Repositioning Cruise

[Jones]

You best bring your drinking shoes there, hoss

 

[over9five]

I'm there. My personal best is seven beers at the Past Guest Party, and you know that's about 45 minutes.

 

[Jones]

Haha, I can still talk a big game but really my best drinking days are behind me. I put down 7 beers in 45 minutes and someone's gonna carry me out...

 

[rod]

I've never done a cruise. We have talked about it but it seems like every time we are entertaining the idea then one them is shown on the news heading back to the barn with hundreds of puking/pooping passengers.

 

[Jones]

I'm seriously thinking about it, the only thing is we don't bid our 2015 vacations til November so I won't know for sure I can get those weeks til then. March isn't a big month for vacations but ya never know, and after making the move to feeders I'm back on the bottom half of the list again.

 

[over9five]

Haha, I can still talk a big game but really my best drinking days are behind me. I put down 7 beers in 45 minutes and someone's gonna carry me out...

Ya, it was a while back and I'm not looking to break that record.

 

[over9five]

I'm seriously thinking about it, the only thing is we don't bid our 2015 vacations til November so I won't know for sure I can get those weeks til then. March isn't a big month for vacations but ya never know, and after making the move to feeders I'm back on the bottom half of the list again.

^^^The main reason I'm not sure which cruise we'll do.

 

[pretender]

Yes, we have done seven Carnival cruises, and one Disney cruise.

We have done 13 Royal Caribbean, but are thinking about trying Holland America.

 

[over9five]

We have done 13 Royal Caribbean, but are thinking about trying Holland America.

Nice! I would use the fear of the number 13 to book another cruise fast!

 

[Jones]

We've only ever cruised on Carnival, no particular reasons other than price and convenience. I wouldn't mind stepping up to Princess or Holland America though just to see how they compare.

 

[pretender]

The "problem" is that the more times you cruise on a particular line, the more perks you get...

 

[over9five]

The "problem" is that the more times you cruise on a particular line, the more perks you get...

That is a fact. Just losing the Past Guest Party is enough for me to forget about switching.
I just got an email today about Med cruises with Costa Cruises. As they are a CCL, I would think booking with them would continue to add to our perks. Not sure tho, and I'm not ready to do a Med cruise just yet....

 

[over9five]

Sorry @Jones. We won't be cruising with you this time, as we've booked the cruise out of San Juan.
Carnivals price has gone up $380 per person since we started looking at this. Luckily, we held a room at the lower price when we started.

Now to plan what to do on all those islands...

 

[cachsux]

Sorry @Jones. We won't be cruising with you this time, as we've booked the cruise out of San Juan.
Carnivals price has gone up $380 per person since we started looking at this. Luckily, we held a room at the lower price when we started.

Now to plan what to do on all those islands...

Search for a plane load of people?

 

[over9five]

Search for a plane load of people?

We will find them. I don't care if I have to spend my entire life down in the Caribbean searching, WE WILL FIND THEM!

 

[Jones]

Sorry @Jones. We won't be cruising with you this time, as we've booked the cruise out of San Juan.
Carnivals price has gone up $380 per person since we started looking at this. Luckily, we held a room at the lower price when we started.

Now to plan what to do on all those islands...

No worries mate, we booked one for Oct out of NY

 

[rod]

We like doing the all inclusive resort thing. I don't think my old ticker would stand the shock of seeing the bar bill after a cruise.

 

[Jones]

We like doing the all inclusive resort thing. I don't think my old ticker would stand the shock of seeing the bar bill after a cruise.

Yeah, that's the thing with cruises they are all inclusive except for the booze, and since you pay for everything with your cruise card which is linked to your credit card you can run up quite a tab without realizing it. On the other hand I've dollared out some all inclusive resort vacation packages and on a straight day to day cost comparison I've always found a cruise to be a lot cheaper up front so unless you're hitting that booze a lot harder than I usually do you'll probably at least break even.

 

[rod]

Yeah, that's the thing with cruises they are all inclusive except for the booze, and since you pay for everything with your cruise card which is linked to your credit card you can run up quite a tab without realizing it. On the other hand I've dollared out some all inclusive resort vacation packages and on a straight day to day cost comparison I've always found a cruise to be a lot cheaper up front so unless you're hitting that booze a lot harder than I usually do you'll probably at least break even.

I don't hit it hard but I do hit it steadily.