Longest cruise time?

[TheHannas]

Didnt feel like using the search button, so I was wondering whats the longest time you/family has spent on a cruises ship??? I see some have done btb, but im wondering if anyone has done months at a time?? What was it like??

 

[cruisecrasher]

I know there are lots of people who've done the transatlantic (2 weeks) back to back with a Mediterranean (7+ days). I don't as I've seen any months on end...

 

[faithfullyeeyore]

26 days. In 2007 I took the very first trans Atlantic crossing (14) and then took the med cruise (12). Not only was it my first B2B, it was my very first Disney cruise!!! I had such an amazing time and am still friends with some of the CM's and other Disboarders from then!!! I should mention, I was with friends on the crossing and then solo on the med part...I did every port of call. Don't be afraid to go out there and live your dreams! Just as the PP said, there are several of us who have!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Didnt feel like using the search button, so I was wondering whats the longest time you/family has spent on a cruises ship??? I see some have done btb, but im wondering if anyone has done months at a time?? What was it like??

Our very first cruise ever was a 15 night WBPC. Since then we've done a B2B 10 Med & 14 night WBTA (24 nights). Pretty close to a month.

 

[ludari]

My longest cruise was the 14-day westbound transatlantic cruise on the Magic, however I was on vacation for 30 days. I spent a week in Barcelona before the cruise and another week at WDW after the cruise. That was the longest vacation I ever took and I met the most amazing family which we become great friends with.

 

[joeyandangiesmom]

We just came back from a 4 day pre-cruise ABD in Barcelona and did B2B 12 night cruises....(and with the storms in the NE were gone a total of 1 month!) ....we also did B2B in 2010 with the Baltic Cruises and then the repositioning to Barcelona....me, DH and 2 kids...don't bother to do B2B in Florida..we do 7 day cruises there....when we cruise longer it is because of the destination.....and we have done 30 Disney cruises....

 

[Magic3forme]

We met a lovely woman on our Alaskan cruise.. she was onboard over a month ( it was her 50th cruise.) and her total days aboard the ships is over 365 days. all the staff knew her.. it was like being onboard with a celebrity!!

 

[TheHannas]

Wow!!! I cant imagine being on a B2B, much less on the ship+ days!!! Most we have ever been on a vacation is 7 days lol, we are light weights!

 

[CruisinEars]

On our Princess cruise we met a couple who had done 10 B2B's of 10 days each for a total of 100 days on the Emerald Princess. She has a blog and trip report for the whole time. I believe they scheduled to do it again this past winter.

We have done 7 cruises for a total of 54 days (various lines).

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Was the question how long (at one time) were you on a cruise ship? Or how much time (cumulative) have you been on a cruise ship?

 

[BrettW]

We've done a Panama Canal (15 days) and a couple of b2b 7 days. Would love to spend 100 days! Lol

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[woody73]

. . . I see some have done btb, but im wondering if anyone has done months at a time??

70 consecutive nights on the same (non-DCL) ship, with only one port repeated.

Woody

 

[lilpooh108]

I mentioned this thread to DH and he said that if he did 30 days they'd have to roll him off the ship . We are planning on one of the TAs next year, just not sure which one. Keep the posts coming. Love hearing about these fabulous vacations!

 

[TheHannas]

Was the question how long (at one time) were you on a cruise ship? Or how much time (cumulative) have you been on a cruise ship?

I was going for, at one time.. 1 total trip.

 

[TheHannas]

70 consecutive nights on the same (non-DCL) ship, with only one port repeated.

Woody

!!!!!!!!! You sir are the winner so far!!

 

[dfriia]

120 nights on RSSC Voyager's World Cruise westbound circumnavigation in 2006. Having been a few very long cruises, I can say that anything over 30 days is no longer a vacation, it is pretty much a lifestyle. You just settle right in and don't have to work so hard at it every day. It's relaxing and fun. I do tend to get a little stir crazy about every 25 days, but there's good news. You can almost always arrange to get off the ship on a long cruise every 25 to 32 days. The ship will either do multiple days in one port or you'll have an opportunity to take a short overland trip and catch up with the ship again at another port in a few days. So, cabin fever problem is solved. I prefer long cruises to short ones. It seems like the same amount of work to pack, to travel to the ship and back and to be away from home for a 3 day or 7 day or 15 day trip as for a 60 day one.

 

[jrabbit]

Longest cruise for me has been 14 nights - twice

25 nights on 3 cruises in one year.

14 night on DCL is NOT too long!!

 

[expeditioneverestgrl]

3 days! on carnival...but we're going on a 4 night this time in November on dcl

 

[nzdisneymom]

We did the Greece and Venice B2B for a total of 24 nights onboard. We switched cabins (moved next door) at the mid-point so that broke it up a little bit - we had the same stateroom host for the whole time but different serving team in the dining room. We know someone who did b2b with us and then added on the 4-night at the end for a total of 28 nights onboard.

 

[love5pets]

108 nights once and 111 nights once (2 World Cruises with 55 ports each in 6 continents ) and another 90 day (South America circumnavigation). We LOVED it and did them at a great time in our life. On our World Cruises they were on fewer passenger ships and everyone is away from their families and the full WCers become like a family and many have become lifelong friends. We had someone living with us who could take care of our pets and would send emails and pictures almost daily plus we had lots of free phone time so could call our grown children often.

I don't think I could do it now, with 4 little grandchildren we would miss their hugs way too much! (they'll be with us on our first Disney cruise in November) plus the $ per diem is out of sight.