New Itinerary

[rindiar]

1. San Francisco ( overnight)

2. San Fran

3. @ sea

4. Seattle

5. Vancouver

6. Victoria

7. @sea

8. @sea

9. @sea

10. @ sea

11. Sapporo

12. Sendai

13 Tokyo ( overnight)

14. Disembark

This itinerary, you get to visit some great cities, and enjoy the ship, which is a destination of itself.:)

[coldinreno]

What a great idea to allow guests to have some real input!.

 

Africa was my first choice but after hours I gave up, could not make the logistics work. Perhaps some day Oceania will do a world cruise & sell segments. We would love to visit Capetown, Durban & Mombasa again. ( all day Safari trip). Some very good suggestions here, good luck to all.

 

Entry # 1

 

BRITISH ISLES & BEYOND

 

1 Dover

2 Falmouth

3 Dublin

4 Douglas, Isle of Man

5 Belfast

6 Killybegs, NW Ireland ( wow)

7 Greenock, for Glasgow

8 Stornoway, Outer Hebrides Is. ( tender)

9 Sea

10 Torshaun, Faroe Is. ( very unique)

11 Lerwick, Shetland Is.

12 Leith, for Edinburgh

13 sea

14 Dover

 

Entry #2, the 12 day version

 

1 Dover

2 Falmouth

3 Dublin

4 Belfast

5 Killybegs

6 Stornoway

7 sea

8 Torshaun

9 Lerwick

10 Edinburgh

11 sea

12 Dover

[brian_uk]

For those of you who want a Round Britain Cruise, my suggestion would be as follows.

 

London - Based by Greenwich.

 

Overnight

 

Zeebrugge -- For the City of Brugges

 

Newcastle - Simply because I doubt you Yanks would undertand the accent.

 

Edinburgh - MUST be after August 7th for the EDinburgh Festival

 

Overnight

 

Inverness - Close to Loch Ness and see the Monster

 

Shetland - Buy some woollen clothes

 

Liverpool -- Tour the home of The Beatles

 

Belfast See the Battlegrounds of the Religious wars

 

Dublin A place to get drunk

 

Waterford Buy Glasswares or ideally tour The Ring of Kerry

 

Padstow The Home of 2, 3* Michelin Restaurants ( I think) operated by Rick Stein

 

Poole -- To see The Jurassic Coast or New Forest

 

Dover

 

It is not a tour that I would do but it is definitive of the British Isles, Eire and a touch of Belgium

 

Brian

[brian_uk]

We would be delighted to meet you if in London.

 

We are in Paris 21st to 24th June but back after that.

 

Contact me at jeanandbrianukatgooglemaildotcom

 

Brian

[Carolina Cruiserr]

As someone who hates long flights, I offer the following proposal, which could be offered as two separate cruises, as well as a back-to-back:

 

San Diego

Ensenada, Mexico (to satisfy the Mann Act, or whatever else would work)

At sea

[Bruin Steve]

As someone who hates long flights, I offer the following proposal, which could be offered as two separate cruises, as well as a back-to-back:

 

San Diego

Ensenada, Mexico (to satisfy the Mann Act, or whatever else would work)

At sea

 

Ummmmmmmm...

I think it's the "Jones Act"...

The "Mann Act" was the one prohibiting "transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes"...

For that one, you'd likely have to keep the sailing in-state...

[Carolina Cruiserr]

Somehow, my message was sent prematurely. I offer the following, as two cruises as well as an interesting back-to-back:

 

San Diego

Ensenada, Mexaco (or some other port to satisfy the Mann Act)

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

Kona

Maui

Kauii

Honolulu

 

Second cruise:

Honolulu

At sea

At sea

Fanning Island

Christmas Island

At sea

At sea

Cook Islands

At sea

Bora Bora

Papeeta

Morea

Rangirora

At sea

Nuku Hiva

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

San Diego

[Carolina Cruiserr]

Thanks, Bruin Steve, you're absolutely correct! I never intended to make such an interesting observation.

[Aussie Gal]

In case someone is looking for Charlotteville and can't find it, its called Charlottetown. While there, be sure to catch a performance of the musical Anne of Green Gables.

 

Mo

 

 

So sorry, I meant to write Charlottetown I will amend it and make sure I have the correct spelling. I was frustrated late yesterday with Cruise Critic as around 6pm our time, it refuses to load etc. Anyhow here is the correct spelling of my itinerary.

 

1. New York

2. At Sea

3. Boston

4. At Sea

5. St. John. Newfoundland, Canada

6. Halifax, Canada

7. Quebec

8. Quebec

9. Scenic cruising Saqueney Fjord

9. Saqueney - Canada

10. At Sea

11. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

12. Sydney -Canada

13. At Sea

14. New York

 

Jennie

[Aussie Gal]

Halifax & Sydney are in Nova Scotia

 

I have amended my entry to Halifax and Sydney being in Canada which is the country that they belong to.

 

I do think you are picking straws with someone who is not familiar with that part of the world and that is why I have posted that itinerary as I would love to visit there.

 

Jennie

[Aussie Gal]

Here is my second entry.

 

1. Sydney, Australia

2. At sea

3. Hobart, Australia

4. Melbourne, Australia

5. Adelaide, Australia

6. At sea

7. At sea

8. Bunbury, Australia

9. Perth, Australia

10. Perth, Australia

11. At sea

12. At sea

13. Broome, Australia

14. At sea

15. At sea

16. At sea

17. Madagascar

18. At sea

19. Durban, South Africa

20. At sea

21. Port Elizabeth, South Africa

22. At sea

23. Capetown, South Africa

 

I am not sure about the correct sea days between some of the ports but from Adelaide, you could take a side trip to Central Australia and meet the ship back in Perth or go further and do the Kimberleys before meeting the ship in Broome.

 

Jennie

[LHT28]

I have amended my entry to Halifax and Sydney being in Canada which is the country that they belong to.

 

I do think you are picking straws with someone who is not familiar with that part of the world and that is why I have posted that itinerary as I would love to visit there.

 

Jennie

Not picking at straws just giving you the correct Province in Canada

 

Very similar to the itinerary I posted maybe we will get to do it ;)

[Aussie Gal]

Lyn,

 

I am sorry, I didn't see your itinerary until I went through all of them thorougly this morning. I too would have liked to have put in an itinerary from Santiago to Sydney via Easter Island, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia but I noticed that someone else had also put in a similar one.

 

Jennie

[LHT28]

Lyn,

 

I am sorry, I didn't see your itinerary until I went through all of them thorougly this morning.

Jennie

 

I am glad I am not the only one that would like to cruise Canada;)

[cborzill]

Here's my Winter entry:

 

1. Singapore

2. Kuala Lumpur

3. At sea

4. Maura Port, Brunei

5. At sea

6. Cebu

7. Pueto Princessa

8. Manila

9. At Sea

10. Keelung

11. At Sea

12. Hong Kong

 

Cosimo Borzillo

[SeaCCruiser]

We would like to cruise Scotland, Ireland & the western coast of France.

 

1 London (Greenwich/Tower Bridge) *

2 Sea Day

 

3 Edinburgh (Leith) Scotland

4 Invergordon, Scotland

5 Oban / Greenock, Scotland *

 

6 Dublin, Ireland

7 Cork, Ireland

 

8 Falmouth, England *

 

9 Brest / Lorient, France

10 La Rochelle, France

11 Bordeaux, France

12 Bordeaux, France

13 Saint-Nazaire, France *

14 St Malo, France

15 Rouen, France

16 Rouen, France

Disembark in London

 

(For 14 days instead of 16, eliminate overnights in Bordeaux & Rouen, depart from Paris)

[Wendy The Wanderer]

We would like to cruise Scotland, Ireland & the western coast of France.

 

1 London (Greenwich/Tower Bridge) *

2 Sea Day

 

3 Edinburgh (Leith) Scotland

4 Invergordon, Scotland

5 Oban / Greenock, Scotland *

[...]

 

Sounds nice, but you can't get from Inverness to Oban overnight, you'd have to insert a sea day or another port, at least.

[spindrift]

Oh my - so many places, so many options, so many desires and only 2 itineraries from each participant, but 2 is better than none, right?;)

 

I shall submit this one followed by my 2nd shortly.

 

Valparaiso (Santiago)

Iquique, Chili*

San Martin (Pisco)*

Callao (Lima), Peru (probably an overnighter)

Guayaquil, Ecuador*

Galapagos (2 days)*

Panama Canal

San Blas*

Cozumel*

Georgetown, GC*

Galveston*

(And if you wished to end up in Miami, you could sail on around via New Orleans)

 

I'm not sure of the days involved, but I calculate 15 to 17 days to at least Galveston.

 

The starred ports I believe are new to Oceania; however, I'm not sure.

 

(Are you sure we can't do 3? :D I'm booked already (in my favorite stateroom) for the Lands of the Midnight Sun. I've been wishing that they would go up to Spitzbergen, and lo and behold, there it was. This is going to be a FABULOUS trip. Thanks O

[Benita]

Oh my - so many places, so many options, so many desires and only 2 itineraries from each participant, but 2 is better than none, right?;)

 

I shall submit this one followed by my 2nd shortly.

 

Valparaiso (Santiago)

Iquique, Chili*

San Martin (Pisco)*

Callao (Lima), Peru (probably an overnighter)

Guayaquil, Ecuador*

Galapagos (2 days)*

Panama Canal

San Blas*

Cozumel*

Georgetown, GC*

Galveston*

(And if you wished to end up in Miami, you could sail on around via New Orleans)

 

I'm not sure of the days involved, but I calculate 15 to 17 days to at least Galveston.

 

The starred ports I believe are new to Oceania; however, I'm not sure.

 

(Are you sure we can't do 3? :D I'm booked already (in my favorite stateroom) for the Lands of the Midnight Sun. I've been wishing that they would go up to Spitzbergen, and lo and behold, there it was. This is going to be a FABULOUS trip. Thanks O

 

Great itinerary, but ships with more than 100 passengers are not allowed in the Galapagos

[Leonid]

We would be delighted to meet you if in London.

 

We are in Paris 21st to 24th June but back after that.

 

Contact me at jeanandbrianukatgooglemaildotcom

 

Brian

 

We will be flying into London on either the 27th or 28th of June next year. Still haven't decided where to stay. Trying to decide between the Hilton London Tower Bridge, Novotel London Paddington and the Millennium Gloucester. DW would like a modern hotel with plenty of room.

[Leonid]

Somehow, my message was sent prematurely. I offer the following, as two cruises as well as an interesting back-to-back:

 

San Diego

Ensenada, Mexaco (or some other port to satisfy the Mann Act)

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

Kona

Maui

Kauii

Honolulu

 

Second cruise:

Honolulu

At sea

At sea

Fanning Island

Christmas Island

At sea

At sea

Cook Islands

At sea

Bora Bora

Papeeta

Morea

Rangirora

At sea

Nuku Hiva

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

At sea

San Diego

 

Like your second recommendation! For those of us in the western US, travel time would be nil.

[Paulchili]

It's really just fun playing...

 

Actually, the most interesting part of this exercise is that, in researching our "entries", I am sure we're all coming up with some great ideas only to figure out "Wait! Oceania already goes there..."

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Actually there have been great many places suggested here that Oceania does not go to yet - that's the idea. How many are feasible is a different question.

I agree with you, win or lose, it is fun playing and dreaming and I am sure only good things will come out of this.

It is a totally novel idea for us to have a real chance of input as to where we would like to go next. I don't see any other cruise line thinking like this and by FDR's offer obviously meaning what they say.

Indeed, good luck to us all!

[Druke I]

Fun while it lasted.

[brian_uk]

Have you been to London before ?

 

is there any reason you have chosen those locations

 

Brian

[hondorner]

OK, here's mine. With the advent of Marina sailing in the Caribbean in the Winter. I think a Western Caribbean cruise has to be added. Of course, almost everyone has "been there, done that". I think I've done the standard Western Caribbean at least four times, myself.

 

So, I looked at some of the places that I'd like to see again, and some of the places where I have never been, and came up with what would be my ultimate 16 day Western Carib cruise. Times are approximate. I prefer cruises with sea days scattered through for time to rest up between port days.

 

1) Depart Miami 6 PM

2) At Sea

3) Grand Turk 8AM to 6 PM

4) At Sea

5) Bonaire 8 AM to 6 PM

6) Curacao 8 AM to 6 PM

7) Aruba 8 AM to 6 PM (my in-laws did the ABC Islands many, many years ago on a Grace Line cruise; I think I'd like to follow tradition)

8) At Sea

9) Colon, Panama 8 AM to 6 PM (Could go into Gatun Yacht Club, but the last time I was there, we took a land tour along the canal to Panama City -- I wouldn't mind doing it again, it was a different perspective to traveling through the canal)

10) Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 8 AM to 4 PM

11) At Sea

12) Roatan 8 AM to 4 PM

13) Santo Tomas, Guatemala 8 AM to 4 PM

14) At Sea

15) Progreso, Mexico (Merida,Chichen Itza) 8 AM to 6 PM

16) At Sea

17) Arrive Miami 6 AM

 

 

If the cruise could stretch to 18 or 20 days, I'd add Veracruz City, Mexico and maybe New Orleans, maybe for an overnight.