No Sea Days!

Not for me at all, I love the sea days because I get to spend those days in the casinos. After 43 cruises, we have been to all the islands, Central and South America, and we just love being on the ship and being pampered. I don't even get off at the ports anymore, although DH does to keep his t-shirts and visors in full supply. I spend port days reading, in the spa, and waiting for the ships to leave so I can have dinner then head to the casino again:D

I wish Carnival would offer a better ship out of San Juan. I would love an itinerary with no sea days but I also refuse to cruise unless I can book a balcony. San Juan is my favorite port because of the itineraries but we have not sailed out of there since they did the ship shuffle.

Agree. If there were a better ship, I’d book a cruise from San Juan in a heartbeat.

I like a mix...I'd miss no sea days and I'd miss no port days...I like the balance..sorta makes it feel like two different vacations in one...

Ah man, we leave on the Fascination on Sunday and I LOVE ports so it would have been awesome if our cruise was switched to 6 ports. I find sea days boring but my dh loves them. He's a little annoyed that I booked our entire cruise with activities upon activities at the ports.

I’d be bummed. I love the sea day brunch.

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Its a long haul back from Barbados to San Juan. Didnt think could do that in one day. Either way have fun, done that route a couple times on a 7 day

 

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good call, thought that sounded odd, it's 568 miles, even making over 20 Kts it would still be over 24 hours

Agree. If there were a better ship, I’d book a cruise from San Juan in a heartbeat.

Try Royal Caribbean or Norwegian will have the Epic in San Juan winter 2019

This looks like fun to me. My honeymoon cruise was very port intensive but was great for us. We are not the biggest fans of lots of sea days.

Too many port days for me. We did the Vista in Europe and that was 9 ports in 10 days. Truly a working vacation. Turkey did get cancelled at the last minute so we did end up getting an extra day at sea.

Also did the same trip with the exception of Dominica, planned no excursions just hit some awesome beaches that I found on here. Best cruise we have had so far. I am jealous as next month we hit the same ports that we have seen before, a few times over.

some ports we have been to many times, so we stay on the ship and enjoy the quiet Serenity area, Spa and Cheers. It's almost like an all inclusive without the fees.

Although I’m not a fan of too many sea days, I like to have at least one as the last day of the cruise. A port every day of the cruise sounds exhausting to me. Could also get expensive with excursions, food, beverages, souvenirs, etc. I’d need a vacation after my vacation [emoji12]

We did the same itinerary on the Victory in 2010 and even though it was admittedly tiring, it was an amazing cruise. Possibly our favorite so far. We're Floridians so usually we drive to ports, but we loved cruising out of San Juan.

Although I’m not a fan of too many sea days, I like to have at least one as the last day of the cruise. A port every day of the cruise sounds exhausting to me. Could also get expensive with excursions, food, beverages, souvenirs, etc. I’d need a vacation after my vacation [emoji12]

That's how our honeymoon cruise was and I wish Carnival still did it this way. That was a cruise out of San Juan on Carnival Festivale. Itinerary was St. Thomas; St. Maarten; Dominica; Barbados; Martinique; Sea Day on the last day before returning to San Juan. I wish Carnival still did it that way. I'll never forget passing all of the other islands during the day time (St. Kitts/Nevis; St. Eustatius; Saba; the British and US Virgin islands). If we got up earlier, we'd have been able to see Montserrat as well. On the back of the Carnival Capers (still have them) from that cruise, they actually listed all of the islands we'd pass, the time we'd pass, and from which side of the ship they were visible. It was also a great time to relax and do our packing in stages: pack a little; enjoy some Lido fun; pack some more; more Lido fun....

Done the same cruise twice... thinking of doing it again. I love no at sea days 😁

This is why I book 14 days.

8 ports

6 sea days. Half and half

I basically cruise to unwind so that’d probably be a deal breaker for me.

Not for me. I have 21 completed cruises with Carnival and have been to most Caribbean ports. The sea days give you a break and a chance to do ship activities and the Casino. Usually if a port visit, many of the ship activities are limited so it is doubtful there would be much Bingo, for instance. As some one already mentioned, the cost of excursions would be tremendous. Another issue is food ashore. Good chance you would be buying your lunches ashore unless you watch the clock and run back to just make lunch.

Three or 4 ports and then 3 or 4 sea days mixed in is what I like to do.

We are also on a 7 day cruise with no sea days.

I love the ports, and have little use to be cooped up with thousands of others which have little else to think of except "when does the dining room open for the next meal?"

I tolerate sea days... I live to get off the ship in port.

This is one reason I have no interest in sailing with Royal Caribbean. They try to make the ships so nice you don't want to go ashore. Thanks but no thanks.

No port cruises are known as transatlantic crossings--i would love to do one but wife insists on ports sigh--happy wife happy life--so naturally we cruise port intensive cruises

I would make one of the ports your own sea day.

Keith

I would make one of the ports your own sea day.

Exactly! - you can always choose to stay on the ship during a port day, and the ship will be fabulously free of the masses which you would encounter on a real sea day.

You can always make a port day into a ship day, but you can't make a sea day into a port day! The more ports, the better!

It's a great cruise. Adding Dominica makes it an exceptional cruise. It's been a dozen years since I've been to the Emerald Pool.

You can get 4 sea days on the southern carribean 8 day itinerary.... happy middle ground lol

You can get 5 on the Exotic Southern on the 8 day Sunshine.

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It's a great cruise. Adding Dominica makes it an exceptional cruise. It's been a dozen years since I've been to the Emerald Pool.

If you want the hike of a lifetime, contact a local guide ahead of time and have him meet you as soon as the ship arrives. From TiTou gorge you can hike to the boiling lake and back in time to get back to the ship before it leaves. The scenery along the way is amazing. We even had time to take a dip in a pool fed by a hot spring. Like being in a natural jaccuzzi in the middle of the jungle!