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booking cruises

Any good cruise websites? 

Only thing is we want to leave from NY.  Everything else we have no preference- Length, ship, destination don't matter.  We want to go in Late April Late May or August. June and July already have vacations planned.  

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Re: booking cruises

  • if your taking the kids you should look into a disney cruise. i was just reading about them and they sound amazing. there is one that leaves from ny...or bayonne nj i think. i'm trying to talk dh into one myself.
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  • Disney one looks awesome, but DH said he would rather wait for that one for when both kids can walk and talk. They have a 2 night one to nowhere though I am interested in though. 

    TY!! 

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  • I've heard such wonderful things about Disney cruises. T refuses to go on one....no casinos! The past few cruises we went on, I used cruisecompete .com. check it out, it's pretty neat.
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  • we have used a local travel agent who specialises in cruising only,cruiseshopping.com & booked through the actual cruise lines website and never had any issues .
    we just booked a cruise on sat for our 2013 vacation using vacationstogo.com but i dont know much about them as this is our first time using them.
  • I've booked both of the cruises we went on through expedia. 

    We did one a few years ago that left out of NY in June it was with Princess... I think the ship was Caribbean Princess and it went to Bermuda, San Juan, PR, St. Thomas, and Grand Turk, T&C.  It was nice... a good sized ship... not too big not too small.

    ETA the length was like 9 days I think.

    Oh and check out cruisecritic.com for lots of dedicated cruisers advice!

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  • also be aware that some lines charge for children under 2 nomatter what,we are going  on carnival in oct and had to pay the 3rd person price even though Eli will only be 8 months. 

    i know norwegian & diisney only charge a small port fee but i'm not sure what other lines do this also.
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    also be aware that some lines charge for children under 2 nomatter what,we are going  on carnival in oct and had to pay the 3rd person price even though Eli will only be 8 months. 

    i know norwegian & diisney only charge a small port fee but i'm not sure what other lines do this also.

    Actually most cruise lines charge some sort of fee no matter how old the child is. Another thing to think about is  some cruise lines will not allow non potty trained children in the pool, not even with a swim diaper.

    We have always booked straight through the cruise lines website. 

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  • Disney cruises are AMAZING but, waiting might be a good idea so they can get more out of it.

    The other cruise line we loved and went on was royal Caribbean.   Like other posters said, you do pay for both kids.  The cruise line is great and the food is fabulous.  It seems to be a very family oriented cruise line with a whole rear deck dedicated to a kiddie pool and kiddie area.

    Carnival seemed like a lot of fun but I hear it is a party ship.  May not what you want to be on with the kiddos.  But hey, I have never actually been on it so cant say.

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  • My cruise advice consists of this: I'd avoid all of the "Costa" lines after they ran one aground and the other is sitting idle in pirate waters off of africa without power, food, a/c or running water!
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  • I've booked through travel agents.  I've gone on Carnival and Royal Caribbean and enjoyed both.  I took 2 cruises from NY/NJ-1 to Bermuda and 1 to the Caribbean.  I found it to be a little long on the boat getting down to the Caribbean, but it's prob worth it for a whole family not to pay airfare and for the convenience.  I know we left from NY because it was when I was just out of college and my parents were paying so it was a lot cheaper :)  
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    I booked my last cruise through Linda Greene.  She did a great job, super cheap insurance.  And perks on the ship!  She will know all!

     http://www.thewisetraveler.com/

     

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