We sailed in NCL Haven for the first time in May and thought food and service was by far better than our last cruise in AQ on Reflection (2019 - TA). And price was not much more than AQ.
We are booked on Sun Princess, sailing next May. With all unrest in Europe, I am wondering if Princess will make changes in itineraries. I am assuming Istanbul will be taken out... Celebrity already made changes.
On our last cruise most people did not follow the guidelines. At least we didn't see pj type of clothing. We are old school and always dressed up for an evening. Nicely dressed people enhance cruising experience. At current times, I know a lot of people will not agree with me. I am not in for discussion " don't judge the book by it's cover".
We are considering a cruise on Beyond, but we don't like IV, so I was looking on booking what they have Porthole veranda.
Anyone with experience in sailing one, please share your opinions. I think we will prefer aft cabin.
Thank you very much.
We used to cruise 3 -4 times a year on X. After pandemic we had 3 cruises booked, but 2 of them we had to cancel. Last one on X was in March of 2022 and it was fantastic. This year we took one cruise on NCL Haven and it was very nice. Now we only have 1 to go in about 5 weeks on Equinox. Have not booked any on X yet. Next year we have 2 booked with different cruise lines. Will see if November cruise will motivate us to book another cruise on X.
You are correct - there are always be somebody to book a cruise.. And X will charge high prices as long as people will be willing to pay till they start to compare. That is what we did. AQ was $6500 for 9 days Carib cruise and NCL Haven was $5700 for 9 days Carib. We would not sail on NCL in the regular cabin.
I consider myself a very loyal fan of X ( Elite Plus) and so far we never had a bad cruise. Sailing in November will be a check mark for us. We have no cruises booked with X. We did tried NCL Haven and loved it, so there are options.