacation.

 

I think maybe they are getting a bit too carried away with the cruise ship being the destination idea. While we do research ships we still are looking very closely at where the ships are sailing. It's a wonderful blend of the two that makes cruising so inviting!

[S&S Cruisers 1983]

Nope --- gotta have the motion of the ocean. :D AND, don't forget that the casino wouldn't open if "docked" for 7 days! :eek: I wouldn't mind just being at sea for the whole time and not stopping at any ports but that hum of the engines is a necessary part of the experience for it to be a cruise and not just an all-inclusive resort.

 

Well said, I totally agree! :D

[Plant]

No way! One of the things I love about cruising is the movement of the ship. Take that away and I might as well be in Vegas (NY, SF, NO, etc.) in a "stationary" hotel!

[sandy38]

If I wanted to remain stationary on vacation on water, I'll stay home and float in my tub. No thank you....:mad:

 

lol, that was cute. And, I agree!

[loveandcruises]

If it were anchored off the cruise line's private island for a week and we could tender back and forth whenever we wanted -- absolutely!

[spongerob]

So...the ship stays put and the islands change?????? I thought that's what happened anyway! you get on the ship....and everything ELSE moves....

 

Actually this is EXACTLY what happens. The math is a little complex so I'll leave it as an exercise, but if you do it right you'll also be able to prove that the shortest distance between any two points is a straight line in the opposite direction.

[iheartbda]

I read the same article by Arthur Frommer and he wasn't saying cruise lines should actually have such as cruise, he was only saying that with some of the activities now being offered on the megas ships they MIGHT AS WELL stay in port. He was joking more or less.

 

Seems like the people on CC have a more well rounded feeling of what cruising is all about.:) But there are some people who only look at ships as an amusement park on the water, even the captain on our last cruise made that statement.

[RetireeWannabee]

Not for me. The floating hotel is not the part of the cruise that I go for - I could do that at a fancy hotel with bigger rooms. I want the ports and the 'at sea' experience.

[cruise_lover]

I'm with everyone else. The idea of a floating hotel that doesn't go anywhere isn't for me. Although I wouldn't mind a 3-4 cruise to no-where as long as I had my balcony to watch the clouds and sea go by. I'm surprised that Fommer came up with that idea. Usually their writers have more sense then that. Another question to consider is how would that affect the casino? The floating hotel would have to be in a port that allows casinos in the first place.

[GORDONCHICK]

Absolutely not, for a couple of reasons: The first being I can book a hotel room (much, much larger) at usually a fraction of the cost, even after we buy our own meals. I like traditional dining, and being docked for the entire (voyage) would change the ambiance and other things about that.

 

A cruise to no where would be a better way for people to experience a ship and it's ammenities rather than being docked.

[geoherb]

I'd love a ship that went to sea somewhere warm and did not stop in any ports--but only if it had half the passengers. Some of our favorite times on the ship are on port day mornings when half the passengers have gone ashore.

[lovesublime]

Wouldn't be interested at all. Frommer is weird.

[QueensChick]

I enjoy visiting various ports, but I especially love sea days. I love being at sea, feeling the motion of the ship, going out on deck or and watching the waves go by, seeing the stars at night.

There is nothing like the shared experience of an ocean voyage.

 

A ship docked at one port the entire time is not my idea of a good time.

[iheartbda]

Wouldn't be interested at all. Frommer is weird.

 

Once again, Frommer was not REALLY advocating staying docked. He was just saying that with all the things they are putting on ships which are amounting to amusement parks on a ship, why bother with the cruising part of it.

 

He's trying to make the point that cruising for the enjoyment of being at sea is being lost with over the top amenities and activities.

[illusions_on_the_sea]

Nope. But share the thought that staying in a port for two nights would be great...especially San Juan for me!:cool:

[lovesublime]

Once again, Frommer was not REALLY advocating staying docked. He was just saying that with all the things they are putting on ships which are amounting to amusement parks on a ship, why bother with the cruising part of it.

 

He's trying to make the point that cruising for the enjoyment of being at sea is being lost with over the top amenities and activities.

 

I gotcha!

[Vic The Parrot]

I enjoy visiting various ports, but I especially love sea days. I love being at sea, feeling the motion of the ship, going out on deck or and watching the waves go by, seeing the stars at night.

There is nothing like the shared experience of an ocean voyage.

 

A ship docked at one port the entire time is not my idea of a good time.

 

 

Have you ever done a crossing?

 

Since you've sailed on QM2 to the Carib, you'll love a Trans-Atlantic on her.

6 days of Heaven! :)

[QueensChick]

Have you ever done a crossing?

 

Since you've sailed on QM2 to the Carib, you'll love a Trans-Atlantic on her.

6 days of Heaven! :)

 

Believe me Vic... it's on my list! I'd like to fly over and stay a few days in Paris, the a few in london... then off to Southampton to sail home to NYC. I'll do it someday! :)

[sharonny]

If it were anchored off the cruise line's private island for a week and we could tender back and forth whenever we wanted -- absolutely!

 

Actually this discussion came up while we were sitting on the tender heading back to the Elation at Half Moon Cay. It was the concensous of alot of people to just have the Elation stay put for the entire cruise and each day have the option of getting off and relaxing in paradise.

 

Smiles!

[krystall]

No, I don't think so.

I like the ports though I love sea days also. ;)

[Cruisenouvelle]

But it's a concept I think DH would enjoy. He just loves the idea that we're pampered and waited upon and fed "famously" !!

[chasetf]

no..... I want to see something besides a port. Besides..... what port charges would you save..... we would have to pay for the port we are tied up at. :rolleyes:

[Silvery Seas Cruiser]

The writer of the article that proposes the "stationary cruise", Arthur Frommer, claims that by staying docked at one port the cost of seven days would be only $175 per person for the week. I do not know where he comes up with this figure. First of all wouldn't guest be charged by the class of room they occupy. For example, someone in a lower deck inside would surely pay less than someone in a Royal Suite or Owner's Suite.

 

Secondly, a typical hotel in the port of Miami is probably at least $140 a night for two, often more, but then you have meals, transportation, tours, etc. I don't know if a cruise line would be able to offer an entire week of "in port cruising" for $175 per person.

 

Also, as one poster above noted the ship could not run its casino or open its shops, two important revenue streams to a cruise line.

[Vic The Parrot]

Believe me Vic... it's on my list! I'd like to fly over and stay a few days in Paris, the a few in london... then off to Southampton to sail home to NYC. I'll do it someday! :)

 

 

You'll have some good choices in 2009 .... if you can wait that long. :D

 

Either QM2 .... or QV in Jan 2009 (start of her world cruise - Soton to NY)

And, the QV crossing is 8 days! ..... 2 more days to enjoy it! :)

 

 

Whichever ship you pick, I know you'll love it. :)