bluetardis Posted April 22, 2023 #4126 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Anyone cruising solo on Crown Princess May 5-12? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. H. Posted April 24, 2023 #4127 Share Posted April 24, 2023 I want to take a cruise out of San Diego so bad. I will probably book for next year since I have 4 vacations booked for this year and one is SD by land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasasalad Posted April 27, 2023 #4128 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I’m on Regatta July 21 Alaska. I’m solo and if anyone is interested in sharing excursions or dinners please reply here. The roll call has very little response. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTVCRUISER Posted May 3, 2023 #4129 Share Posted May 3, 2023 My next solo cruises out of San Diego 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenUS Posted May 4, 2023 #4130 Share Posted May 4, 2023 I am doing Crown Princess Aug 15-25th, First time in Alaska, the first time flying out of the country too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaliThai Posted May 5, 2023 #4131 Share Posted May 5, 2023 I am traveling on the Royal Princess from Vancouver to Auckland on September 25. Anyone else on that one? Like others here, I am not naturally inclined to cruise, but needed a long break with lots of down time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow 123 Posted May 5, 2023 #4132 Share Posted May 5, 2023 On 4/24/2023 at 11:28 AM, Mrs. H. said: I want to take a cruise out of San Diego so bad. I will probably book for next year since I have 4 vacations booked for this year and one is SD by land. Beautiful cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedgeToo Posted May 6, 2023 #4133 Share Posted May 6, 2023 20th October 2023, MSC round trip Southampton Just this moment booked Crystal Cruises round trip from Athens on 9th March 2024, including 5 excursions to the Pyramids, Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Limassol and Curium, Lindos and the Citadel of Knights, and Ephesus. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow 123 Posted May 6, 2023 #4134 Share Posted May 6, 2023 3 hours ago, RedgeToo said: 20th October 2023, MSC round trip Southampton Just this moment booked Crystal Cruises round trip from Athens on 9th March 2024, including 5 excursions to the Pyramids, Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Limassol and Curium, Lindos and the Citadel of Knights, and Ephesus. 🙂 OMG! Sounds wonderful have a great time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedgeToo Posted May 6, 2023 #4135 Share Posted May 6, 2023 26 minutes ago, shadow 123 said: OMG! Sounds wonderful have a great time Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedgeToo Posted May 6, 2023 #4136 Share Posted May 6, 2023 4 hours ago, RedgeToo said: 20th October 2023, MSC round trip Southampton Just this moment booked Celestyal Cruises round trip from Athens on 9th March 2024, including 5 excursions to the Pyramids, Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Limassol and Curium, Lindos and the Citadel of Knights, and Ephesus. :) Should have been Celestyal Cruises - bloody autocorrect, it's my worst enema! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. H. Posted May 7, 2023 #4137 Share Posted May 7, 2023 On 5/5/2023 at 8:17 AM, shadow 123 said: Beautiful cat Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meander Ingwa Posted May 11, 2023 #4138 Share Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 8:11 PM, BaliThai said: I am traveling on the Royal Princess from Vancouver to Auckland on September 25. Anyone else on that one? Like others here, I am not naturally inclined to cruise, but needed a long break with lots of down time. BaliThai that sounds like a great trip. I am a solo traveler and new to cruising. I love the idea of flying to New Zealand, play focused tourist and then cruising home (western washington) Just a nice option from flying both ways 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meander Ingwa Posted May 13, 2023 #4139 Share Posted May 13, 2023 I am a solo traveler and will be on Viking Venus January 12,2024 for Northern Lights Looking forward to the adventure as well as the train ride to Oslo after with a few days there before returning to London then home. Am already thinking about a TA from Rome in Fall 2024 and using that as a way to get homeward after a land tour of the art galleries in Italy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdee3636 Posted May 13, 2023 #4140 Share Posted May 13, 2023 @Meander Ingwa I like your idea about using the transatlantic cruise as a leisurely way to get back to the U.S. after your art-focused land tour. But one question I have about the Northern Lights is whether you pretty much have to be sitting out in the cold well into the night to have a chance of seeing them. Unless I misunderstand it, there's no exact way you can know in advance when they will light up the sky. Of course, when you're going that far north in mid-January, the "night" begins early, so maybe you can see the lights to your heart's content before dinner and not have to stay up all night. In any event, enjoy it. Viking seems to be the experts in these Northern Lights cruises, so it should be a great experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meander Ingwa Posted May 14, 2023 #4141 Share Posted May 14, 2023 @jimdee3636 for the northern light trip, there are shore excursions that stay out 6 hours or more. Some vendors provide snow suits and heated sock etc. Some have warm huts. Northern Lights are overall, a crap shoot relying on luck of weather snd the gift of the sun 🌞 I know some have reported here that announcements will be made on board when they happen. Some suggest leaving the TV on to hear them. I will gladly get up at dang o'clock to see them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdee3636 Posted May 14, 2023 #4142 Share Posted May 14, 2023 @Meander Ingwa Thanks for the explanation. You're heartier than I am. I was an avid skier and winter hiker for many years when I lived in New England, but I've become a wimp about cold weather since I moved to southern Arizona. I'll live vicariously through you next January! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSW519 Posted May 14, 2023 #4143 Share Posted May 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Meander Ingwa said: I am a solo traveler and will be on Viking Venus January 12,2024 for Northern Lights Looking forward to the adventure as well as the train ride to Oslo after with a few days there before returning to London then home. Am already thinking about a TA from Rome in Fall 2024 and using that as a way to get homeward after a land tour of the art galleries in Italy. I’d love to do a Viking cruise - do they ever offer deals for solos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meander Ingwa Posted May 14, 2023 #4144 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Not that I have seen. The usual penalty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meander Ingwa Posted May 14, 2023 #4145 Share Posted May 14, 2023 1 hour ago, jimdee3636 said: @Meander Ingwa Thanks for the explanation. You're heartier than I am. I was an avid skier and winter hiker for many years when I lived in New England, but I've become a wimp about cold weather since I moved to southern Arizona. I'll live vicariously through you next January! Jim LOL I have encountered some of that southern softness. I compete nationally in archery and I LOVE when we start at 7am and it is 65. I am in my short sleeves and the southern ladies are in their fleeces complaining of the cold. Tables turn as it nears 90 and I wilt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sambamama Posted May 15, 2023 #4146 Share Posted May 15, 2023 I am booked on a 15 night SE Asia HAL Singapore to Hong Kong cruise Jan 2024. Its been cancelled twice and paid in full since December 2019. I added a RTW ANA ticket to get there so I fly JFK to Istanbul, stay 3 nights, fly early to Singapore and stay 4 nights and do the cruise finishing in Hong Kong. I then fly to Bali for 12 nights, on to Japan where I have 5nights in Kyoto and one in Tokyo, and then fly to Houston. I overnight there, and fly home to Hartford, CT on domestic first class on AA. All other flights are business class on Turkish, Singapore, and ANA. And I managed to book my ANA RT ticket myself with FF miles and $900! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow 123 Posted May 15, 2023 #4147 Share Posted May 15, 2023 3 hours ago, sambamama said: I am booked on a 15 night SE Asia HAL Singapore to Hong Kong cruise Jan 2024. Its been cancelled twice and paid in full since December 2019. I added a RTW ANA ticket to get there so I fly JFK to Istanbul, stay 3 nights, fly early to Singapore and stay 4 nights and do the cruise finishing in Hong Kong. I then fly to Bali for 12 nights, on to Japan where I have 5nights in Kyoto and one in Tokyo, and then fly to Houston. I overnight there, and fly home to Hartford, CT on domestic first class on AA. All other flights are business class on Turkish, Singapore, and ANA. And I managed to book my ANA RT ticket myself with FF miles and $900! That sounds wonderful. Have a wonderful time. Did you do all the bookings on your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOYOV Posted May 15, 2023 #4148 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Cruise on Aranui5. from Papeete to AUSTRALES 09 sept 23 . Does somebody will be on ? Cruise solo from Paris . I will spend a week before cuise on Moorea . Fly with stop in Los Angeles. day 1 sep arriving Tahiti on 02/09 . Happy to meet an other cruiser . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sambamama Posted May 20, 2023 #4149 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I did all the bookings on my own, yes, except for the cruise. The flights weren't as bad as I thought. It would have been much easier had I remember ANA opens flights much earlier than other airlines AND after I booked, had I not realized I screwed up and booked my flight leaving from Hong Kong before the cruise got to Hong Kong. The biggest challenge is having flexibility about dates and places to go and not minding doubling back. For example, I have to fly back to Singapore from Hong Kong to then fly on to Bali. But flying business class is always so nice and the RTW ANA ticket is a real bargain if you can make it work for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sambamama Posted May 20, 2023 #4150 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I just booked the August 31 2024 Celestyal Journey 7 night sailing from Piraeus! Really excited about this one. I will add a 4 night bus trip in, and probably 3-4 nights each on 2 small islands near Athens after the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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