Originally Posted by
Hoyaheel
There were some great prices this year for the Dubai - Piraeus itinerary (and the Singapore-Piraeus itin as well). Sadly bad timing for us- I really want to do that leg at some point - as far as I've seen, it's typically one of the cheapest per diems offered by Seabourn. I'd sail it for the ship, for Petra, and for going through the Suez Canal (yeah, I know, everyone says it's boring - still wanna do it!!) I guess most passengers don't find it an appealing cruise or the prices would be higher....
Not boring at all! It all was fascinating, and we met a bunch of fine people on board. You will not be dissappointed if you have a curious mind.
Originally Posted by
BamaVol
And that's important, and what made the last cruise difficult. I think the ship could handle 4,600 pax just fine. But there was a deep cultural rift between 2 halves of the customer base. I don't know if the other side was aware of it, but one half of the passengers seemed united in their dislike for the other half. Without getting too deep into it, over 2,000 were cosmetic salespeople on an award cruise.
We were on the Atlantica to Norway, which had 2000 or so px, and had sailed that ship before and loved it. After our "disaster" repo cruise with Costa, we swore off them until we found a particular itinerary that we liked. We decided to give them one more try, but in a suite--as a way of isolating ourselves from the craziness, It worked! However, shortly afterwards, the Concordia disaster happened, and the facts of that case cemented our concerns about the Costa corporate culture.