When are you sailing? We’re on the 6/1/19 8 night Southern Caribbean on Horizon.I booked the Carnival Horizon for our 2019 cruise. I think the July 3 night on the Fantasy will be our last DCL for a while; at least it's my grand slam. I am getting close to retirement and can't justify the extra cost when it is just DH and I.
I hope you'll do a trip report from your trip to Alaska with a lot of pictures.
I've been dying to cruise Alaska but when there are no beaches, my husband is not interested. My Alaska 40th birthday cruise project for 2019 turned into Amber Cove-Grand Turk because of that. :/ Not that I don't want to go to Amber Cove or Grand Turk but it wasn't exactly what I was hoping for.
They are introducing a new mega class ship in 2020, in addition to the 3rd Vista class ship. The mega ship is being built in Finland so speculation is it will spend the summer doing Northern Europe cruises. There might be some hope for you.I'm glad they're expanding their itineraries! I wish they would branch out into Europe though. Would love to see that in the future.
I will definitely do a trip report when I get back. Being brutally honest, I’m really not looking forward to this cruise, I’d be much happier if we were doing a beach/sun cruise. I’m a native of AZ and don’t enjoy cold weather at all. This is my son’s pick for his graduation and he’s been wanting to do Alaska since 2013. I’m sure once I get on the ship, I’ll be excited about it.
Grandma lives with us and she is the other adult in our travel party. She also can't wait to travel in the off season.
Depending on the grade he is in, we took our daughter out at age 9 and age 12 for two off-season cruises and they were great. She just took her schoolwork with her -- but what a great place to do schoolwork![]()
I will definitely do a trip report when I get back. Being brutally honest, I’m really not looking forward to this cruise, I’d be much happier if we were doing a beach/sun cruise. I’m a native of AZ and don’t enjoy cold weather at all. This is my son’s pick for his graduation and he’s been wanting to do Alaska since 2013. I’m sure once I get on the ship, I’ll be excited about it.
They are introducing a new mega class ship in 2020, in addition to the 3rd Vista class ship. The mega ship is being built in Finland so speculation is it will spend the summer doing Northern Europe cruises. There might be some hope for you.
Depending on the grade he is in, we took our daughter out at age 9 and age 12 for two off-season cruises and they were great. She just took her schoolwork with her -- but what a great place to do schoolwork![]()
That's good to hear. Our son starts middle school this year and my husband has it in his head that we can't take him out of middle school. I'm not that concerned and think he'd be fine. We've got the 11-night Canary Islands cruise booked in March 2019 and he'd have to miss a week of school for that. The summer British Isles cruise would be good because he wouldn't miss any school. But the Canary Islands cruise is $3600 for 11-nights and the British Isles is $8400 for 12-nights. Same ship, same room even.
mevelandry and trvlgirlmq - go to Alaska! Seriously! It's amazing!One of the best cruises ever! We went the last cruise of the season, beginning of September, and it wasn't that cold. We only wore our "big" coats one day. We went to Fairbanks last March - now that was cold!
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When are you sailing? We’re on the 6/1/19 8 night Southern Caribbean on Horizon.
We are on the 6/23 6 night. Looking forward to it!
Most of the Marina Village food venues aren't open for lunch. The few that are open aren't really worth leaving the beach area to go to.I though of having lunch at the Lagoon Bar (lunch isn't included in the excursion) but I wonder if it's the best "cheap eat" inside the resort? Heard mixed reviews regarding the Marina Village restaurants so I think I'd like to eat inside the resort.
I'm not stalking, I promise. I just do an 'Atlantis' search occasionally to see if I can answer any questions.
Most of the Marina Village food venues aren't open for lunch. The few that are open aren't really worth leaving the beach area to go to.
For lunch, there are two sit-down places that are convenient to the beach/lagoon: The Lagoon Bar and Grill and Virgil's Real BBQ. Both are fine. Lagoon is nice setting (that's it under the shell dome):
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And they usually open the outdoor dining area at Virgil's for lunch:
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Otherwise lunch at Atlantis is from counter service places sprinkled throughout the pool and beach areas. Lunch at the sit-downs is probably $15-$20 for and entree with a side, plus $4-$5 for a soft drink. Think Disney sit-down prices at lunch. The counter service places all have value combos, that are $10-$12 that include, a burger, fries, and soda. Again, a lot like Disney counter service prices. Though the 15% mandatory gratuity is changed at the counter service places.
I need your help everyone. Has anyone been on Anthem of the Seas? We are booked on Carnival Horizon for June 2019, 8 night Southern Caribbean. We’ve already done the exact same same itinerary on Vista last year. We were planning on doing Havana but now have a 5th person so cannot do Havana. We can do connecting balconies on deck 8 for $7500. For the heck of it, I looked into RCCL. We can do a 9 night Bermuda and Caribbean cruise which hits Bermuda, St Maarten, San Juan and Labadee. We’ve only been to St Maarten before so the other 3 ports are brand new. The Royal Cruise is also 2 connecting balconies on deck 8 for $42 more. We love Carnival and don’t know if we’ll like Royal.
Anthem looks like an awesome ship but there are some things I don’t like about her, like the food options. It seems food is very spread out and not a lot of it near the pools. I’m also not sure they have all the trivia and activities that we enjoy so much on Carnival.
I don’t know what to do, any help from RCCL cruisers????
We always book refundable, we change our minds all the time!I 've never been on Royal but that sounds like an amazing itinerary! Bremuda, St. Maarten, San Juan and Labadee-- awesome. We are interested in trying Royal too and almost booked the Allure end of May 2019 for a 7 night Caribbean. We are still on the fence. Make sure you are booking refundable if that's important to your party. That was confusing to me on Royal's website.
I need your help everyone. Has anyone been on Anthem of the Seas? We are booked on Carnival Horizon for June 2019, 8 night Southern Caribbean. We’ve already done the exact same same itinerary on Vista last year. We were planning on doing Havana but now have a 5th person so cannot do Havana. We can do connecting balconies on deck 8 for $7500. For the heck of it, I looked into RCCL. We can do a 9 night Bermuda and Caribbean cruise which hits Bermuda, St Maarten, San Juan and Labadee. We’ve only been to St Maarten before so the other 3 ports are brand new. The Royal Cruise is also 2 connecting balconies on deck 8 for $42 more. We love Carnival and don’t know if we’ll like Royal.
Anthem looks like an awesome ship but there are some things I don’t like about her, like the food options. It seems food is very spread out and not a lot of it near the pools. I’m also not sure they have all the trivia and activities that we enjoy so much on Carnival.
I don’t know what to do, any help from RCCL cruisers????