How many cruises have you been on???

[Shari2]

I've been on seven cruises with number eight coming up in December!!

[coupleofcruisers]

[SIZE=2][COLOR=Magenta]9 cruises since 2002 - one booked for 2005 -so far! :D [/COLOR][/SIZE]

[sueernieb]

We have been on 11 and 12. 13, and 14 are booked.

Sue

[Spender Nui]

Been on 40. 3 more booked before February.

[CaptData]

Benn on three so far, Dawn Princess twice and Navigator of the Seas. Going on MS Maasdam on 6 Feb 05 Southern caribbean and Summit 15 Jan 06 to Hawaii. May do Alsaka in 07.

[greeneg]

11 for us with 12 Booked

[Cruisin J's]

We have been on 15 and have 16 booked!
2 - Carnival
4 - Orient Lines
1 - Costa
1 - NCL
1 - HAL
1 - Princess
5 - RCL
and Celebrity in October :-)

[Pearl Jammer]

none.....yet! :p

[Deb C.]

A month from today, I will be on my [b]42[/b] cruise....I think! (you tend to lose count at some point).:eek: Still get excited and still overpack!

Zenith 14 days to Western Caribbean!! Can't wait!!:cool:

If anyone out there is going out of [b]Jax on Nov. 7-21[/b], please join us on the ROLL CALL FORUM and sign up for the CC Party. We need a few more!!:D

[Cruisindad]

My wife and I have each been on 9 cruises, but have only taken two together. We each took 7 before we met.

In April we hit the big "one-oh". With only one booked, however, I feel like a slacker compared to many of you! :)

[Nath]

Adegner...Will be shipmates. Will be sailing the Infinity to Hawaii roundtrip from San Diego on Dec. 5!

We started cruising in 1999 and did 14 cruises so far. 2 are booked (Infinity this Dec. and Voyager Nov. 2005).

In 2002, we went crazy and did 6 cruises. End of January, we did the Sovereign 3-day and drove to Miami to board the Voyager for a 7-day. Then in May, we did a 14-day transatlantic to the Mediterannean on Princess. In June, again, we did a 2-night cruise to nowhere on Carnival Triumph out of New York and in the fall we did the Horizon repositionning back-to-back (X2 7-day).

Out of 14, some were only 2-night cruise to nowhere, one was 3-day and another one 4-day but others were 14 days and one back-to-back 7 days on the Horizon repositionning. We can't settle for a 7-day cruise anymore!

How do you guys can afford deposit on so many future cruise?

We always book cheapest cabin because we want to be able to vacation a lot. With all the discounting going on, it concerns us that cruisers may forget the most important aspect of selecting a ship: personal interests and lifestyle. If your only criterion is finding the lowest price available, you can easily wind up on a ship where you have nothing in common with the other passengers, which can adversely affect your enjoyment of the cruise.

We've learned that people's opinion of a cruise is strongly affected by their age, their likes, and their expectations. Cruises provide a variety of activities to suit different tastes. For us, visiting many islands is our main goal. We are a couple (childless) in our mid 30's/early 40’s with enough vacation to be able to enjoy many cruises. We're avid boaters & love the sea. We do not smoke, we love the outdoors & are beach people. We care a lot about ship design, wrap around promenade decks, open spaces to view the sea, sunsets, moon shimmering on the waves.

[jimbug]

1 on Sapphire Princess to Alaska
1 booked on Mercury to the Mexican Riviera

I really need to get off the West coast cruise itineraries! :) However, I have a list of about 6 cruises that I'd like to do before we get ready to start having children in about 5 years...so we'll see how many get accomplished!

[Slinkiecat]

I'm about to embark on my second cruise this weekend. My first was on the Constellation and I hoped to get another chance to get on board.

After our three day trip to Nassau, we will start getting ready for the trip of a lifetime - Around the world in 112 days on the HAL Prinsendam.

Can't wait to see the Caribbean! [url="http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001"][img]http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/26/26_21_9v.gif[/img][/url] That's me dancing for joy!

Slinkie

[newtocc]

[font=Comic Sans MS][size=4][color=red]I've never been on a cruise, I have a deathly fear of water, but no one knows this, it's a secret, don't tell anyone! Please, if this gets out, I'll be ruined![/color][/size][/font]

[cruzingracie]

DH and I have been on 23 cruises, with our 24th coming up in 2 weeks on the Galaxy! Haven't gotten tired of them yet......

[LovetheSea]

I thought my 20 cruises were something to brag about , until I met a couple on a Holland America cruise that were on thier 206 cruise! And the cruise he and his wife were on was a 22 nighter! They were also staying in a suite.

[Kathie44]

We started cruising in Jan. '02 and got hooked immediately. Just booked our 5th coming up in Feb. It's so much fun to have a cruise to look forward to. Been doing the booking dance since last Fri. :) Also hoping for a European cruise next summer.

Explorer E. Carib. 1/12/02
Explorer W. Carib 1/18/03
Summit Alaska cruise/tour 8/3/03
Adventure S. Carib. 2/8/04
Galaxy Panama Canal 2/3/05

[Michuck]

23 cruises, with 24 coming up 11/7, 25 on 2/3/05 and 26 4/29......Think I'm addicted??

Michele

[zackiedawg]

I'll be on board #20 on November 5...my signature breaks them all down.

My parents are nutso cruise fanatics though...they've just gotten off what I thought was their 81st cruise...but I was corrected after posting that in another thread...it was their 89th cruise!

They are racking them up too fast for me to catch up! By the time I get on board my 21st cruise, probably next October, they will have advanced to their 94th cruise. That's the ratio I'm dealing with...they go on 5 cruises for every 1 of mine.

But I'm a working stiff, while my step-father recently retired (he is 64, mom is younger than that, but I would be killed if I typed her age).

I must give them credit for starting my cruising addiction...when I was 14, they brought me on my first cruise and I've been hooked ever since. I took every available cruise they would bring me on, and once I got out of college and wasn't offered the free cruises from family anymore, I started buying my own.

Looking back to that first cruise, it's amazing how unbelievably crappy the ship and the room were...but it still hooked me!

[cruisepest]

Number 15 is on the Mercury in March 05, with number 16 and 17 already booked for 05 and 06

[kandps100]

all I can say is WOW! LOL I thought the four I've been on were cool! :)

[Shadow]

21 - 17 with Celebrity and we have 4 more booked through 2005 with Celebrity.

Can you tell we like Celebrity.:D

[SA Traveler]

Leaving on the Galaxy on 12/6. First time on Celebrity.

[CGTNORMANDIE]

You can see below...#18 coming up next week. The only difference is that I started my love affair with ocean liners almost 40 years ago. We have seen a lot of changes. I hope we will be able to add a lot more when we retire but...we won't retire for at least another 9 years...YIKES!!!

ROSS

[LovetheSea]

We will be going on #20 in Feb. on the Mercury and have alredy booked 21 in Sept. 2005. We have only been cruising for 6 years.