Which cruise?

[travel4life93]

Which cruise for next years spring break?

 

Oasis of the seas-7 Night

 

March 20-27 2010

 

Sat: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Sun: At Sea

Mon: At Sea

Tue: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Wed: Philipsburg, St. Maarten

Thu: At Sea

Fri: Nassau, Bahamas

Sat: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

 

 

Explorer of the Seas-9 Nights

 

March 19-28 2010

 

Fri: Bayonne, New Jersey (New York)

Sat: At Sea

Sun: At Sea

Mon: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Tue: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Wed: Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic

Thu: Labadee, Hispaniola, Haiti

Fri: At Sea

Sat: At Sea

Sun: Bayonne, New Jersey (New York)

 

 

Independence of the seas-8 Nights

 

March 20-27 2010

 

Sat: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Sun: At Sea

Mon: At Sea

Tue: Philipsburg, St. Maarten

Wed: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Thu: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Fri: Labadee, Hispaniola, Haiti

Sat: At Sea

Sun: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

 

Carnival Dream-7 Nights

 

March 20-27 2010

 

Sat: Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida

Sun: At Sea

Mon: Cozumel, Mexico

Tue: Roatan, Honduras

Wed: Belize City, Belize

Thu: Costa Maya, Mexico

Fri: At Sea

Sat: Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida

[juniorsmom]

I vote for Oasis, but that's where I will be.

[BroncosFan2010]

Personally, I would not choose any of those because I feel the ships are too large. However, I chose the Explorer because the itinerary looks great and any extra days at sea are well worth it in my opinion!

[bruce-r]

Easy choice, the Dream has by far the better stops for scuba diving. That's the MOST important consideration when I choose an itinerary. What's most important to YOU will probably vary.

[LAKaye]

Based on the question of which cruise, I chose the Explorer because Rule Number One is a longer cruise always trumps a shorter cruise! :D The Explorer is 9 nights! Yay!

 

Leslie

[CrusinAgain]

Are there kids involved? Since you are going on Spring Break there must be. Our kids enjoyed the Western Caribbean way better than the Eastern Caribbean therefore the Dream would win if that was the issue but no one knows what you are looking for and where you have gone?

[hazeleyez3]

Family vacation or a couple friends? What type of activities onboards are you looking for or are more enjoyable to you? Is flying an issue? What types of things are you looking for in the ports?

 

Some things that I think are important before any suggestions are made

[travel4life93]

this would be a spring break family cruise. Cruising with 2 teens. WE live in Ohio so the Explorer is Ideal beacuse we wouldnt have air fare.

[shaggyofwv]

this would be a spring break family cruise. Cruising with 2 teens. WE live in Ohio so the Explorer is Ideal beacuse we wouldnt have air fare.

 

 

My wife and I are doing a 9 night Explorer cruise in June. We normally cruise out of Florida, but we are excited about trying Cape Liberty and visiting NYC after our cruise.

You can't go wrong with a Voyager class ship, in my opinion.

[Druke I]

None of the above.

[CruiserTK]

For me, the choice would be between Oasis as it will have so many unique features and Independence as it is a Freedom class ship with a better itinerary IMO than Oasis. But that's me, and I would have to fly to any port. You have to decide if not having to fly to the port is of primary concern to you. The Explorer does have a good itinerary as well.

 

Tough decision.

[bruce-r]

None of the above.

 

Care to offer an alternate choice?

[CrusinAgain]

this would be a spring break family cruise. Cruising with 2 teens. WE live in Ohio so the Explorer is Ideal beacuse we wouldnt have air fare.

 

Yes it would be ideal. But what activities would the kids and yourselves be interested in doing in San Juan, St. Thomas, Casa de Campo, Labadee? Personally, the itinerary on that one is less than desirable. St. Thomas is a shopping place, San Juan is a historical place, and Labadee and Casa de Campo? Western Caribbean is a blast for family activities unless the teens are just happy to stay on the ship the whole time. I know my teens were bored with the Eastern Caribbean but the Western Caribbean was loaded with new, fun, and exciting things to do. They had a blast.

[Cruising89143]

this would be a spring break family cruise. Cruising with 2 teens. WE live in Ohio so the Explorer is Ideal beacuse we wouldnt have air fare.

 

I think that you just answered your own question. That can be a huge savings if you do not have to figure in air.

[volleyballmom87]

I chose Independance for the sole reason that Oasis goes to Nassau (my least favorite port). The Explorer starts in NY... so several days in cold seas. I would prefer to fly to warm weather and be warm for ALL of spring break.