cruiserbryce Posted November 26, 2007 #26 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whimsy Posted November 26, 2007 #27 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&S Cruisers 1983 Posted November 26, 2007 #28 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plant Posted November 26, 2007 #29 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy38 Posted November 26, 2007 #30 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveandcruises Posted November 26, 2007 #31 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongerob Posted November 26, 2007 #32 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartbda Posted November 26, 2007 #33 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetireeWannabee Posted November 26, 2007 #34 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_lover Posted November 26, 2007 #35 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDONCHICK Posted November 26, 2007 #36 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted November 26, 2007 #37 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesublime Posted November 26, 2007 #38 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Wouldn't be interested at all. Frommer is weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueensChick Posted November 26, 2007 #39 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartbda Posted November 26, 2007 #40 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusions_on_the_sea Posted November 26, 2007 #41 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Nope. But share the thought that staying in a port for two nights would be great...especially San Juan for me!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesublime Posted November 26, 2007 #42 Share Posted November 26, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic The Parrot Posted November 27, 2007 #43 Share Posted November 27, 2007 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! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueensChick Posted November 27, 2007 #44 Share Posted November 27, 2007 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! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharonny Posted November 27, 2007 #45 Share Posted November 27, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krystall Posted November 27, 2007 #46 Share Posted November 27, 2007 No, I don't think so. I like the ports though I love sea days also. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisenouvelle Posted November 27, 2007 #47 Share Posted November 27, 2007 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" !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetf Posted November 27, 2007 #48 Share Posted November 27, 2007 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvery Seas Cruiser Posted November 27, 2007 Author #49 Share Posted November 27, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic The Parrot Posted November 27, 2007 #50 Share Posted November 27, 2007 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. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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