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View Poll Results: Is a 3-Night cruise enough time for a "newbie" to decide if he likes cruising?
Yes -- Good to test the waters .... 17 34.00%
NO -- Not enough time for a REAL cruise experience! 28 56.00%
Maybe/Maybe Not 4 8.00%
Never Cruised ... Looking forward to your opinions! 1 2.00%
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Old 06-29-2008, 06:56 PM packard89 is offline     #11 (permalink)
Our 1st cruise was for 5 days, and it wasn't nearly enough time!!! We wished we had booked it for 7 days instead.

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Old 06-30-2008, 05:28 PM crs8803 is offline     #12 (permalink)
I can't imagine a three day cruise. There is so much to do and see, that three days is not nearly enough time to do it.



Old 07-01-2008, 01:28 PM gayla is offline     #13 (permalink)
My first was a 4 day and hooked me. I later took a group of kids on a 3 day and thought it was way more work to get ready than fun to be had in such a short time frame.

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Old 07-01-2008, 07:34 PM packercruising is offline     #14 (permalink)
I can't imagine a 3 day cruise. You just get unpaked and it's time to go home.

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Old 07-03-2008, 05:19 AM Krazy Kruizers is offline     #15 (permalink)
I could never make up my mind in 3 days if I would like cruising. You really haven't had enough time on the ship to see what all if offered and how things will be after 6 or 7 days - like does the crew still seem happy to see you or are they tired of you.

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Old 07-04-2008, 11:36 AM SeaWench_NC is offline     #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by packercruising View Post
I can't imagine a 3 day cruise. You just get unpaked and it's time to go home.
I agree!



Old 07-04-2008, 01:30 PM packercruising is offline     #17 (permalink)
It's great to see intelligent new members!!

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Old 07-04-2008, 06:26 PM fllady is offline     #18 (permalink)
It is better to go for the 7 day, as everyone has said, you need to relax and get into the cruise mode. Now anything lessthan 10 days is too short ofr us.

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Old 07-05-2008, 04:57 AM *Lars* is offline     #19 (permalink)
3 nights are too short to get a feeling for the cruise life (unless you are cruising on one of the luxury ships like Silversea, Seadream, Regent) Our first was 7 nights on HAL, Maasdam, and it was perfect. Now I prefer cruises longer then a week.

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Old 07-05-2008, 10:14 AM packercruising is offline     #20 (permalink)
We prefer cruises longer than a week too. We've never had one but we prefer them!

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