Mediterranean Cruise Advice Needed?

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TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only

I have cruised the Mediterranean twice and can give you some advice based on my experiences.

Well first of all you need to know that all of the cruise lines price their cruise based on "double occupancy", meaning two people per cabin. So if you plan to go alone, which you can do, they will charge you a "single supplement" to have the cabin by yourself. The single supplement mean that they will essentially charge you for two people; double the fare for whatever type cabin/accommodations you select.

So you should consider some options for someone else to go along with you since you will be paying for it anyway. One option would be to find a friend or relative, i.e. an aunt, great aunt, or someone's daughter or sister to go along and either pay all of that person's fare, or a good portion of it. If you decide to go alone then book the cheapest cabin on the ship.

Mediterranean cruises can be between 7, and 12 days and the price will depend mostly on how many days your cruise is and also on the type cabin/accommodations that you choose.

There are 4 basic types of cabins on ships;
- inside (no window),................................... least expensive
- outside (a window or porthole),
- balcony/veranda, and
- suites and penthouses.......................... most expensive.

The "FROM" prices you see will always be for an inside cabin.

You can take cruises to the countries you want to see from a variety of ports, some round trip (like depart from and return to Barcelona, Spain) and some are one way. Some cruises are 7 days and others are 12 days. If you want to see and enjoy the most countries you probably need to take a 12 day cruise.

You will get the best price by doing two things (1) book very early, like about now for next year this time or later; and (2) look at all of the cruises itinerary and date options and go when the price is lowest instead of picking a firm date and then looking for a cruise on that date

I have cruise on 4 cruise lines, Celebrity, Princess, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean. My recommendation to you would be to select a cruise on Celebrity, Princess or Royal Caribbean. I did two of my European cruises on Celebrity and Royal Caribbean and they do have great cruises and ships. The ships that Royal Caribbean uses for the Mediterranean, the Brilliance of the Seas and the Voyager of the seas, are both lovely ships. I cruised the Med for 12 days on the Brilliance and I have been on two of the twin sisters of the Voyager.

I did my first Mediterranean cruise on the Royal Caribbean ship, Brilliance of the Seas. It was 12 days and went to Florence/Pisa, Rome, Nice, Naples, Santorini, Mykonos, Athens and Ephesus. That's the cruise that I recommend. On it you will get to see the Leaning Tower in Pisa, Rome's Vatican City and more, Pompeii, the Acropolis in Athens, the biblical city in Ephesus, and the beautiful Greek Isles of Mykonos and Santorini.

wellmaintained

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Tivogal

i would spend time on cruise sites like cruisecritic.com and find out more about royal carribean, holland america, princess, and celebrity ships and what people like and dislike about their mediterranean tours.

think about if you can get a friend to travel with you so you don't have to pay the single suppliments cruise lines charge. (those are pretty steep)

good luck

sweetescapes_travel

Royal Caribbean has a nice Mediterranean cruise. The ships are nice. There would not be a lot of kids onboard and the itineraries are very nice. There is a lot to do onboard and they have activities for singles onboard. The Brilliance of the Seas is a ship that does a 12 Night Med cruise out of Barcelona Spain and stops in places such as Cannes France, Rome, Naples and Venice, etc. The Splendour of the Seas does a 7 night Med cruise and goes to Nice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Sicily, etc. and the cruise also starts in Barcelona. Therefore, for either of these cruises you would be flying to Barcelona. Hope this helps.

antontravel2004

There are no party ships in the Med. Partiers don't have the money to go to the Med.. partiers go to Florida.

Every Med cruise is going to be quiet compared to the Florida port cruises. Even Carnival becomes mellow in the Med.

If you are travelling alone, you should consider using one of the cruise lines that offer a single rate. See http://tinyurl.com/SinglesTrips

â™¥Bo$$ Ladyâ™¥

Hello,
How are you? Here are some April 2009 Mediterranean Cruises, Destinations, and prices to choose from. Here is where to book either of these cruises http://www.cassandralanetravel.org click the "Cruises" tab at the top, and proceed from there. I wish you Smooooth Sailing!!!

5 Days Mediterranean-East
Costa Cruise Lines-Costa Serena
Savona, Naples, Valletta, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Venice

1 departure date: Apr 21 2009
Prices from:
Inside $589
OceanView $739
Balcony $839

12 Days Mediterranean-East 31% OFF Brochure rate
Norwegian Cruise Line-Norwegian Jade
Barcelona, Rome/Civitavecchia, Athens/Piraeus, Izmir, Alexandria, Valletta, Barcelona

1 departure date: Apr 10 2009

Prices from:
Inside $1399
OceanView $1699
Balcony $1999

10 Days Mediterranean-East, Eu... 20% OFF Brochure rate

Holland America Line-ms Noordam
Rome/Civitavecchia, Dubrovnik, Corfu, Katakolon, Thira, Kusadasi, Athens/Piraeus, Messina, Rome/Civitavecchia

1 departure date: Apr 19 2009

Prices from:
Inside $1399
OceanView $1599
Balcony $2099

14 Days Europe-Northern, Europ...

Princess Cruises-Grand Princess
Southampton, Malaga, Cartagena, Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Rome/Civitavecchia, Naples, Ajaccio, Gibraltar, Southampton

1 departure date: Apr 25 2009

Prices from:
Inside $2340
OceanView $2690
Balcony $3190

41 Days South Asia, Europe-Sou...

Crystal Cruises-Crystal Symphony
Hong Kong, Chan May, Ho Chi Minh City, Cruise Gulf of Thailand, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Cruise Strait of Malacca, Phuket, Rangoon, Cruising the Bay of Bengal, Cochin, Mumbai, Dubai, Salalah, Cruising the Gulf of Aden, Safaga, Al Aqaba, Suez, Alexandria, Athens/Piraeus

1 departure date: Apr 20 2009

Prices from:
OceanView $17250
Balcony $25240
Suite $44295

5 Days Mediterranean-East, Eu...

Costa Cruise Lines-Costa Fortuna
Savona, Naples, Valletta, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Venice

1 departure date: Apr 1 2009
Prices from:
Inside $669
OceanView $869
Balcony $919

12 Days Mediterranean-East, Eu... 20% OFF Brochure rate

Holland America Line-ms Oosterdam
Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Livorno, Rome/Civitavecchia, Messina, Nafplion, Katakolon, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Venice

1 departure date: Apr 25 2009
Prices from:
Inside $1599
OceanView $1899
Balcony $2499

53 Days South Asia, Europe-Sou...

Crystal Cruises-Crystal Symphony
Tianjin, Dalian, Shanghai, Osaka, Hong Kong, Chan May, Ho Chi Minh City, Cruise Gulf of Thailand, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Cruise Strait of Malacca, Phuket, Rangoon, Cruising the Bay of Bengal, Cochin, Mumbai, Dubai, Salalah, Cruising the Gulf of Aden, Safaga, Al Aqaba, Suez, Alexandria, Athens/Piraeus

1 departure date: Apr 8 2009
Prices from:
OceanView $23235
Balcony $33665
Suite $59550

7 Days Mediterranean-East, Eu...

Costa Cruise Lines-Costa Fortuna
Venice, Bari, Katakolon, Thira, Mikonos, Rhodes, Dubrovnik, Venice

4 departure dates: Apr 6, 13, 20, 27 2009
Prices from:
Inside $849
OceanView $1149
Balcony $1449

20 Days Mediterranean-East, Me... 21% OFF Brochure rate

Holland America Line-ms Noordam
Rome/Civitavecchia, Dubrovnik, Corfu, Katakolon, Thira, Kusadasi, Athens/Piraeus, Messina, Rome/Civitavecchia, Livorno, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, La Goulette, Palermo, Naples, Rome/Civitavecchia

1 departure date: Apr 19 2009
Prices from:
Inside $2599
OceanView $2899
Balcony $3699

kellystraveltrips

leaving in april 2009
On Royal Caribbean: http://www.royalcaribbean.com/home.do
14 night italian mediterranean
11 night egypt and eastern mediterranean
7 Night Greek Isles And Turkey Cruise
10 Night Canary Islands & Morocco Cruise
12 Night Mediterranean Cruise
Transatlantic:13 and 14 night leaving from texas, florida and dominican republic

Celebrity: http://www.celebritycruises.com/
10 Night Western Mediterranean Cruise
Transatlantic: 12,14, 15 night cruises leaving from florida and puerto rico

Princess: http://www.princess.com/index.html
14 day from london
Transatlantic: 9, 15, 16, 17, 21, 28, 29 days from florida

Norweigian: http://www.ncl.com/nclweb/home.html
10 and 12 day from barcelona
12 day from london
Transatlantic: 11 and 15 day from florida and new york

if you want more info, i am a travel agent, email me directly or visit:
http://www.kellystraveltrips.piczo.com

jenniferj402

If you're looking for a cruise, you should definitely check out my site. I'm a travel agent with World Ventures. Our search engine searches several different sites for the best deals, so you'll get the best deal if you do it this way. Here's the link to my site.
www.jenniferg.worldventures.com

Email me if you want more info, or need help.
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Time travler

First you must know that when you cruise alone, you pay about double for a single person. It would be better if you found a person to cruise with, but I have seen single people cruise. They also have single cruises too. Now as far as going on a cruise to the Mediterranean, most will start in Spain, or Venece and then go to Italy, Greece, Rome, etc. The one I took started in Barcelona, Spain and it was wonderful. This was on a princes cruise. It was not a party ship at all, but was a very classy cruise.Mostly sofisicated people were on this cruise. So I think you would do well to check out Princess cruises.

wow

you can check and recheck your needs http://cruiseandtrips.globaltravel.com/. you will need plane ticket too they have everything at one place.

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