Verandah on baltic cruise?

[Masonmj84]

Makes sense. Here's something else to ponder.

Based on the cruise port schedules, you can see that Magic will do the Iceland cruise in late August in 2020. It might be a roundtrip from Dover or a repositioning cruise from Copenhagen. But, what does it mean for the Baltic cruises? Possibly that the 10-N Baltic might be moved up to July 2020 and - unfortunately - could sport a bigger sticker.

Alternatively, as the 7-N Baltic was very popular this year, they might replace the 10-N Baltic with an 8-N Baltic with an extra night in SPB. And reposition through Norway.

Something like this:

Second half of July: Reposition from Dover to Copenhagen through Norway or Baltic
First half of August: Two of 7-N Baltic, or 7-N + 8-N Baltic, or 7-N Baltic + 7-N Norway
Second half of August: Reposition back to Dover through Iceland

A repositioning cruise from Dover to Copenhagen in late July would be a very intriguing option. In our case, we're thinking of starting our 2020 vacation with a couple of nights in London. Originally, I was planning to then fly from London to Copenhagen and spend an additional two nights there before the cruise. But if they do a Baltic repositioning cruise from Dover to Copenhagen, we could simply take a train from downtown London to Dover on embarkation day and then maybe spend one night in Copenhagen after the cruise.

Cost differential will be a factor. Right now, the 10 night 2019 Copenhagen to Dover repositioning Baltic cruise isn't much more expensive than the 7 night Baltic cruise that starts and ends in Copenhagen (and if the 2019 cruise was from Dover to Copenhagen instead of the other way around, it would currently be chepaer to take a train from London to Dover and do the 10 night cruise than to fly from London to Copenhagen and do the 7 night cruise). However, I have a feeling that if there is a late July Dover to Copenhagen repositioning cruise, it will be much more expensive than this year's mid-August Copenhagen to Dover cruise.

 

[dad of 3 addicted to DCL]

What about doing 1 regular verandah, and an inside across the hall for the kids. We spend A LOT of time on the balcony looking at scenery, its nice to be in a quiet, private space. It all depends on how you like to vacation.

It also depends if DW wants immediate access to the kids when they're being...kids.

 

[owensamo]

My in-laws always sailed in verandas, but I'm pretty sure we convinced them to sail in a sideways cat 11 on our Baltic. These rooms feel more spacious, and we spent so little time in the room I honestly can't even remember what kind we were in. There's so much to do outside the room on these port-intensive Disney ships that sometimes it felt like we barely even slept in them!

 

[DahliaRW]

Google secret porthole rooms. We had 2 of those connecting on a Baltic last summer and they were great. We could look out the window, but went up on deck for scenery. It was nice to have the rooms connecting to keep a closer eye on the kids. We could also shuffle between the bathrooms as needed!!

 

[deanimal]

We did a Baltic cruise in 2017 with another line and booked the verandah, but only because it was just a couple of hundred more than an oceanview. We did enjoy having it, but I don't think I'd pay a whole lot more for it. Copenhagen and Helsinki were fairly scenic sailing in, but the ships were docked in boring, industrial areas. St Petersburg was also docked way out of town and there wasn't much to see on the way in. Stockholm has a few lovely hours sailing in and out, but it was early morning and at dinner time. Most of the cruise was open sea and a bit breezy and chilly for just sitting out. We sat outside most evenings while the kids settled to bed, but we needed jackets. The Norwegian fjords would be a different story, but I found the Baltic itineraries was more about the ports than the sights from the ship.

 

[Intr3pid]

Makes sense. Here's something else to ponder.

Based on the cruise port schedules, you can see that Magic will do the Iceland cruise in late August in 2020. It might be a roundtrip from Dover or a repositioning cruise from Copenhagen. But, what does it mean for the Baltic cruises? Possibly that the 10-N Baltic might be moved up to July 2020 and - unfortunately - could sport a bigger sticker.

Alternatively, as the 7-N Baltic was very popular this year, they might replace the 10-N Baltic with an 8-N Baltic with an extra night in SPB. And reposition through Norway.

Something like this:

Second half of July: Reposition from Dover to Copenhagen through Norway or Baltic
First half of August: Two of 7-N Baltic, or 7-N + 8-N Baltic, or 7-N Baltic + 7-N Norway
Second half of August: Reposition back to Dover through Iceland

As I had thought. I think they have done a pretty good job with the Baltic itineraries in 2020.