Mediterranean survey

I just received an email survey from Carnival wanting feedback on different Med. itineraries from 7 to 12 days, with countries including Italy, Spain, Turkey, Greece, and Croatia. Getting ready for the Vista début I assume....

Yes! I got the same survey. Very excited to think about a possible European itinerary in 2 years :)

That would be great. I had been looking and dreaming about a Med. cruise for a few years and really do not want to go on a different cruise line. Just changed jobs and will probably have the extra money to cover the flights and a few extra days. Hope they decide to bring them back.

We will consider this when they release info on the ship, dates, itinerary and pricing.

Have done one European on Princess and at the moment would do Princess over CCL for Europe

If you get the survey and Istanbul is a choice but sure to select it. :D

Ooh, I hope I get it. If not please vote for 12 day itineraries and something that involves Greece! Not going to pay for flights for less days than that.

Survey or not I am going back on Vista!!!

Sign me up! I was on the 5th sailing of the Magic in the Med in 2011. Wonderful cruise. Planning on the Med for our 30th during summer 2016. Hope the Vista will be available!

Please vote for 12 days!!!

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We've cruised the Med (and Baltics and British Isles) several times with Carnival. It is the only way to go!

Hoping that CCL goes back to Med...we were on Breeze when she was launched in the Med....it was fabulous. Hope they switch up the itineraries from past CCL itins so that this ship visits different ports than the past Med cruises (like adding Greece, Istanbul etc into the mix). We wouldn't want to do anything less than 12 days either due to cost of flying overseas.

I would do less than a 12-day cruise for the right itinerary (including Portugal and something in Africa such as Casablanca or the Spanish cities that border Algeria).

However, with the options listed that I've seen, it would have to be a 12-day. We did the Mediterranean cruises on Sunshine that included Izmir (Turkey) and Athens, and both were great stops, so hopefully Carnival does include Turkey and Greek ports on more cruises.

Was able to get the survey (very well prepared), completed it and submitted. I was happy to see a diverse variety of "itinerary ideas" that are being "floated" right now but found it interesting that Venice was not included in any of them. Nevertheless I emphasized our interest in a 12+ day cruise with a heavy visits to Italy and Greece too.

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Venice is banning large cruise ships so until a viable compromise is found can't really plan on that.

Sign me up! I was on the 5th sailing of the Magic in the Med in 2011. Wonderful cruise. Planning on the Med for our 30th during summer 2016. Hope the Vista will be available!

We weren't too far behind you, sailing from Barcelona in mid-July that year. Our previous Med cruise was a 4-night on Louis, which I absolutely loved.

And while I get the sentiment about wanting longer cruises to make it "worth it" for the flights, it does make me chuckle a bit. I'm guessing that the cost of air fare from the eastern seaboard to a Med port city is in the same ballpark as the cost from where we are in the PNW to, say, MIA.

If you get the survey and Istanbul is a choice but sure to select it. :D

I agree about that!!!! Istanbuls on our bucket list but the airfare there is really high.

I agree about that!!!! Istanbuls on our bucket list but the airfare there is really high.

Turkish Airlines from JFK-IST is usually reasonable. You can try looking for a separate ticket from your home airport to JFK, followed by the JFK-IST-JFK route. Keep in mind, you will have to go through baggage claim, possible change terminals and recheck your bags.

I did the survey as well. I selected the longer cruise days as my favorite 12+ and Istanbul.

Fyi the choice of ports to leave from were Rome, Athens and Barcelona

Did anyone note the pricing? It is not as reasonable as last year when I did a twelve day on the sunshine. In fact, I think it was pretty close to NCL. Sorry, I can't remember the exact pricing but remember thinking, wow..it has gone up!

If you get the survey and Istanbul is a choice but sure to select it. :D

ISIS is selecting it too! :eek::rolleyes::D

I agree about that!!!! Istanbuls on our bucket list but the airfare there is really high.

All the more reason to cruise there. :D

Carnival's test route would either embark in Barcelona and debark in Athens or the reverse.

ISIS is selecting it too! :eek::rolleyes::D

 

They would have to get by Incirlik first.

Airfare in out of Barcelona and Rome would be cheaper than Athens. I think a Barcelona to Rome route and then reverse with different ports. One route more southern with Greece and Istanbul and the other more northern with France. Likely need to be 12 days.

They would have to get by Incirlik first.

True enough, but they're already a days walk into Bagdad and who knows just how many are in the USA now.....:confused:

And now back to our regular program - The Mediterranean Survey. :D

I'm not a huge fan of one way itineraries because it requires more vacation time in order to see both cities before and after. If Vista could do an itinerary similar to what RCCL currently does with their 12 night Greece/Italy itinerary I would be all over it!

We'll just have to wait and see what they do decide and then if the itineraries fit what we want to see within our budget we will definitely book. My mom has already said that if they don't quite meet what we want to do then we should just spend our 2 weeks in Italy.

ISIS is selecting it too! :eek::rolleyes::D

 

If its a cruise around Italy maybe we should call them Italian ISIS