General Cruise Discussion

[SYD]

I saw that description in another thread and thought - must have been travelling on "Celebrity Brocos Leagues Club" and felt sorry for the low-renter.

Meals and booze are included in many cruises, including the ones I travel on (SilverSea, Ponant) but you'd hardly call them "all you can eat (or drink)", any more than the buffet at any hotel or indeed at home.

@Quickstatus - your continuing close inquisitiveness about cruises can be addressed by actually taking a cruise. Small vessel, expedition, such as the Kimberley Coast - you'll like it.

Yep, pretty much all cruises are “all you can eat” - if that’s one’s thing.

Yes, here and in the US there are plenty of hungry peeps who go for that. But certainly not the majority.

Coming back to Celebrity - the restaurant food is generally very good. You do have to pay a surcharge for some of the better specialty restaurants and booze of course. But you’re paying thousands of dollars less than a small ship (nice as they are).

 

[SYD]

Yes, this may have appeared in the humour thread previously….

 

[love_the_life]

I looked at the pricing. Yowsers.

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We got quite a good price on a December NZ cruise on Nova. Will be interesting to see what we think of this larger Silversea (no s on the end) ship compared with the others we have been on.

Der - realised this related to a post snout 4 pages back and I had already posted. Oh well, I’ll blame old age!

 

[Quickstatus]

There are quite a lot of us here who have already been "just fine" on smallish expedition ships in very heavy weather.
Your personal experience to make for such a cynical remark is ??

Sorry @tgh
I was reviewing rooflyer's Kimberly cruise TR and came across your question which I didnt answer:

Answer. Interislander rail and car Ferry trip across Cooks Strait. Ship tonnage ?15000T

Clear weather so I had lunch on board which became a bad decision a few minutes after getting underway.

 

[RooFlyer]

Clear weather so I had lunch on board which became a bad decision a few minutes after getting underway.

Conclusion: a car ferry isn't the same as a cruise vessel.

 

[Quickstatus]

Conclusion: a car ferry isn't the same as a cruise vessel.

Maybe not but it's a bigger ship especially when it can carry a train

 

[drron]

And I've been on a Cooks straight ferry and in 2 ~ 6000 tonne Expedition ships. The expedition ships handled rough seas much better than the Cook strait ferry. In fact on the silver explorer we went through 3 Force 12 Atlantic gales and a Pacific typhoon without missing a meal. Very stable ship.