We are in our early 60s, and sailed mostly Carnival, some Princess, and Celebrity. We learned a long time ago, that if you want an excellent vacation, stay away from cruises 4 days and less. We've heard horror stories of these short cruise, called "booze cruises", wild partying all night. We typically like the longer cruises 10 to 16 days. I think we are fairly easy to please, and have always had a great time.
Only problems I ever had was on 16 day Panama cruise on Princess. The itinerary was fantastic, but I like to stay in touch with some of my clients and called in advance to find out if I could bring and use a Satelite phone. It was approved by Princess, but then they blocked every transmission I made with it. Not only did it cost about $500 to rent the phone, but then I was forced to make the expensive calls on board. No matter where I was onboard the ship, my calls would go through, then end 20 seconds later.
Also we found that we were some of the youngest onboard, which was alright, but all of the night clubs had only 7 or 8 people in them by 10:30 pm. I would try Princess again, and met some friends that we've been in touch with ever since.
16 day cruises on Carnival from Hawaii have also been our favorites. We just don't participate in the activities we don't like, but don't have any complaints about people who do, and we also enjoy 1 or 2 nights of formal dining.
Celebrity was nice also, but we paid a lot more for that cruise and didn't see a lot of difference between it and Carnival. I like the young generation that does seem to frequent Carnival, as it makes me feel younger also. We typically upgrade to a nicer cabin, which at night time, there is nothing better than alone time, a glass of wine on your private balcony
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We are in our early 60s, and sailed mostly Carnival, some Princess, and Celebrity. We learned a long time ago, that if you want an excellent vacation, stay away from cruises 4 days and less. We've heard horror stories of these short cruise, called "booze cruises", wild partying all night. We typically like the longer cruises 10 to 16 days. I think we are fairly easy to please, and have always had a great time.
Only problems I ever had was on 16 day Panama cruise on Princess. The itinerary was fantastic, but I like to stay in touch with some of my clients and called in advance to find out if I could bring and use a Satelite phone. It was approved by Princess, but then they blocked every transmission I made with it. Not only did it cost about $500 to rent the phone, but then I was forced to make the expensive calls on board. No matter where I was onboard the ship, my calls would go through, then end 20 seconds later.
Also we found that we were some of the youngest onboard, which was alright, but all of the night clubs had only 7 or 8 people in them by 10:30 pm. I would try Princess again, and met some friends that we've been in touch with ever since.
16 day cruises on Carnival from Hawaii have also been our favorites. We just don't participate in the activities we don't like, but don't have any complaints about people who do, and we also enjoy 1 or 2 nights of formal dining.
Celebrity was nice also, but we paid a lot more for that cruise and didn't see a lot of difference between it and Carnival. I like the young generation that does seem to frequent Carnival, as it makes me feel younger also. We typically upgrade to a nicer cabin, which at night time, there is nothing better than alone time, a glass of wine on your private balcony