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Is it possible to cruise both ways on a TA cruise with a British Isles or other European cruise in between?

I'm thinking Cunard for at least one leg of the TA (in steerage :D) and maybe a repositioning cruise for the other leg.

I'm not a good flyer and suffer from jet lag for at least three days :(. It would be SO great to cruise both ways!

Thanks,

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Yes, and as you can see from where I've been I'm very partial to Cunard. Cunard is the only line which still offers scheduled transatlantic service beyond just repositioning cruises. You would however have to drive to New York as the Queen Mary 2 uses New York as her home US port. It's possible to do a 7-day transatlantic to Southampton, then 5-7 days for the British Isles or elsewhere (I just did Norway) then 7 days back to New York.

 

You'll get more specific help over on the Cunard board.

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Is it possible to cruise both ways on a TA cruise with a British Isles or other European cruise in between?

I'm thinking Cunard for at least one leg of the TA (in steerage :D) and maybe a repositioning cruise for the other leg.

I'm not a good flyer and suffer from jet lag for at least three days :(. It would be SO great to cruise both ways!

Thanks,

 

HAL Veendam sails round trip from Boston to Amsterdam 6/12/14-8/11/14 with stops in Northern Europe, and Maasdam from Fort Lauderdale 10/31/14-12/12/14 to Rome with stops in the Mediterranean. You could do either of these round trips, or do one leg on one of them and the other leg on Queen Mary -- somehow getting yourself to/from Southampton to tie in with the HAL leg -- which could be done by train, given some serious planning. Of course, you would be paying a pretty healthy fare to avoid flying -- better to just bite the bullet.

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I was putting together a way cool cruise itinerary for next year...May 19 TA Port Canaveral - Barcelona on Disney Magic; week getting to Amsterdam; Baltic with Kiel Canal 16 days on Prinsendam, then return to NYC on QM2 from Hamburg/Southampton June 24. However, I decided to build a house instead. EM

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You could take the QM2 (NY to Southampton) 16 May -23 May. Transfer to the QV for British Isles cruise 23 May to 5 June and then transfer back to the QM2 and go back to NYC (5 June to 13 June). If you wanted to spend a couple of weeks in the UK you could take QM2 back to New York on June 24 (arrives 1 July).

 

There are a number of other ways of doing this depending on the amount of time you have.

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Thanks so much for the great replies! I guess I just haven't done enough research :confused:.

 

blackpool belle, that sound's like what we'd like to do-the in reverse option!

 

bob brown, don't I wish that we could do a World Cruise :)!

 

I'll also check out the Cunard board.

 

Again, thanks,

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We have done several European trips without air. Our norm is to take a spring repositioning cruise from the US to Europe where we then spend a few weeks. We have returned to the US on either the QM2 or sometimes on a different ship that happens to be doing a cruise back to the states. It is rare to find one of those non Queen return crossings, but it does happen. We did it on an unusual Rotterdam cruise and a friend did it on the maiden voyage do the Norwegian Epic.

 

Hank

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We are doing exactly what you are asking about. We are taking an April 2014 TA out of Ft. Lauderdale to Southampton than boarding RCL for a short 4 day cruise than back to Southampton to board the QM2 for a TA back to NY. No airfare involved. Actually, the cost of coming home on Cunard was only a few hundred dollars more pp than flying. So deciding between a 7 day luxury cruise or a long ride home in a cramped plane was an easy decision!:D

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