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bulldogproud2 wrote:

Farbs wrote:

Smashed Crab wrote:Has anyone cruised with Royal Carribean Adventure of the Seas before? And also Norwegian Spirit? Just booked them for my honeymoon travelling Miami to Southhampton and then Barcelona to Venice respectively in April and May next year. They are rated 4.5 and 4.0 star so my expectations aren't huge, but hoping they will still be great. Anyone been on either of these to ships before?

Also, are the drinks/cocktail packages worth it? Looks to be about $50Aus each night for both of us, and we have to book for both of us or none and for the full length cruise, 14 and 12 days. I'm sure we could put a dent in it for half the time but some days will be flat out checking out the sights onland so may not feel like drinking too much. Yay or Nay?

Cheers

I haven't been on either ship, so can't comment. Can only comment on Royal Caribbean in general from what we've experienced, and have found them excellent.

As far as the drinks package goes, which ship is that on? Royal only do wine packages don't they? I guess the thing to check is the inclusions, for example, when we sailed on Celebrity Cruises, we did a drinks package and it worked out to about $50 per day too, on a 15 night cruise. But it included drinks to the value of about $11 or $12, which meant i could get premium whiskies, which i like, e.g. 18yo Jamesons. It doesn't take many of them to reach your daily quota. My wife drank cocktails which are $10- $12 ea too, so again didn't take long to hit quota. Some of the bigger drinking days, i would have easily drank over $150 worth of alcohol/non-alcohol drinks, so definitely would have come out on top.

Hi Farbs,
Am pretty sure you will find that RCCL (Royal Caribbean) also cover other drinks in their packages. They are run by the same company that runs Celebrity so am pretty sure their drink packages are similar. I can't be sure though as I don't personally drink alcohol.
Cheers

HH3 wrote:I've been looking into taking the missus on a cruise from Sydney to New Caledonia and back sometime next year. 5 days would be plenty.

I'm more of an old soul, so not keen on the party scene kind of ships. I would rather a more touristy, laid back, read my book on a deck chair next to the pool kinda ship.

Any suggestions on company I should look at first for that kind of experience. I dont mind if we're surrounded by senior citizens either.

We also wanna keep the costs under about $700-$800ish each as well.

HH3 wrote:I've been looking into taking the missus on a cruise from Sydney to New Caledonia and back sometime next year. 5 days would be plenty.

I'm more of an old soul, so not keen on the party scene kind of ships. I would rather a more touristy, laid back, read my book on a deck chair next to the pool kinda ship.

Any suggestions on company I should look at first for that kind of experience. I dont mind if we're surrounded by senior citizens either.

We also wanna keep the costs under about $700-$800ish each as well.

Failed Creation wrote:Has anyone gone through Carnival Cruises before? If so, what are they like?

I'm just looking into surprising the wife for her 30th, and she's always wanted to go on a cruise.

bulldogproud2 wrote:

Failed Creation wrote:Has anyone gone through Carnival Cruises before? If so, what are they like?

I'm just looking into surprising the wife for her 30th, and she's always wanted to go on a cruise.

Hi FC,
Although I have never cruised on Carnival, I have heard from many that they are a very good line. For overall reviews of cruise lines and individual ships, I always find the website cruisecritic.com to be a great one to look at. I am confident you both will enjoy the trip. Enjoy!

Failed Creation wrote:

bulldogproud2 wrote:

Failed Creation wrote:Has anyone gone through Carnival Cruises before? If so, what are they like?

I'm just looking into surprising the wife for her 30th, and she's always wanted to go on a cruise.

Hi FC,
Although I have never cruised on Carnival, I have heard from many that they are a very good line. For overall reviews of cruise lines and individual ships, I always find the website cruisecritic.com to be a great one to look at. I am confident you both will enjoy the trip. Enjoy!

Cheers mate! You're a bloody legend.

bulldogproud2 wrote:

Failed Creation wrote:

bulldogproud2 wrote:

Failed Creation wrote:Has anyone gone through Carnival Cruises before? If so, what are they like?

I'm just looking into surprising the wife for her 30th, and she's always wanted to go on a cruise.

Hi FC,
Although I have never cruised on Carnival, I have heard from many that they are a very good line. For overall reviews of cruise lines and individual ships, I always find the website cruisecritic.com to be a great one to look at. I am confident you both will enjoy the trip. Enjoy!

Cheers mate! You're a bloody legend.

Naw, just a cruiseaholic. I even have the shirt to prove it *winks*

Pag wrote:Just booked a 13-night New Years Cruise around New Zealand (Melbourne - Melbourne) with Princess. The beauty of leaving from Melbourne is getting the Boxing Day Test in too. Done P&O before, and did a quick MSC cruise in South Africa last summer (which I didn't rate, except the bar prices), have heard good things about Princess.

bulldogproud2 wrote:Only one month away from my Mediterranean cruise now: Rome, Naples, Sicily, Athens, Mykonos, Rhodes, Santorini, Ephesus.
Can't wait.

Cheers

The Dark Knight wrote:My girlfriend and I are most likely going to going on a cruise in October through Carnival, a ten night cruise through the Pacific Islands. We've got all the information for the holiday, price of the cruise, flights to Sydney etc. all written down and semi-organised and will book it in the coming months. Should be a great getaway after footy season and before the Christmas/New Years break.

The Dark Knight wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:My girlfriend and I are most likely going to going on a cruise in October through Carnival, a ten night cruise through the Pacific Islands. We've got all the information for the holiday, price of the cruise, flights to Sydney etc. all written down and semi-organised and will book it in the coming months. Should be a great getaway after footy season and before the Christmas/New Years break.

Forgot about this post.

Well we ended up booking a cruise and it's now 125 days until our cruise, counting down every minute haha! Booked a ten night cruise on the Carnival Legend from the 6th of October to the 16th, (wanted to use the Labor Day public holiday as one of the days we're on holiday to save a days Annual Leave at work and got it so I'm cheering.) Leaving from Sydney and visiting Mare, Noumea, Mystery Island and Vila.

All we have to do now is book our flights and we're ready to go. Can't f**king wait! Will be an amazing holiday to spend some quality time with my girlfriend and we will certainly make the most of it.

The Dark Knight wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:My girlfriend and I are most likely going to going on a cruise in October through Carnival, a ten night cruise through the Pacific Islands. We've got all the information for the holiday, price of the cruise, flights to Sydney etc. all written down and semi-organised and will book it in the coming months. Should be a great getaway after footy season and before the Christmas/New Years break.

Forgot about this post.

Well we ended up booking a cruise and it's now 125 days until our cruise, counting down every minute haha! Booked a ten night cruise on the Carnival Legend from the 6th of October to the 16th, (wanted to use the Labor Day public holiday as one of the days we're on holiday to save a days Annual Leave at work and got it so I'm cheering.) Leaving from Sydney and visiting Mare, Noumea, Mystery Island and Vila.

All we have to do now is book our flights and we're ready to go. Can't f**king wait! Will be an amazing holiday to spend some quality time with my girlfriend and we will certainly make the most of it.

Pag wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:My girlfriend and I are most likely going to going on a cruise in October through Carnival, a ten night cruise through the Pacific Islands. We've got all the information for the holiday, price of the cruise, flights to Sydney etc. all written down and semi-organised and will book it in the coming months. Should be a great getaway after footy season and before the Christmas/New Years break.

Forgot about this post.

Well we ended up booking a cruise and it's now 125 days until our cruise, counting down every minute haha! Booked a ten night cruise on the Carnival Legend from the 6th of October to the 16th, (wanted to use the Labor Day public holiday as one of the days we're on holiday to save a days Annual Leave at work and got it so I'm cheering.) Leaving from Sydney and visiting Mare, Noumea, Mystery Island and Vila.

All we have to do now is book our flights and we're ready to go. Can't f**king wait! Will be an amazing holiday to spend some quality time with my girlfriend and we will certainly make the most of it.

Noumea is a very interesting place, one street is filled with what look like upsacle jewellery stores, the next street is full of closed-down shops with roller shutters covered in graffiti. Very interesting though.

Vila is a bit more touristy.