Royal Caribbean Cruises has select
Alaska Cruises on sale starting at prices listed below. In addition, Kids (12 years and younger) sail free (restrictions apply). Must book by January 24, 2023, for travel between April 1 and October 31, 2023.
Thanks to Deal Hunter
serra for posting this deal.
Note: Fares below are per person, for select sailings, interior stateroom, based on double-occupancy, and do not include taxes, fees & port expenses.
Examples:
- 7-night Vancouver - Seward Alaska $343 (Sept 8, 2023)
- 7-night Seward Alaska - Vancouver $373 (Sept 1, 2023)
- 7-night Seward Alaska - Vancouver $399 (Aug 18, 2023)
- 7-night Seattle - Vancouver $481 (Sept 25, 2023)
- 8-night Vancouver - Vancouver $521 (May 11, 2023)
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The menu has changed with far less options, and the food went from amazing in November to just okay. They are REALLY pushing the paid dining options, and I think a strategy is to make the free main dining experience less appealing.
There are generally three people who help you with your cruise: a main server, an assistant server, and a room attendant. In the past they have been fantastic. I am wondering if Royal issued a pay cut to employees because all the workers seemed just plain sad, and the service was pretty bad. Moving around the ship, the morale of the crew seemed really somber, too. Not the typical smiles and greetings, and some crew would even mutter stuff under their breath as we passed by. Several times I heard crew making fun of or hating on "Americans".
The cruise was also woefully crowded. Not a seat to spare, and despite there being signage to not save seats or deck chairs, everybody still did it without so much as a prompt from the crew. It was impossible to sit anywhere but your room, and lines for anything were unbelievably long. That's typical on a cruise, but this one was over the top.
Two other things... the ship constantly smelled like weed. There are smoking sections, but nobody cared to follow that rule, so every inch smelled like nasty, skunky weed.
Then at night, 12 am to 3 am, somebody in a nearby stateroom was blasting loud music. After complaints from several nearby staterooms, the crew did nothing to stop it or help.
I used to love cruises... now I don't think I'll go on one again.
14 Nights
Panama Canal Cruise
Serenade of the Seas
Oneway From:Los Angeles, California to Miami, Florida
Visiting:
Los Angeles, CaliforniaHuatulco, MexicoPuntarenas, Costa RicaPanama Canal (Cruising), PanamaCartagena, ColombiaGeorge Town, Grand CaymanCozumel, MexicoMiami, Florida
$1,060
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Example:
"Alaskan hotels have a rustic cabin beauty in nature"...."Alaskan hotels are overpriced and in the slums."
Then they rant about a few random chain hotels in the largest US State. That would be like saying "I went into a Toronto McDonalds therefore all Canadian restaurants serve BigMacs."
Other examples:
"You'll see the Aurora"...."Only if You're Not Comfortable."
Yeah, because you can't see northern lights from your hotel and only at night when it is cold. Okay? And there isn't HVAC at the Pyramids of Giza...were we expecting something else?
"You'll see whales."...."You could, if you can endure long cold stares."
You mean wildlife isn't within walking distance from the local Red Lobster nor appears on command? Damn you Alaska!!!
LOL. This article was written by the kind of person who goes to the movies, not the local sites, when visiting a foreign country then complains about the trip because the popcorn didn't meet their high standards. Sorry, guy, the movie theater outside of the Great Wall of China didn't have Jiffy Pop
Example:
"Alaskan hotels have a rustic cabin beauty in nature"...."Alaskan hotels are overpriced and in the slums."
Then they rant about a few random chain hotels in the largest US State. That would be like saying "I went into a Toronto McDonalds therefore all Canadian restaurants serve BigMacs."
Other examples:
"You'll see the Aurora"...."Only if You're Not Comfortable."
Yeah, because you can't see northern lights from your hotel and only at night when it is cold. Okay? And there isn't HVAC at the Pyramids of Giza...were we expecting something else?
"You'll see whales."...."You could, if you can endure long cold stares."
You mean wildlife isn't within walking distance from the local Red Lobster nor appears on command? Damn you Alaska!!!
LOL. This article was written by the kind of person who goes to the movies, not the local sites, when visiting a foreign country.
BTW, wonder what La Quinta means in Inuit
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Anti-cruisers say
- It's a "petri dish" where everyone gets sick
- You sit around and get fat and it is boring
- Your trapped on a ship
- Its for old people
- It is too regimented of an itinerary
Pro cruisers say:
- You can get sick there just like any resort/hotel/location
- You sit around as much as you want like any resort or take excursions
- Different ships and lines are for different target consumers
- If you wanted to stay in a port for longer, one more day wouldn't do it anyway, come back for a week to that place another time
Then you have the location arguments...
Anti-Alaska:
- A vacation is sitting on a beach 10 hours a day in the hot sun where I'm served drinks
- A vacation is fine dining, public transport everywhere, warm/dry weather, beautiful sunsets, water sports, and minimum physical effort
Pro Alaska:
- I can sit around a local pool or beach at home and pay someone a lot less to watch me sleep and bring me drinks on a lounge chair
- A vacation is an adventure
- Fun happens no matter what the weather is
- The great outdoors isn't just boating, beach, and cities, it's rainforests, glaciers, and wildlife
Like so many things, I think the best approach is just "live and let live." If a cruise isn't for you, fine, don't crap on everyone else's idea of a good time.
For everyone looking for the best value... well the REAL value nuts out there would have you know that paying for any "experience" is a waste of money because at the end you have no real tangible assets to show for it. Personally, I left value at the door when I had children and subscribe to the thinking that the only things truly valuable (and I do like my toys) are experiences and not things.
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