I chose this one mostly because of the price. They have cabins on sale with a balcony starting at $699 per person. Yes, you read that right, it's a balcony! Now, the catch is that the cruise is non-refundable since it's on sale. But you can put 2 people in a balcony cabin for a total of $1,755.84 once taxes, fees and so on are added in and that comes with a $25 ship board credit per person. Seven nights, all meals paid, three countries, people running around cleaning up behind you and bringing you things just because you want them and it's still well under $2K. You can't beat that. If you wanted an aft facing balcony, it could be yours for $1,971.84. Need I remind you what the view looks like from an aft facing balcony as you are leaving port?
And look at how many people you can put on one of these balconies comfortably.... Slightly nicer than your typical 1.5 person port or starboard balcony, huh? There's room left over! We could have fit two or three more people along the railing. One of the other great things about this cruise is that you have one day at sea on the way out. Then two consecutive days at sea on the way home. I love when this happens. It gives you time to just relax. There's no snorkeling that you have to hurry up and cram in. If you are a cruise shopper, you can go down to the shops anytime but that is pretty limited, so it takes about 20 minutes. All you really need to get done on those two days at sea is you've gotta work in some pool time. And you may have to flag a waiter down to bring you another bucket of beer. But even that is questionable. I mean, chances are, he's going to stop and ask you if you need anything and you won't even need to raise a hand to flag him down. Two days of total relaxation. Who couldn't use that in December?
But here's the really cool thing about a December cruise. One time, my mom and I went on a Princess cruise that left the Sunday after Thanksgiving. In each Caribbean port, the towns were decorated for Christmas. You just don't know festive until you have seen a palm tree with Christmas lights wrapped around it. And you can't beat Santa wearing board shorts! Plus they decorate the ship too! On that cruse we took the week after Thanksgiving, as we disembarked they were bringing all of the Christmas decorations on board. So we didn't get to see it all decked out. But I bet it is magnificent. Because you know, they don't do anything small on a cruise ship.
Dickens on the Strand takes place in Galveston on the weekend of the 7th and 8th. But you will be sailing out of Bayport, so you don't need to worry about the traffic associated with that. So you're not going to be able to use that as an excuse not to go on this remarkably priced cruise. C'mon, give me your best shot. You're going to have to think harder than that to get out of this cruise.
So start thinking about it. Feel the in-laws out. Can they come stay with the kids for a week in December while you and the spouse give yourselves a little "me time" for Christmas? Think about how nice it will be to go on a ship with practically no kids on board. I know you love yours, but every now and then you'd like to get away and when you do you sure don't want anybody else's precious little ones throwing a fit at the next dining table over.
Consider it your opportunity to have your very own Calgon, take me away moment. Have a great Tuesday. I'm networking today at lunchtime!
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