Comments on: Would You Ever Go On A Cruise?

By: Hans Johan Svensson

Hans Johan Svensson — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:33:03 +0000

I guess theese incidents happen because of cost efficiancy and low margins. (like when the cheap airlines allmost crash their planes, in Europe, because of having too little fuel aboard)
I´ve traveled to Finland and Denmark by ferry from Sweden. There are also daycrueses there and back if you want to paty on board.
The best trip I had on a ship was with an old steamer cruising silently through the Gothenburg arcipelago.

By: Jeannette Kirchner

Jeannette Kirchner — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:56:00 +0000

Even with the recent trauma with Carnival… I would still take a cruise. I can’t wait to take a cruise. I’ve only been on Carnival cruise lines once. The rest of my cruises have been on Holland America- who are top-notch, in my opinion. My worse experience was traveling during hurricane season, we were delayed for like 2 days at sea because of the storms. The boat worked fine, only issue was some food items became unavailable because supplies ran out. Other than that… My favorite cruise experience was traveling New England coast up to Canada leaving from Boston!

By: Stephanie Spitler

Stephanie Spitler — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:47:12 +0000

That DOES sound amazing!

By: Stephanie Strauss

Stephanie Strauss — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:27:59 +0000

I worked on four cruise ships and totally loved it! I got to travel to Israel, Egypt, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Russia, and Finland. So many awesome lifelong memories.

By: Deanna Dever

Deanna Dever — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:07:12 +0000

My family and I took our second cruise this past summer and it was awesome. My fiance and I are looking to take one for our honeymoon next year. I think after this blows over, the cruise ships will be under tighter regulations and even safer. Not to mention…cheaper.

By: Sara Jeppson Madigan

Sara Jeppson Madigan — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:53:24 +0000

A few years ago me, my hubby and 3 kids, ages 8, 6 and 3, cruised the Mexican Riviera (on the Carnival ship Splendor) with our best friends and their 4 kids, ages 12, 10, 8 and 6. On the whole it was an amazing family vacation. All the kids enjoyed the activities geared toward their individual age groups and even made new friends while on the boat. We set up an excursion at the Mazatlan stop with a tour guide named Mazatlan Frank. He was great to work with and saved us quite a bit of money by going through him instead of going through the cruise sponsored excursion. It was fabulous to unpack our kids stuff once and not have to worry about packing up multiple times throughout the vacation. My only 2 complaints, and they by no means will stop me from cruising again, are: 1. getting on the ship initially required lugging our plethora of bags and stuff as well as some car travel weary children through an enormous line that seemed to take FOREVER. 2. We got the cheap rooms which were fine and very comfortable but we soon found out that we were directly below the main theater and stage so we got to listen to the grinding of the the stage as it changed for different acts and could hear the music really loud in our rooms. This would have been less of a problem if we were there without our kids who went to bed pretty early. On the whole I would do it again in a heart beat. It was worth every penny!

By: Stephanie Spitler

Stephanie Spitler — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:22:13 +0000

That’s a good point, Michelle! No one is ever guaranteed a perfect vacation, no matter how/where/when they go.

By: Stephanie Spitler

Stephanie Spitler — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:20:57 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experiences! You guys have me considering taking a cruise