Originally Posted by TMOliver

From the itinerary, the cruise looks to be about 13 days minimum to make the listed port calls. Calculating the bottom line on airfare, I'd class it as a bargain brought on by modestly hard times in the cruising industry (the economy aggravated by the CONCORDIA grounding).

Depending on the "Up Sell" cost of a balcony, for me at least a sort of necessary evil on that long a cruise, it seems a good deal, especially if you can figure out how (with no extra air cost) to get to SJU a day or two early, and stay for a few days in BCN, in my eyes the SFO of the Med.

San Juan/Canarias/Gib is a routing which avoids the more turbulent belt of the N. Atlantic. I wouldn't worry much about the sea state, and the scheduled port calls are attractive.