Do you cruise for the ship or the ports?

DH and I like cruising as a form of vacation (we do more land trips however). He could go on a cruise to nowhere and be happy. He just likes to be on a ship. I couldn't do that. I cruise as an enjoyable method to get to different ports.

How about you?

DH and I like cruising as a form of vacation (we do more land trips however). He could go on a cruise to nowhere and be happy. He just likes to be on a ship. I couldn't do that. I cruise as an enjoyable method to get to different ports.

 

How about you?

DW loves less stops and more sea days and just being on the ship while I love being on the ship I love cruising as a way to see new locations so I want more ports than see days. But any day on a cruise whether at sea or in port is a good day:D

Ports. The ship is just a floating resort.

Both! And also for the closest port of embarkation that I can drive to. :)

My wife selects our cruises based on the itineraries. I'm easy. Whatever she wants is OK with me. :D

We like ports, but really just love being on the boat. We'd be happy with a cruise to nowhere!

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My wife selects our cruises based on the itineraries. I'm easy. Whatever she wants is OK with me. :D

You sound like my DH! I book it and tell him what days to schedule off and we go!

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We just like being on the ship! Could care less where we go really! We live on the Emerald Coast (beautiful emerald color seas and soft white sand) and have traveled the world and lived in 3 countries via the military! We just love being on the ship and shutting our phone off and enjoying some relaxation and pampering!

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Florida_cruisers----I am like your hubby, I prefer the ship to the ports. I could just stay on the ship the whole time! But my hubby, is like you. He prefers the ports. So when I choose a cruise, I try to keep us both happy. I may choose a ship which was more to my liking with a longer itinerary with more sea days, and with ports that will interest him. We have a 7 day cruise in January with 2 sea days for me, 3 ports he wants us to explore, plus 1 port we have been to many times, and will most likely stay on the ship. A win-win for us both!

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A combination of both. I love days at sea, but also enjoy getting off and exploring different ports. If we've been to a port multiple times, we'll sometimes just stay on the ship and enjoy the quiet.

After 30 years cruising the Caribbean we have pretty much been there, done that as far as the ports are concerned. Let's face it they re not making any new islands. For us the ship is the destination.

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The ship! Especially love the new ships. Love sailing into a port and sailing out. Love storms at sea, too, with a drink on the balcony. There was a thread once about how would you like to end it all. The consensus was on a ship with a drink in hand. :D:D:D

For my DH and I, it is all about the sea days. Neither the ship or the ports are important to us.

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We love the sea days too and some of our favorite times have been when everyone else gets off the ship in port. Feels like our own private ship. I do wish they would leave the dining room open on port days though.

Seems like many couples are like my girlfriend and I. I like the ship. She likes the ports.

You sound like my DH! I book it and tell him what days to schedule off and we go!

 

 

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It works for us. She picks the shore excursions as well. She does a good job and it adds to the excitement for me.

Ports.

The only time I cruised for a ship (Allure) just because "she" was in the neighborhood :)

I suppose I might be considered strange, but when we cruise, I never turn on my cell, I'm not on the computer or anything else.

I prefer to be outside on the promenade deck where they play some shuffle board and just relax like I'm brain dead listening to the water and breeze.

I really could care less if the ship went around in a circle 24/7. Lol

I love the shows, the ships atmosphere and pretty much everything but my opinion of a vacation is to do nothing that I would normally to at home or work and be like I don't exist.

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Like many who responded, we go for both. We've done the usual ports multiple times, so we may go off for a walk, but head back for the quiet atmosphere of the ship. We do look for ports we haven't been to yet for something new on occasion. In December, we're going down to the Windward/ABC Islands, which will include three new (to us) ports and some great SCUBA diving, which is always a factor. In ten days, we're off on the Empress for the first time, just to experience her - certainly not for the ports; Nassau and Key West. We've enjoyed checking out the different RCI class ships, and with the Empress, we will have been on every class except Quantum - not sure when that will happen, but some day.

DH and I like cruising as a form of vacation (we do more land trips however). He could go on a cruise to nowhere and be happy. He just likes to be on a ship. I couldn't do that. I cruise as an enjoyable method to get to different ports.

 

How about you?

That's me, just put me on a ship and go. :eek::cool:

When booking our cruises, I balance the ports with the Sea Days and which ships are involved. Earlier I had us on the Adventurer then switched to the Freedom but this was mainly due to the itinerary and the ease of getting to FLL over SJ from Calif.

It depends and its a little of both with us. Sometimes it's for the itinerary and other times it's for the ship. Occasionally we get the best of both worlds - an itinerary with ports of call that we like on a favorite ship with a good balance of sea days.

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Honestly, I pick the ship and itinerary based on my allotted budget for the trip. I love to do different ports but for us they add another $100/pp/day on to the budget, sometimes more. Sea days cost us very little, a bingo game, an extra ice cream....my next cruise is a budget cruise, 5 nighter with two ports, both Mexico and both very inexpensive, so it works for this budget trip. My last cruise was 5 ports, S Carib, and we loved every minute but the port costs add up for sure :)

We don't have the cruise experience a lot of folks do but we have been to some ports more than once. We always get off the ship,even if it is just for a short while. We feel that we might never be back to that area. I can see at some time we will stay on the ship as DW struggles getting around