Please help me choose which cruise.

[SISer]

I will be travelling in October or November this year, I am looking at two different itineraries, these are-

 

Royal Caribbean Legend of the Seas,

13 night Italy and Croatia, port of call-

1 Rome(Civitavecchia), Italy,

2 Portofino, Italy,

3 Overnight Livorno, Italy.

4 Day at Sea

5 Sicily (Messina), Itlay,

6 Split, Croatia

7 Dubrovnik, Croatia

8 Overnight Venice, Italy

9 Dubrovnik, Croatia

10 Day at Sea

11 Naples, Italy

12 Rome (Civitavechhia), Italy

 

The other cruise I'm looking at is the Celebrity Eastern Mediterranean cruise on the Galaxy. Port of call-

1 Rome (Civitavechhia), Italy

2 Day at sea

3 Mykonos, Greece

4 Rhodes, Greece

5 Santorini, Greece

6 Overnight Istanbul, Turkey

7 Kusadasi, Turkey

8 Athens (Piraeus), Greece

9 Day at sea

10 Naples, Italy

11 Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy.

 

This is my first cruise, but I have travelled extensively and I've been to more than 50 countries. I will be travelling solo.

 

I am not too interested in the cruise ships I am more interested in the itineraries/port of call.

 

Of the places listed above I have been to Rome, Venice, Florence (Livorno) and Pisa (Livorno).

 

I am undeceided which cruise to take, which one would you pick and why?

 

There is only $100 price difference between the two.

 

I am in my 30s and I am fit, long walks and long days are no problem

for me.

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[cruisequeen10]

I would choose the second one. The first one is great, but too much Italy. The second one has more of a variety. Whichever you choose, have a great one.

[Susan-M]

The second one ....because of Istanbul, Santorini, Mykonos and Athens and the chance to see more places that you haven't already travelled to.

 

The two stops in Dubrovnik might be a bit much on the first itinerary, plus there's more duplication of places that you've already visited.