Help Cal plan a cruise

[Savonarola]

Your old pal Cal is looking into the possibility of going on a cruise this coming December.

Right now I'm looking at two itineraries:

One leaves from Miami and stops in San Juan, St. Maarten, and St. Kitts.

The other leaves from San Juan and stops in Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas.

Are any of the above places either super awesome or total shitholes?  The cruise line is Celebrity.  I'm open to other suggestions except Carnival (sorry, I don't go on ghetto cruises), and had also been looking at Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, and Princess.

I liked San Juan, the old town and the forts are well worth seeing.  (Though I was there before the economy collapsed.)

The plane didn't land when i was on St. Maarten.  The port gets real sketchy real quick once you get away from the beach or the tourist shopping streets.

I liked St. Thomas; if you want a day at the beach, Magens Bay is well worth seeing.

[viper37]

Your old pal Cal is looking into the possibility of going on a cruise this coming December.

Right now I'm looking at two itineraries:

One leaves from Miami and stops in San Juan, St. Maarten, and St. Kitts.

The other leaves from San Juan and stops in Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas.

Are any of the above places either super awesome or total shitholes?  The cruise line is Celebrity.  I'm open to other suggestions except Carnival (sorry, I don't go on ghetto cruises), and had also been looking at Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, and Princess.

Look for February instead, better cruise:
http://70000tons.com/

[lustindarkness]

Oh, and no to Disney Cruises.

You been on a Disney Cruise?

[Eddie Teach]

His ex dragged him to Disney World a bunch.

[lustindarkness]

His ex dragged him to Disney World a bunch.

And? That was not the question I asked him.

[Caliga]

Pete: yes
Lusti: no

[Ed Anger]

I pick up chicks at Chucky Cheese. Cheaper. Pizza and tokens.

[CountDeMoney]

And they can't identify with absolute certainty who touched who where in the ball pit anyway.

[Monoriu]

Why not just visit these places without the agony of being stuck on a ship with a bunch of dioreah ridden oldies?

I do see the advantages of a cruise.  You don't have to worry about hotels and transportation in each stop.  Cruise does offer a certain level of quality assurance.  It won't be great, but it won't fall through the bottom, generally.  It is a comfortable and painless way of visiting lots of places within a short time. 

[Tonitrus]

I'd be down for doing one of the "world cruises", likes this one:

http://www.cunard.com/cruise-search/book-a-cruise/cruises/qu/2520-q804a-fll1-sou1/

[Monoriu]

When I was a little kid, one day I woke up, looked out the window and saw this ship entering Hong Kong's harbour -



Father said it was the Queen Elizabeth II, doing a world tour.  It became a childhood dream of mine to do such a trip.  The ship is no longer in operation and I have grown somewhat disillusioned with cruises. 

[Caliga]

The ship is no longer in operation

No, but the Queen Mary 2 is.

[Maladict]

When I was a little kid, one day I woke up, looked out the window and saw this ship entering Hong Kong's harbour -


Father said it was the Queen Elizabeth II, doing a world tour.  It became a childhood dream of mine to do such a trip.  The ship is no longer in operation and I have grown somewhat disillusioned with cruises.

QE1 is still in Hong Kong.