Originally Posted by
Randyk47
We did Rome to Dubai so pretty close to the same itinerary. The main hook for us were the two stops in Egypt, Alexandria to get to Cairo and Safaga to get to Luxor, and a stop in Aqaba to get to Petra. I agree with 747FC that the slow cruise through the Suez Canal was fascinating. Having been through the Panama Canal I can now say I’ve done them both.
I finally decided to just book a 20 night cruise from Dubai to Venice. It goes through the Suez Canal, Muscat, Petra, Athens, Dubrovnik (2nd visit), and several other coastal cities and of course Venice(2nd visit).
It's through MSC, one of the lowest ranking cruise lines
.....but, I'm going for the port stops... don't much care about the reported passenger issues or rooms. But, I did book a oceanview room considering the number of days at sea. Otherwise, an interior room would have been sufficient.