What was your BEST cruise experience?

deb1220 · September 23, 2009

What was you BEST cruise experience?.....ship?.....itinerary?......and why?

My best and/or favorite was aboard the Norwegian Sun on an inside passage cruise to Alaska from Vancouver to Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Wrangell. Even though it was too cold to sit by the pool, it was very comfortable to sit in the Observation Lounge at the front of the ship and whale watch, view the beautiful scenery, people watch, read and enjoy a cocktail or two. And the cruise through the fjords was breathtaking!

sailingrose · September 23, 2009

Debbie that's so hard to pick.......way too many cruises to pick just one.......

jacketwatch · September 24, 2009

Thats a tough one but for us its sitting on our balcony while traversing Tracy Arm in Alaska on the Sapphire Princess. I'll never forget those views.

cruisetarp · September 24, 2009

Great question Deb - brought back some wonderful memories but the one that really stands out right now is several years ago we did a Fall Folliage cruise out of Boston up to Quebec City.

We spent one morning sailing up the Saguenay River and plans were to go so far, turn around and go back down. The scenery was unbelievable and it was snowing lightly when the Captain pointed out a Statue of the Blessed Virgin high up on a cliff. He told the story on how it got there and when we reached the statue the ship stopped., turned to point to the Statue and they played the Ave Maria over the PA system. It was so beautiful I am still (about 7 years later) tearing up just remembering it.

We then turned around, went back down the river and watched the whales all over the place. What a memory.

DebbieandJerry · September 24, 2009

Wow, that's a hard one to answer. Each cruise had it's high points and high lights. I guess the very first time we even saw the cruise ship in LA (first cruise) and every first time thereafter sends that truly wonderful feeling throughout my bod.

deb1220 · September 24, 2009

MaryLou - That sounds like a fabulous memory! How moving.... :smile:

Longboysfan · September 24, 2009

with 24 great cruises to choose from and another in the works......

Too hard.

KeithnRita · September 24, 2009

We are the same way, it's very hard to pick out one thing as being most memorable.

One thing that does stand out is when we were at our late diner on the Statendam in Alaska and a whale flipped it's tail out of the water. We were seated close to the window and it was still very light out.

deb1220 · September 24, 2009

I know that the more cruises you take and the more experiences you have aboard a ship that it's harder to pick just one.....but maybe you can share.. like a special cruise - like an anniversary or birthday celebration....or New Year's Eve (which I'd love to do some time). Another "experience" would be meeting new friends....or encountering special crew members.

I do know that each and every one of our cruises have been special....and I can find a great "experience" (or two) on each and every one of them. It's just that our Alaska cruise was my favorite, for many reasons.

It's been great reading everybody's stories and I hope to read some more! :biggrin:

DebbieandJerry · September 24, 2009

Both times we sailed in Hawaii, the ship's captain made a point of sailing by the volcano (erupting) during the evening hours so that you could really see it. In March, the captain actually slowed the Mercury down and circled around so that we could all take pictures.