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Mystery Gal · 12-15-2006, 02:05 PM

Doing Alaska the back to back would be the way to go. That way you get the same embarkation and debarkation port. Hadn't thought of that.

Thanks for the info. Great to hear. I hope when we retire we can do a lot more cruising.

Red Sonja · 12-15-2006, 07:53 PM

We've only done week long cruises so far but I think that 10 days would be perfect. Not too long but still long enough that when the end is rolling around, I'm not saying, "Is it over already?"

Mystery Gal · 12-15-2006, 07:55 PM

I have done a one night, a five night and the others have been seven nights.

Blizzard · 12-15-2006, 08:14 PM

I would like to book longer cruises but at this point I can not get the time off for it.

Ziggy7 · 12-16-2006, 01:38 PM

I choose 14 night because we book alot of back to back 7 day cruises, we like port intense

localady · 12-16-2006, 01:47 PM

We also really prefer the longer cruises and thankfully, have the time to do it right now.
We also find that in terms of bang for your buck, that the longer cruises, like repositioning cruises, are a huge value. We are paying the same price for our 11 night Alaska cruise in May as many are paying for 7 days in Alaska in July!
Also, our Transatlantic cruise on the Noordam cost the same for 16 nights as the 10 night Med cruise before it did.
So if you have the time......

seamus · 12-16-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Sonja

We've only done week long cruises so far but I think that 10 days would be perfect. Not too long but still long enough that when the end is rolling around, I'm not saying, "Is it over already?"

A twelve night is great too

Tom

gkm · 12-16-2006, 05:42 PM

I voted for the 14 night. We started out with 1 week cruises, then increased to 10 day. We realized that we were still having a hard time getting OFF the ship, so now we look at 14+ day cruises. Our favorites are to Europe or transatlantic cruises and to take a few days before or after our cruise to tour.

Garry

Red Sonja · 12-16-2006, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by localady

We also really prefer the longer cruises and thankfully, have the time to do it right now.
We also find that in terms of bang for your buck, that the longer cruises, like repositioning cruises, are a huge value. We are paying the same price for our 11 night Alaska cruise in May as many are paying for 7 days in Alaska in July!
Also, our Transatlantic cruise on the Noordam cost the same for 16 nights as the 10 night Med cruise before it did.
So if you have the time......

When our work schedules aren't conflicting with our travel desires, I want to do some of these repositioning cruises. There are also a lot of great last-minute deals if you can get away with just a week or few's notice. That's going to be me some day!

Mystery Gal · 12-16-2006, 07:42 PM

It's great to hear the different opinions. It will help when chosing a new cruise.

My overnight suite for sixty was on the Star and it was a repositioning cruise. It was going in three different segments.