Baltic cruise in July?

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kitten

I would do the royal one as it has a stop in Oslo ( I haven't been..i have been to amsterdam) and the other does not...I went on a baltic cruise with NCL in May 2006 and my favorite stop was Copenhagen because of the Tivoli gardens...our ship docked in the evening and left the next day...the gardens were beautiful at night....as for Russia, unless you get a VISA you have to travel in a group...we did the Hermitage and peter and paul cathedral.....do as may excursions as you can in russia....I won't do the hermitage again....Tallinn is also very beautiful and is the place to by your Russian souvenirs as they are cheaper here than in St. Petersburg.... there is however a wonderful market across from the church of spilled blood(the church is a must see)...you will love it....i wish i went to a ballet in russia on the evening excursion but I didn't.....so people missed it because the traffic was so bad in st petersburg that some buses were late getting back from afternoon excursions......have a great time!!!

but don't change to NCL because the ship is the Dream and it is their oldest ship and has problems with overcrowding in the sports bar for breakfast buffets and the pizza lounge at lunch was overcrowded...the restaurants were fine however

t-bone

If anyone has an argument with this statement i welcome it
I have travelled with all the above and found them to be great services but as we became a Little more well healed we travelled with Crystal cruise line and never looked back, by the way both you mentioned are owned by Crystal or are part of the same company.
Scandinavian Symphony, Copenhagen to Stockholm
but if i were you i would check out Crystal cruise line, it would be a little more than most but the rooms and food are to die for.
10 time cruiser
have no fear. just one suggestion i would consider stronly ,
if you get a balcony with your unit it will be the best investment you would have ever made.

thomas1408

My personal opinion is that Celebrity is a better cruise line than Royal Caribbean, even though Celebrity is owned by Royal. They cater to a higher end clientele. Celebrity typically caters to passengers between the age of 40 to 60. It all depends on what is more important to you, the service / amenities onboard or the ports of call.

missanglgrl

I can't go into real details about this, but I would suggest that you go with Celebrity. Royal Caribbean is a economy line compared to Celebrity. I better comparision is Celebrity with Hollland America or Cunard.

trykindness

Go with the Royal Cruise because celebrity has too many kids. Baltic is a perfect place to go to in July, you are very lucky. Von Boyage

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