Ireland

[sej67]

So why are there so few (if any) cruises that have one or more Irish ports of call? Even for the straight cruises I don't see any. For Europe I see W. Med, E. Med, Baltic cruises, cruises departing from London to the Med or Baltic, but none to Ireland. Granted, some people want to see Ireland more in depth, but that's the case for these other areas as well.

 

Here's what I think would be a fantastic back-to-back set of cruises that Atlantis could do:

 

Cruise 1:

day 1: depart London (from Birmingham, Harwich or Dover)

day 2: Bruges, Belgium (with access to Brussels or Bruges)

day 3: Amsterdam (overnight)

day 4: depart Amsterdam

day 5: at sea

day 6: Edinburgh

day 7: at sea

day 8: Glasgow (with easy access to the loch region, etc.)

day 9: arrive in Liverpool (with easy access to Northern Wales or Liverpool. Liverpool had transatlantic cruises to North America a century ago, so I gotta believe they would have the port facilities for departing and ending cruises).

 

Cruise 2:

day 1: depart Liverpool

day 2: day at sea (or possibly Isle of Man)

day 3: Dublin

day 4: (london)Derry

day 5: Galway

day 6: Killorglin or Cork

day 7: Cork or Waterford

day 8: at sea

day 9: Le Havre (Paris)

day 10: back to London

 

Granted, there aren't as many days at sea as most would like, but for a European cruise this is not that unusual.

[Wilde_37]

Good question. I suppose a lot of the time it depends on the departure port. The nearest departure port for European cruises is Southhampton and if you think about those who cruise from there you will find that they are mostly british. A lot of the time they want to do sun holidays, so take the cruises down to the med. In reality, it is very easy for anyone in britian to hop on a car ferry and come to Ireland and they can be in any part of the island the same day.

 

I live in Waterford which is a great spot. We get a lot of the high-end cruise ships which stop from time to time. Now, my dream would be to take a cruise that leaves from Ireland and goes someplace exotic!!:D

[my crow's nest]

Check out crystal, Holland America and Regent - they all have cruises that include several Irish ports.

[turquoise 6]

Cunard has the British Isles Cruises that go that route.. QM2, Queen Victoria,Queen Elizabeth..

[AttilaTheFun]

Princess has a British Isles cruise that stops in Ireland too. I think it's also passenger demand - if more people wanted to go there, they would have more silings stop there, but it's just not as popular as other ports of call.

[RetiredFL]

Oceania also does cruises with several Irish ports.

[cruzeluver]

Celebrity (my line of choice) now has cruises fro 2013 that include Ireland. We booked while on Celebrity Silhouette two weeks ago. Celebrity Infinity will be doing this cruise. We are going in May, 2013 and cannot wait!

 

Depart from Harwich, England

 

Day Two: Paris (Le Havre) France

 

Day Three: St. Peter Port, Channel Islands

 

Day Four: Cork, Ireland

 

Day Five: Dublin, Ireland

 

Day Six: Liverpool, England

 

Day seven: Belfast, Northern Ireland

 

Day Eight: Galsgow, Scotland

 

Day Nine: At Sea

 

Day Ten: Inverness, Scotland

 

Day Eleven: At Sea

 

Day Twelve: Harwich, England