What cruise are you dreaming about now? ??

[COLLEYBERRY]

Just curious ..again:)
Where are everyone cruises plans taking them?.
Is this your first time for this cruise destination?
Is it a favorite destination ?
Is it going to be somewhere you have always dreamed of going?
Are you dreaming/ tentatively planning where you would like to cruise next ?
Regards Colleen

[CowPrincess]

Okay, I'll play :D

I'm dreaming of an Alaska cruise (again). I'm dreaming of the 14-day Alaska cruise but it is not affordable this year. I'm dreaming of a 7-day Alaska cruise. That too is unaffordable this year unless prices in Sept drop significantly. So I haven't abandoned hope quite yet for Alaska 2011 :)

We are booked on a 14 day Nieuw Am Western and Southern Carib. Only because DH needs a warm weather break in the winter. We are likely going to cancel it and do a 10 or 11 day Caribbean. One of our pets does not do well with us gone for more than 10 days, so with 4 days of travel, our cruise time is limited. I will not go through the h*ll of air travel all across the continent for just 7 days. So our pet gets most of what he needs and we will get most of what we need.

Post-retirement, and post-selling-the-big-house, I'm dreaming of the Tahiti cruise :D

[COLLEYBERRY]

Okay, I'll play :D

Post-retirement, and post-selling-the-big-house, I'm dreaming of the Tahiti cruise :D



Perfectly played :):)

[NanaJPB]

Any cruise! Anywhere!

But, really dreaming about back to Alaska, this time for the 14 day RT Seattle.

One cruise and we're hooked.

Nothing on the radar at the moment -- just wishing and dreaming!

[Krazy Kruizers]

i'm just dreaming about my wrist starting to heal so that i can take any cruise

[bellebaby]

I'm dreaming about the cruise to Antarctica we have booked for December... and hoping we really get to go. It seems very far away.

We love Alaska and have been many times. We want to sail on an "expedition" style sailing to Antarctica while we're still healthy/mobile enough to do it. My husband and I have both dreamed about this since we were young.

Once in a lifetime plans...

B

[sapper1]

Just waiting for the spring 2013 schedule to come out as I would like to talk my husband into going to Hawaii. I intend to pick up some FCC's while on our upcoming cruise and will be itching to put them down on a few cruises. We already have a full Panama booked for the spring of 2012 so there is no decision to be made for next spring.

My husband is making noises about a River Cruise in Europe for 2013 but I'm not so sure I would like it.

[KirkNC]

I'm dreaming of our next cruise, to the Baltics.

Sapper1, let me know if DH doesn't come around, I'll go, I love Hawaii ;).

Kirk

[sapper1]

I'm dreaming of our next cruise, to the Baltics.

Sapper1, let me know if DH doesn't come around, I'll go, I love Hawaii ;).

Kirk
LOL:D

You will love the Baltics---I could do it again if there weren't so many places I haven't been and so little time left.

[COLLEYBERRY]

i'm just dreaming about my wrist starting to heal so that i can take any cruise


..and I hope that happens very soon KK :):)

[piscesgal223]

1)I am going to the Carribbean. Can't wait!


2)Yes! (see above! :P)


3)I'll tell you when I get home!


4) Absolutely. I can't believe it's taken me this long to get to go there!


5) Tenatively, a Alaskan cruise for my parents' 50th anniversary next year!

[Lizzie1213]

I am booked on an 11 day Carribean cruise on the Maasdam. I cannot wait to board!

I am dreaming of sailing to Europe on the Queen Mary 2, spending a couple of weeks over there, and returning on the Rotterdam classic crossing.

[mamaofami]

Interestingly enough, I have been dreaming SHIP almost every night since we came home over a month ago.

KK I also wish you a speedy recovery so you can cruise again.

[COLLEYBERRY]

I'm dreaming about the cruise to Antarctica we have booked for December... and hoping we really get to go. It seems very far away

Once in a lifetime plans...

B

How exciting ,have a wonderful time ! :)

[mtebor]

alaskan 14 day cruise on amerstam in 2013. I just received an email from the HAL vacation planner today but will have to wait another 9 months before I can actually book

[kazu]

ok, I'll play too.

I'm dreaming of our first ever Prisendam cruise - Med ports with an overnight in Sevilla - Cinq Terre, Morroco (if we can go there) and glorious 7 days at sea. I'm newbie for this ship - never been on her and looking forward to it -20 days - most dh can squirrel away while he still works

and then to make matters worse, I went ahead and booked our March - I'm outta here cruise for next year on the Maasdam. Mainly because of what I have read on the boards. I'll never forget the Rotterdam. We were enchanted on her - so I'm back to the older ships and enchantment. (This is all Sail's fault for posting the itinerary ;))

the joy of the Med - planning, so I have whiled away my winter days planning this trip and now spring is nearly here :) we hope anyways.

Great cruises to all - planning & dreaming is half the fun:)

[midgecruiser]

Ahhhh....I have many cruise dreams (endless). I will be cruising in the Galapagos next month and THAT is a dream come true for sure. I was dreaming today of grabbing one of the amazing last minute Caribbean cruise deals. Wow, some great deals. Darn, just a fantasy.....oh my, so tempting. Sigh... As if I don't have a great trip already. BUT, HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE DEALS. SIGH, again. Cruise dreaming..........

Wendy

[luckysadie]

We're cruising on Maasdam this April from Fort Lauderdale to Montreal, BUT, I'm dreaming of a Mediterranean cruise next spring for our 20th anniversary. We've almost got our stateroom picked out.

[bepsf]

I'm currently dreaming of the next two cruises on my schedule...
(See my signature below)

But when I hit the lottery in a BIG way?

It's the World Cruise with my Mom and Dad aboard Queen Mary 2 in the adjacent Queen Mary & Queen Anne Suites.
:)

[Saphire]

Today, we received our 2 star Mariner pins in the mail. After dinner tonight, we started talking about the next cruise we would love to take. It is between the 7 day Nieuw Amsterdam and the 10 day Noordam next winter. We started a mental list of pros and cons of each. As we were discussing, I took my pin and put it on my shirt. My husband then did the same. I think it was a promise exchanged between us that we will really do it again! We poured another glass of wine and discussed which cruise would suit us best, and other small things that we may do different from our last cruise.
We have fallen in love with HAL and look forward to sailing again next winter! :)

[NorthPhoenixGuy]

Just curious ..again:)
Where are everyone cruises plans taking them?.
Is this your first time for this cruise destination?
Is it a favorite destination ?
Is it going to be somewhere you have always dreamed of going?
Are you dreaming/ tentatively planning where you would like to cruise next ?



1. oosterdam on a 10 day sea of cortez partial mexican riviera cruise. (mazatl
an cancelled so we are doing cabo twice)
2. i've been on two previous mexican cruises and i love it.
3. anytime i'm on a ship i'm in dreamland
4. i wish i could afford a prinsendam cruise to anywhere. but i'd also love
a baltic cruise combined with a transatlantic cruise.

cheers and thanks for asking

[SJSULIBRARIAN]

My dream cruise is any Grand Voyage on HAL but that is not in the cards just yet. So am looking forward to our next cruise on the Maasdam Montreal to Boston in early May followed by the 14 day Alaska on the Amsterdam in June. Three other cruises booked this year so it will be a cruising year for us.

Barbara

[startwin]

Would LOVE to do a Grand cruise or World cruise on any HAL ship. But in reality... next booked cruise is full Panama from Fort Lauderdale and back to Vancouver in April 2012 (22 days). Hoping for prices to drop on September 7-day Alaska/inside passage cruises. Just love Alaska.

[RetiredMustang]

I am looking forward to our Eurodam cruise from Dover to New York this summer, and to a new itinerary on Maasdam next February, visiting a few Caribbean islands we have not visited.

Further on, we are looking to do an Alaska cruisetour in 2013 (our 40th anniversary, and it's the law, apparently, that you have to do an Alaska cruise then :D). Since we married in June, we hope to be on board on our actual 40th, and do a renewal of vows. Hawaii is also doable, and may figure in sometime in the next few years.

But, I still have not broken the bad habit of working, and until I do (or win the lottery), I can only take about 3 weeks vacation at one go, and even that sometimes is a stretch.

What do I dream about, someday? I would love to take the 60-day collectors cruise that goes to Peru, and then to Tahiti and the south seas. I would love to see Machu Picchu, and have always wanted to take the downhill run to Papeete, and continue where on this heading lie the Marquesas (a bit of reference to Crosby, Stills and Nash's song "Southern Cross.").

I would like a cruise like the one I saw years ago, that obviously was for WWII veterans, that went to Palau, Truk, Guam and other islands. We lived on Guam for two years, and I have visited Palau (and a small island in that nation's archipelago called Peleliu -- ask Copper 10-8, or Google, what that name means, and why there is a monument there to the 2nd Marine Division, that I was there to help re-dedicate and re-consecrate), but I would love to return, with time to snorkel the crystal waters. If the cruise included Kosrae and Ponape, all the better.

What DW and I would really like to do, though, is to be able to take a run from San Diego or Seattle to Sydney, with a circle of New Zealand on the end. And then, we would spend time in Oz, and really see it before taking a repositioning cruise back. We would love to be able to afford the time and money to spend summer (Dec-March) in Oz, knowing that, like the U.S., Australia is large and a week or two is not really enough time to see much of what it offers.

Hey, we can always dream ... can't we?

Dave

[Cruising-along]

Ahh, dreams. :D Other than a Grand Voyage some day (we can all dream, right?) :p right now I'm dreaming about the 2 cruises in my signature below. That and the 8-day land trip through France and Italy pre-cruise. Good dreams. :)

Would love to do an extended Baltic cruise some day, that's definitely on my dream list.

[Robin7]

My husband lost his job six weeks ago, so we're dreaming of ANY cruise, ANYWHERE. :D I suggested we use the severance and go on a TA, but what kind of example would that be for the kids? I hate being grown up sometimes!

Robin

[FRANKIEDNYC]

:) Linda and I have been dreaming about our upcoming Maasdam cruise 45 day r/t Fort Lauderdale oct 28th to the Med. We booked it over a month ago and can't wait. We had to cancel several cruises over the last year since Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is now done with chemo and radiation and doing very well all treatments should be done by Sept. and we are ready to sail

[DizzyDallasDi]

Oh my, Colleen, I'm in a pickle of a dream. I've booked a 10-day New England to Canada (NYC to Quebec) cruise on the Eurodam in one of my (our :D) beloved aft balcony cabins leaving the end of Sept. The single supplement was a killer on this cruise. :eek: Now I'm researching air fare, excursions and hotel(s) and am thinking I could probably book a 7-day Alaska cruise in the Penthouse for less. ;)

So, now I'm trying to find a cabin I could live with (good Lord, I'm a such a diva !) on an Alaska cruise this summer leaving from Vancouver (loved, loved, loved the scenery first and last day from there in '09) but I'm constrained by the dates due to one co-worker getting married in May and another having a baby in June....the boss doesn't want 2 teammates out at the same time. :( Last year I subbed for one of my co-workers who had a baby in June and couldn't go back to Alaska....these younguns are really cramping my style. :)

Anyway, I'm determined to get back to Alaska this year and will probably cancel the New England / Canada cruise so I can do so. Hey, a girl's gotta go where her heart is....right?

How about you? What are you dreaming of?

Diane

[clr0806]

Looking forward to our first trip to New Zealand/Australia in November. My dream destination is Tahiti which I hope to do after this voyage.

[Bramcruiser]

Just curious ..again:)
Where are everyone cruises plans taking them?.
Is this your first time for this cruise destination?
Is it a favorite destination ?
Is it going to be somewhere you have always dreamed of going?
Are you dreaming/ tentatively planning where you would like to cruise next ?
Regards Colleen




This year's cruise is a classic transatlantic crossing - taking the rare opportunity to do this on HAL on the Rotterdam in July.

No its actually not the first - its our second ever crossing. We did the QE2 several years ago.

Yes, I must admit I love the at sea days best so I am happy to be out in the middle of nowhere.

Somewhere I've always dreamed about doing? Well it was the first time around. Not so much now.

I'm always dreaming about the next destination/cruise. There's still a large part of the world to see.

[AZNative2000]

Just curious ..again:)
Where are everyone cruises plans taking them?.
Is this your first time for this cruise destination?
Is it a favorite destination ?
Is it going to be somewhere you have always dreamed of going?
Are you dreaming/ tentatively planning where you would like to cruise next ?
Regards Colleen

Colleen ... we are preparing for our next cruise (5 days in May) but I am dreaming of our October 2012 Montreal to Ft. Lauderdale aboard Maasdam. Already looking at shore excursions as we've never been to that part of North America.

Further dreaming as we plan our spring 2012 cruise which may be a return to Alaska with friends. Zuiderdam 5191 is still available on some Alaska dates. Yes ... I'm hurrying to get that choice and reservation made.:D

Cheers!

[bellebaby]

My husband lost his job six weeks ago, so we're dreaming of ANY cruise, ANYWHERE. :D I suggested we use the severance and go on a TA, but what kind of example would that be for the kids? I hate being grown up sometimes!

Robin

Certainly understandable in these trying times... We're fortunate to cruise at all...

B

[Copper10-8]

What cruise are you dreaming about now? ??


My next one;)

[DizzyDallasDi]

My next one;)

Understandable reply but much too simplistic for your cruising history. :p Perhaps you can find something that goes pole-to-pole to round out your adventures? ;)

[Copper10-8]

Understandable reply but much too simplistic for your cruising history. :p Perhaps you can find something that goes pole-to-pole to round out your adventures? ;)

Good one Di;)

[TiogaCruiser]

Thanks copper, for the reminder that St Patricks day is soon upon us!

[Copper10-8]

Thanks copper, for the reminder that St Patricks day is soon upon us!

Any time!

[bobalink]

Just curious ..again:)
Where are everyone cruises plans taking them?.Will be going to Eastern Mediterranean and Greek Isles in 111 days (yes, I am counting)
Is this your first time for this cruise destination? Sort of, we were on the Noordam last year for the Western Med., so we will repeat Rome, but all of the other ports will be new for us.
Is it a favorite destination ? I think it will be!
Is it going to be somewhere you have always dreamed of going? Yes. I have always wanted to visit Venice and see the Greek Isles.
Are you dreaming/ tentatively planning where you would like to cruise next ? After we complete this cruise, we are making plans to return to Alaska. We will be taking our adult kids and spouses.
Regards Colleen



Thanks, Colleen, for starting this FUN thread. :)

[COLLEYBERRY]

It's 2.50 am here in Ontario and I can't sleep(I have no idea why) .... I am having fun reading about all your cruise dreams though...hey it's St Patrick's Day!!..well 'top of the mornin' to you all '
Everyone's Irish today and if you are lucky enough to be Irish you're lucky enough.:):)
We have no immediate cruise plans...I have this kitchen I am remodeling.. sigh... but one day I hope we cruise to ..Bermuda, Mediterranean, TA, Australia/New Zealand...oh heck anywhere you guys are going sounds so swell. ( Lee( DH) would happily float around Alaska forever):D
Sending some "luck of the Irish" your way Robin7 and I hope everyone's dreams come true.

Diane, follow your heart.:)

Happy St Patrick's Day !!
Colleen

[cruiseapril]

Well, we're dreaming of our Noordam cruise at the end of the month, of course.

Then- we will dream about our desired Transatlantic Repositioning and visiting old friends in England.:)

[bellebaby]

Well, we're dreaming of our Noordam cruise at the end of the month, of course.

Then- we will dream about our desired Transatlantic Repositioning and visiting old friends in England.:)

I know I said I was dreaming of our Antarctic cruise, but I've been dreaming about the English countryside all day today. I think it's because our cruising friends leave on a Princess TA/British Isles sailing in May. I'm green with envy.

B

[GoldenLover]

An interesting question, but I just couldn't help but consider how fortunate those of us on these boards happen to be. For many of us, a cruise is not only a dream, but a reality - maybe not as often as we'd like, or in the stateroom we'd prefer, but let's not quibble. Anyway . . . it's hard not to think (dream) and plan once a decision has been made, and we recently decided on the 7 day fjords cruise. Now it's all about the ports and the excursions. The thinking (dreaming) is almost as much fun as the event, itself. If I may digress for Sapper1 - Do try the river cruise. The tulip cruise we took a few years back was extraordinary. I can't say that it was better than ocean cruising - it's just very different.
World cruise? Now there's a dream!! :rolleyes:

[Himself]

I would like to do another cruise on the Nieuw Amsterdam. My dream--after a lousy winter--is that HAL would leave the NA in the Caribbean for the summer rotating between East and West.

[earl_m]

I ALWAYS DREAM ABOUT MY NEXT CRUISE, and which one can I book after this one!

[Willsot]

Dreaming of a 30+ day cruise sometime, maybe Hawaii, South Pacific, Tahiti.
Satisfied now contemplating my 14-day in New Zealand.

[COLLEYBERRY]

Hi Sapper... a co worker went on a river cruise and quite liked it, they described it just as Goldenlover has ,different than cruising but nice in it's own right ( land and it's scenery very close)

Speaking of English countryside Bellebaby.:) Friends of ours took a houseboat through English river/canal? system. Peacefully floating from little town to town..docking..then taking in the local pub (often found it the best choice for dining) Regaled us with wonderful /hilarious tales of the overly friendly livestock and interesting locals they encountered.:D

They said the scenery was lovely and the houseboat spacious and comfortable.It was a fun vacation for them
Sounds like a lot of work to me :D (Lee however would love it)

[sparky-elpaso]

Looking forward to our Australian / NZ adventure next Feb-March - finally less than a year. Yaaay.

Dreaming of what I hope will be the next one - Voyage of the Vikings in 2013 and then Panama Canal sometime after that.

I have so many places that I want to see.