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paulgraff

By paulgraff,
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cjdixon4

cjdixon4

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You bet and dock right at Navy Pier! It would have to leave on a Saturday because Sundays would be crazy traffic when the Bears are home! :D

 

...and don't forget if our illustrious President happens to be home for the weekend, fuggetaboutit. LOL

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JasonV1

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Two things I can think of:

 

Takes a long time to get out into international waters, and when returning you get into US waters much earlier. I don't think that affects casino hours since LA allows gambling, but I wonder if it has US tax implications. I know that the ships must collect some US taxes on purchases for the trip out of/in from the gulf, so maybe this affects the casino as well. I didn't pay attention to when it opened on my spring break (RCCL) cruise out of NOLA earlier this year.

 

Also, in my experience airfare to NOLA seemed more expensive than that to FL, at least from NC. There are a lot more flights and airports you can use to make it to FL to catch a boat.

 

My favorite is FLL, where you can pretty much see the boats from the airport. Even the "off site" cruise ship parking is very close, and cheap.

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Ashland

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At least you have a ship for part of the year. I understand putting your addiction on hold for 4-5 months of the year is tough, but you could have no RCI ship at all, like many of us.

 

 

 

We live 15 minutes from the port in San Pedro. So we are sailing on Princess more now rather than flying to a port to catch an RCI ship - we're still sailing on them, just not like we used to.:(

I sailed on PCL on the newly refurbished Sapphire to my beloved MR and tried "hard" to love PCL...What's wrong with me :confused:...I just couldn't...something just felt "off" :(

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PianoGary

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My heart goes out to you for tolerating an unbearable situation...I miss the 45 min drive to San Pedro for an RCI cruise too...What we must sacrafice to cruise RCI :(;):D

 

That's why we're spending way too much money next month to fly to FL!

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critterchick

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I sailed on PCL on the newly refurbished Sapphire to my beloved MR and tried "hard" to love PCL...What's wrong with me :confused:...I just couldn't...something just felt "off" :(

 

Crew on other PCL ships refer to Sapphire as "Suffer." We don't much like her, either.

 

But the Star is an amazing ship with a crew to rival an RCI ship. I'll let you know how we like the Golden - we have a bunch of weekend cruises booked on her.:D

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Ocean Boy

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So I found a great price on the Carnival Magic which seems like a nice ship that leaves on the perfect date out of Texas.

 

Not my first choice, but after about 25 cruises on various lines I have never really been on a bad cruise.

 

 

 

So off to the CCL boards.... PG

 

Why not try a different line?

 

You are a bit late with your suggestion.

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Tapi Great Review Rare

Tapi

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I know that for many on this board, the following suggestion may be insulting, but how about trying Carnival during the months when Royal and Norwegian are out of town? :eek:

 

Carnival Dream is being repositioned year round to New Orleans and she's a very nice ship. We had a VERY enjoyable sailing on her (and that was after sailing on the Allure a few months prior).

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Extra Kim

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We started our trip to the U.S today, first a train to the south part of Sweden. Spending one night there, Then the train to Denmark. From Denmark we fly to London and from London we fly to Miami. From Miami we rent a car to Fort Lauderdale, spending two nights in a hotel before boarding the ship.

 

And people complain about a five hour drive?

I don't even want to start counting hours and monye spent just to get to the ship..

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travelplus

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I would love to see cruises out of San Francisco via the Panama Canal that connects with Trans Atlantic Cruises in the spring. Then in the fall the same reverse trip. That way I'm not stuck on a long flight getting Jet Lag. On cruises my body clock tends to adjust better as you move the clock forwards or backwards one hour at a time and since your body clock is built for one hour per day going Eastward and 1.5 hours going westward the time change is not too bad.

 

Also you can walk up on the deck and of course enjoy the good food. You can't do this on an airplane.

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