My Upcoming Cruises
Here are the details on all of the cruises I currently have booked
and speculation on what others might get added to the list
My Upcoming Cruises
Here are the details on all of the cruises I currently have booked
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I have two more cruises booked for 2025, and a third is a 95% probability. I'm really excited about all of them! In February, Kellyn and I will be flying to Florida for a Caribbean cruise on Sun Princess, the brand new ship from Princess Cruise Line. I've been impressed with what I've heard about this new class of ship for Princess.
One of the reasons that I haven't cruised with Princess since my 2014 cruise to Alaska is that most of the ships in the Princess fleet are fairly old and don't have some of the modern conveniences I've come to appreciate on the newer ships. But from what I've seen, this new ship has a lot of great things about it!
Also, I know from my 2014 Princess
cruise that they target everything they do to active senior citizens like me.
All of the music and entertainment is geared to people in my age group.
The importance of this was really impressed upon me during my recent cruise on
Icon Of The Seas, where it seemed like the music was tailored to the tastes of
Generation Z. I hated most of the music they played on the outdoor decks
on Icon Of The Seas, and it was so offensive to me that I never used any of the
pools or hot tubs on that ship. But I remember boarding that Princess ship
in 2014 and being amazed that out on their pool deck they were playing a video
of a James Taylor concert. I felt like finally there was a cruise ship
targeting their music to people my age!
I'm especially excited about this cruise because we are going to be staying in a
suite that comes with some really great perks: access to a private sun
deck area with a pool and two hot tubs, access to a private restaurant, access
to a private lounge, and we'll have the full drink package.
My friends at American Cruise Lines have let me know that they're planning on sending me on one of their Alaska cruises during the summer of 2025. I don't know exactly what week that will be, as it's going to depend on when they have a cabin available... but they've told me that it is almost certainly going to happen. It has been 10 years since the last time I cruised in Alaska, and I'm really looking forward to getting up there again. The possibilities for shooting great photos and videos are exciting! Also, it's easy for me to get to Alaska now, since I live in the Pacific Northwest.
The other cruise I have booked this year will be on Royal Caribbean's Quantum Of The Seas. I cruised on a sister ship in 2016 and really liked that ship... so, when my friends, Jeff & Michelle, asked if Kellyn and I would like to sail with them on Quantum Of The Seas, it was an easy "yes".
Cruises I'd Like To Take
A few cruises I would love to do:
A cruise with Holland America.
That's probably the biggest cruise line that I've never sailed with. I
think I should try it sometime. The reason I've never sailed with Holland
America before is that I view it as a cruise line for old people. Well,
now that I am one, I guess I should give HAL a try.
A cruise on one of Royal
Caribbean's Quantum-class ships. I totally loved Anthem Of The Seas when
I sailed on her a few years ago,
and thought it was the best cruise ship I had ever sailed on at that point.
I'd love to sail on Anthem Of The Seas again, or any other ship in the Quantum class.
One of the great things about it is that it's an outstanding value...
the regular balcony cabins on the Quantum class ships are really nice, so
I don't see any need to book a suite... which makes it possible to do
a very affordable cruise, and still have a great experience.
A cruise in the South Pacific,
visiting places like Tahiti and Bora Bora... but not with the Paul Gauguin
cruise line. I've looked in to that cruise line, and I just don't think
it's for me. To get to Tahiti on a more mainstream cruise line (like
Princess, for example) I'd have to do a 30-day roundtrip cruise out of Los
Angeles that goes all the way down to Tahiti. Kellyn would never agree to
be away from our dog for that long... so, for now, a Tahiti cruise is
probably not going to happen. But maybe someday after the dog is no longer
with us?
A cruise with Viking on the
Mississippi River. It would be interesting to see how this compares with
river cruises on American Cruise Lines.
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