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Originally Posted by Raen Dear

You know you're a Villager when . . . you are thinking about taking your first cruise. The Hubster and I would like to launch our cruising adventure with a Christmas cruise to somewhere like Mexico or the Panama Canal for maybe a week. My question is how in the world do you know what is a reasonable price for a cruise? Prices are all over the place and there are discounts etc etc. Do you just find something that you can afford and take a chance or is there a reasonably easy way to compare prices? I don't want to make finding cruise deals a second career because I've already found mah jongg. Thanks.

We love to cruise and are Diamond status on Royal Caribbean. In fact we are leaving Friday on the Oasis. Fiirst choose the kind of cabin you want. We have had all-inside, ocean view and balcony. Dates of sailing reflect price. Over Christmas is expensive. The rest of Dec is much less expensive. Prices go,up when school is out. Carnival as a whole is least expensive, but very loud and lots of drinking. Although, they DO have a great children's program. We like Royal Caribbean. Holland America is nice--older people sailing, but nice and has classes which we like. Tampa and Port Canaveral Ports are nearby. Oasis docks at Ft Lauderdal. A good ship to start with would be Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas out of Port Canaveral. Feel free to PM me.