Will you cruise or fly after COVID 19?

[Northwoods]

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

[CFrance]

We will have to fly after covid-19, but cruising--no.

[Kenswing]

Since our next cruise departs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, I guess we'll be doing both..

[skyking]

Fly? Yes. Cruise? No. I don't want to risk being quarantined for weeks in a cabin

[Bjeanj]

Nope.

[champion6]

Both, maybe after the vaccine is available.

[manaboutown]

Fly only when necessary. Cruise, no.

[davem4616]

We're thinking that we'll drive around the USA on vacation escapes for the next couple of years.

we've always cruised on the very small ships...never want to be on a ship with 2-4 thousand..no more than 325 people on the ships we sail

we've cruised just about everywhere that we wanted to....so not sure if our cruising days are over....have one river cruise still on the books though....

flying....at some point, but after there's a vaccine

[patfla06]

Neither one.

All I want is to be able to see our 2nd granddaughter be born this June. ( thankfully driving and NOT stopping).

[Chi-Town]

Fly for sure. Cruise might be a while

[BS Beef]

Booked for both. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Alaska cruise will still be cancelled. But if it is not we will have no reservations (haha, I just reread this....that bad pun was unintentional).

You have to be smart but have to live life otherwise what’s the point?

[tophcfa]

Never been on a cruise, never will, even before Covid 19. Not flying, that’s a very big problem. We don’t want to fly anytime soon in an effort to stay safe, but we need to be able to fly. If we can’t fly, how will we be able to enjoy and care for our home in The Villages? Responsibilities make it impossible for us to spend extended periods of time in the Villages, but being able to frequently fly back and forth allows us to enjoy and care for both our homes. We drive once or twice a year, but it’s a very long trip (1,375 miles each way), and we can’t keep making this long drive as we grow older. Bottom line, if we can’t safely fly, we can’t own two homes that far apart and will have to sell our home in The Villages. I am sure we are not the only ones facing this delima. Also, many prospective home buyers who can’t fly will very quickly cross the Villages off their list. Let’s hope, if for nothing else besides the values of our Villages homes, that air travel will eventually become safe again.

[billethkid]

Cruising again after we get our Covid-19 shots.
Resume RV travel later this year.
Flying? No place I need to be that quickly anymore (determined long before Covid-19).

[kaydee]

We definitely will cruise again... not sure when but hopefully in a few months.

[DAN48]

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

We have cruised over 30 times and future cruises are unlikely.
Aside from the Chinese Virus threat (which will end), the quality of cruising has steadily declined over the last 20 years as cruise lines follow the "airline model" for pricing and quality. My complaints:
--Lower quality in Dining Rooms pushes people to over-priced Specialty Restaurants to obtain the food quality formerly in included dining
--Understaffed bar areas
--Low quaity entertainment frequently using the same ensemble entertainers
--Shore excursions priced at 200% of the going rate
--Frequent long lines for many services
--Relentless push to sell Spa treatments, photos, etc.
--Combining Cruise Director and Entertainer positions
--And, so on.

We find we can travel independently for 50% as much at a higher overall quality level.
As for flying-yes, but not right away. And, mainly to visit our family.
For the next year or two, we will focus on the U.S. and keep the money at home!!

[Labanz]

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

I will continue to fly go on cruises, continue to ride my motorcycle, skydive any other activity I would like to enjoy and experience.
I have chosen to live my life the best I can, take precautions as needed but refuse to live in fear or be intimidated into submission.

I believe the world is going soft and I am not going along with it.

I believe life as what you make of it and I intend to make it one hell of a ride.

[Brandttax]

Never been on a cruise so I will still not go. Flying yes, when things calm down.

[La lamy]

I became vigilant about not getting sick in 2017, so I've been training for this COVID situation for a while. No flying, no cruises, no hugs.

[jedalton]

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic. will do both, but not until July

[thevillager1988]

Yes, to both.

[rjn5656]

Flying yes, but with masks. Cruising - will wait until next year to make that decision.

[mepoole]

We were scheduled to go north May 1, but postponed until September 1. No flying, travel north will be by AutoTrain (private compartment) part way, then drive. We have cruise scheduled for February 2021 (rescheduled from March 2020). Will just have to wait and see on all travel.

[kenoc7]

We have cruised over 30 times and future cruises are unlikely.
Aside from the Chinese Virus threat (which will end), the quality of cruising has steadily declined over the last 20 years as cruise lines follow the "airline model" for pricing and quality. My complaints:
--Lower quality in Dining Rooms pushes people to over-priced Specialty Restaurants to obtain the food quality formerly in included dining
--Understaffed bar areas
--Low quaity entertainment frequently using the same ensemble entertainers
--Shore excursions priced at 200% of the going rate
--Frequent long lines for many services
--Relentless push to sell Spa treatments, photos, etc.
--Combining Cruise Director and Entertainer positions
--And, so on.

We find we can travel independently for 50% as much at a higher overall quality level.
As for flying-yes, but not right away. And, mainly to visit our family.
For the next year or two, we will focus on the U.S. and keep the money at home!!

It should not be referred to as the "Chinese Virus - it is COVID-19. If it is you should call the flu 100 years ago the American virus because it possibly originated in Kansas.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Basically, the world will be back to the new normal when there is a solid testing abilities and a solid recovery protocols minimizing the risks of poor outcomes. The world is working towards that outcome, but there is no centralized plan nor predictive date for that scenario. Just the general free market goal.

Our summer vacation this year is currently a driving to destination vacation, which was booked prior to the pandemic, and yes, we will go. We have flights and hotels booked in Iceland in October. Yes, we will go.

Flying is very different type of experience than cruise with respect to a virus. With flying you will get off the plane when you get to your destination after a short time in the air, with a ship, that is a very different probability. You may not be able to get off the ship at your destination or at the scheduled departure time. You might not get out of your stateroom, So, flying yes, cruise ships, maybe again in a year or two, no rush, and the trip is from England through the Baltic Sea.

But linking the two together as having the same risk profile is failure of attribution behavioral bias.

sportsguy's opinion

[Heyitsrick]

It should not be referred to as the "Chinese Virus - it is COVID-19. If it is you should call the flu 100 years ago the American virus because it possibly originated in Kansas.

Actually, historians think that the Spanish Flu - the "flu 100 years ago" - originated in China. 1918 Flu Pandemic That Killed 50 Million Originated in China, Historians Say (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140123-spanish-flu-1918-china-origins-pandemic-science-health/#close)

The deadly "Spanish flu" claimed more lives than World War I, which ended the same year the pandemic struck. Now, new research is placing the flu's emergence in a forgotten episode of World War I: the shipment of Chinese laborers across Canada in sealed train cars.

Historian Mark Humphries of Canada's Memorial University of Newfoundland says that newly unearthed records confirm that one of the side stories of the war—the mobilization of 96,000 Chinese laborers to work behind the British and French lines on World War I's Western Front—may have been the source of the pandemic.

[dshoberg]

We will definitely fly, with masks of course...
We will never cruise again...

[karostay]

Since our next cruise departs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, I guess we'll be doing both..

Cough Cough Sneeze..
Wouldn't canceling be a better decision ?

[biker1]

Nobody knows where the Spanish Flu originated. There are several theories, including China. However, there is substantial evidence that COVID-19 originated In China. In the future, please try to avoid strawman arguments.

It should not be referred to as the "Chinese Virus - it is COVID-19. If it is you should call the flu 100 years ago the American virus because it possibly originated in Kansas.

[traveler9]

We are Sandals people and will fly. We never cruise anymore as meeting people and staying in one place is more appealing. We were supposed to be in Jamaica now but have rescheduled fo July and of course we will fly.

[toeser]

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

When it's truly over, yes to both. The last really major pandemic was 100 years ago. That's pretty good odds. When cruising, however, I will only do it with an outside balcony room. I can't imagine being trapped in an inside cabin for 2-3 weeks.

[FenneyGuy]

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

Absolutely yes. I have a European river cruise booked this July and I am going. I have a Caribbean cruise booked this December and a P&O cruise out of Southampton booked in September 2021.

[Uphillputt330]

We never really liked cruises but did them when it made sense, I.e., Alaska, Baltic Sea, Egypt (Nile), China (Yangtze). Given we have done all of those we will not be cruising going forward.

As for flying, yes at some point but with a great deal of condition. We did most of the international vacationing we had intended in our 50s and early 60s and had always thought we would focus on domestic destinations as we got older. The time for domestic destinations is here

[toeser]

It should not be referred to as the "Chinese Virus - it is COVID-19. If it is you should call the flu 100 years ago the American virus because it possibly originated in Kansas.

I prefer the more specific "Wuhan virus."

[ChickenDinner]

Booked for both. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Alaska cruise will still be cancelled. But if it is not we will have no reservations (haha, I just reread this....that bad pun was unintentional).

You have to be smart but have to live life otherwise what’s the point?

My July 25th Alaskan cruise has been canceled.

[shellart3]

There have been other situations in our history where people said they won’t do this or that. Soon things will return to normal and we will go about our daily lives and in time this too will become a memory. It will fade and become part of our distant past.

[davem4616]

Booked for both. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Alaska cruise will still be cancelled. But if it is not we will have no reservations (haha, I just reread this....that bad pun was unintentional).

You have to be smart but have to live life otherwise what’s the point?



we pulled the plug on our upcoming July Alaska cruise....we were flying into Seattle for a couple of days (hotspot) then over to Vancouver to sail up to the Alaskan coast

Our cruise line gave us all our money back and put a bonus in their travel bank to encourage us to rebook (we've sailed with this line 8 or 9 times)....the airline wasn't as flexible, but they eventually waived the fees...so we have the full cost of our 1st class non transferrable flights sitting in their travel bank.

We just weren't sure that the airlines and the cruise ship industry would have figured out how to constantly keep the planes/ships free of the virus....let a lone the hotels that we'd be staying in and would the sites that we hoped to see in Seattle be open

so by next year there'll be a vaccine and my wife will say "book it Dano"

enjoy your trip...and stay safe

[jamorela]

Flying the end of May.

[Twiganne]

Every virus is named by its territory. Technically it is the Wuhan flu. The Chinese don’t like it being called that because it just highlights their ineptness at managing their viral labs. The Rocky Mountain spotted fever, lymes disease (Lyme Connecticut), Ebola named after a river in Africa nearest to the outbreak and so on. The only ones who don’t want it named the Chinese virus are the news channels half owned by the Chinese government. The Chinese screwed us all over and yes the technical term for the virus is the Wuhan Virus just like every other virus has been named for years.

[Penguin]

Just cancelled Mediterranean cruise in September. Dont want to be on any mode of transportation with hundreds of people in ANY foreign country. Wont ever travel outside the USA.

[bilcon]

We have been on over 30 cruises and got off a 3 week cruise through SA on March 1. No problems, except for the 4 hours we had to sit in a dirty Miami airport. We both, thankfully have had no health problems. We will continue to cruise or travel to the few countries left that we have not visited. We will, however, hold off on a visit to SE Asia for the next year or so. We don't have a lot of time left, and thankfully only have a few places we still want to see. Don't give up life's few pleasures.

[big guy]

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

I may have to fly but there will be no cruising. We have cruised many times but the last two cruises were substandard and I can't imagine adding the misery of being cabin bound and sick for weeks.

[DecaturFargo]

I will never take a cruise.

[Stu from NYC]

We will but only after social distancing becomes a thing of the past.

[N44125]

Fly...yes, cruise...no.

[karostay]

I will never take a cruise.

I said the same thing for 60 years

When this current heath crisis get back to normal ( What ever that is ) Can't wait to go back to Alaska don't know what you've been missing
Till ya go

[bilcon]

Since our next cruise departs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, I guess we'll be doing both..

We took the cruise in February on Viking Jupiter. Some beautiful scenery. Try to take a side trip from Buenos Aries to Iguazu Falls. Spectacular. Be careful if you go to the La Boca area of Buenos Aries. (suggest you go on a tour, not alone). Don't even try to get Argentine Pesos. You can't get them in US and the Argentines are very happy to have $'s anywhere. Enjoy.:a040:

[Rosebud1949]

CRUISE NO Fly if I have to.........

[eagle77]

I didn’t see that as an argument. Relax

[Joe C.]

Fly? Of course. Take a cruise? Sure. I did a 2 week cruise out of Buenos Aires last February, and a Caribbean cruise in March. Had no problems on either one.

Flu shot? Never had one.

Am I worried about this pandemic? Not really. But I do take normal precautions.

Remember.....the media always sensationalizes everything.
:MOJE_whot: :MOJE_whot:

[mrf6969]

Nobody knows where the Spanish Flu originated. There are several theories, including China. However, there is substantial evidence that COVID-19 originated In China. In the future, please try to avoid strawman arguments.

Actually it did start with the "Spanish Fly"

[Lil GTO]

I’m not into cruising but I’ll fly as soon as places are open.

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

[Ronlynch@comcast.net]

Booked on EU River Cruise (180 Passengers / Crew) and will fly there as well as a number of domestic and other international flights. Enhanced sanitation and HEPA filters on airplanes will certainly mitigate risks. Never been on a big cruise ship, probably won't. COVID 19 is not the reason .. just not interested.
Will take appropriate gear, medications and will follow recommended protocols.

[edsan]

We will have to fly after covid-19, but cruising--no.




Both, we may do after the vaccine is available. We have a Cruise setup in 2021, but no flights yet. I did contact our travel person and talked with him about the trip. We decided to wait and watch.
For the summer and if RV Campgrounds open up, we will travel that way to visit the grand kids.

[Rich42]

Dan48 is right on re cruising....it ain't what it used to be!

[17362]

I felt like cattle on the last cruise we took a year ago. They have stream lined and made fruit sections out of the ship. We won’t go again. That was our 8th Cruise in our life.

[600th Photo Sq]

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

Actually we are thinking " Once not Twice " plan on being in England over Christmas and News Years Eve.

Taking the train from London to Edinburgh Scotland, for News Years Eve . :)

I ( we ) are optimistic that the virus will be over by September. :clap2:

[villagesfran]

Can't wait to cruise again. Yes we always in a balcony cabin. Got off last RCL cruise 3/15 and there was no more cruising from that day forward. However, on that particular 7 day cruise, the daily/hourly cleaning, disinfecting, general concern for passengers and crew was amazing. As we disembarked, our room steward was in the next cabin from ours completely disinfecting room, including taking mattresses off beds and scrubbing the springs. It was amazing.

[BevSparks]

I think the best time to cruise would be right after we're out of quarantine since everyone has been inside and not sick.. there won't be many people on the ship and good deals to be had... hmmmm

[emb2458]

Will never cruise any time in the next year

[airstreamingypsy]

I have never wanted to take a cruise, spending days in a floating petrie dish has never appealed to me. I do hope to fly again though.

[Tom M]

Flying is actually pretty safe. Domestically I have no concerns - flying to Europe may be different. The filtration systems in those things are fantastic. Probably more concerning is the airport than the plane, but given an alternative of driving and going to gas stations, dining options, bathrooms, hotels - I choose flying.

Cruises would depend on the cruise line. Disney (for example) had long before this taken a strong stance on cleanliness and preventing outbreaks. I haven't heard of any covid outbreak on a Disney cruise. I suspect other cruise lines will follow and adjust their filtration systems, and cleaning processes.

I'm looking forward to the future where we may have some sort of treatment or vaccine and resuming more significant travels.

[thelegges]

We will fly, but have never been on a cruise, just don’t want to be watching water all day. Myself I put little faith when the Covid vaccination comes out. Look how long we have been at the flu vaccine, and hundreds of thousands have died. Does flu vaccine really keep you from acquiring the flu, you don’t know one way or another.

Our family have severe to anaphylactic issues with the flu vaccine. For that reason most of us have only had one vaccine, and due to the severe reaction some have never had vaccine. We are exposed on a daily during flu season, and yet for some reason do not contact the flu.

[gpkk_2000]

Well said Dan48. We have seen the decline also. We sailed on MSC 3 times recently. The food was not good at the specialty restaurants and the main dining food was sub par at best, I also agree with the photos and excursions. Most of the time we get off the ship for about an hour then come back. The bars are much less crowed.

We tipped the bartender mightily when we got on the ship. Service was great the rest of the time.....

[Judy n Ron]

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

Yes and Yes to both. Can't wait, but will book with caution. COVID is here to stay, likely forever. We don't NOT travel for fear of Flu and other potentially deadly diseases. For us it's no way to live, but to each their own.

[ditka41]

Yes, but only a long time after we have a proven vaccine.

[Barefoot]

Fly? Of course. Take a cruise? Sure.
Am I worried about this pandemic? Not really. But I do take normal precautions,
Remember .. the media always sensationalizes everything.
There are people dying in Florida.
I don't think the media is sensationalizing that.

[EVH234591]

Have never cruised and don't plan to , and will fly only if it is necessary . I think the best bet now a days is to travel by car.

[Barefoot]

When this current heath crisis get back to normal ... I will fly to France and go on a river cruise eventually.
I'm waiting for the scientists to develop a proven vaccine which is readily available to the public.

[golfing eagles]

I will fly to France and go on a river cruise eventually.
I'm waiting for the scientists to develop a proven vaccine which is readily available to the public.

Do they serve lobster on river cruises??? If so, you still owe me one! (yes, I know, cross-threading, 10 yard penalty:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:)

[Mumbles]

We were scheduled to go north May 1, but postponed until September 1. No flying, travel north will be by AutoTrain (private compartment) part way, then drive. We have cruise scheduled for February 2021 (rescheduled from March 2020). Will just have to wait and see on all travel.

Won't you still be rebreathing air that has gone through the train?

[Curtisbwp]

If i fly, i would have a heart attack and die if there was turbulence. On a cruse i would be afraid of drowning in a fierce storm.

[Mumbles]

There have been other situations in our history where people said they won’t do this or that. Soon things will return to normal and we will go about our daily lives and in time this too will become a memory. It will fade and become part of our distant past.

I don't know how "junior" you are, but over my lifetime, I've come to believe strongly that NOTHING goes back to normal, and here's why: Every second (or less) that we move on, we have left behind things the way they were. If you want to have things "as they were", you have to watch a video of your life or perhaps manipulate a Time Machine, or even become a lover of the Status Quo. None of these, imho, are true "like it was before".

[Mumbles]

Wont ever travel outside the USA.

Exactly! Why the h*ll travel to another country to get a deadly flu when you can get it near home?:ohdear:

[Barborv]

Fly, yes in about a year or two. Have 3 different credits with airlines that I will need to use within the next 2 years. Cruise, probably not, and not because of Covid 19. There has been other situations with cruises in the past with health problems too. I have been on 3 cruises and I'm not a big fan. I love land tours. Have done several Globus tours and they were terrific. You really enjoy the food and culture of the places youre visiting. On a cruise, you wind up eating the same crap the ship offers, which is not of the country youre visiting. Also I agree with Dan48. Entertainment is ehh, Because the food is there, I eat more than I want to and always gain weight and forced to do the beverage package (I don't drink) because my husband wants to have a couple of drinks. And the last time we booked a lot of excursions through viator because what a pain doing it with the ship. Waiting around the theater for your group to be called! But that's just me. To each is own. This summer we will drive down to Fl. from NY is all is well. Will hold off flying.

[Dana1963]

Never going on a cruise again until maybe if there is a vaccine. Air travel only if necessary.

[manaboutown]

Although I need to fly for business purposes I have cut way back since the world got hit by the China virus pandemic. I now only travel when absolutely necessary. When possible I use accumulated frequent flyer miles which now amount to 1.6M. I use them to rent cars and hotel rooms too but I doubt I'll ever be able to use them all.

I went on a lot of cruises back in my early to mid sixties and got them out of my system. What I experienced was whenever a bug was going around a ship, which was at least half the time, I got it as I am prone to catching whatever respiratory disease is circulating within the population. Too, as a result of my time at sea my facial skin had started to age rapidly from both the direct sunlight and that reflected off the water's surface.

From my experience many if not most cruisers were newly wed, nearly dead or overfed.

[valuemkt]

I'll be doing both .. If you live your life in fear and plan to cloister yourself forever, what is the point of living .. Having the time to travel is one of the best things about retirement .. Isolation is a sure fire way to shorten your life.

[Barefoot]

Do they serve lobster on river cruises? If so, you still owe me one! (yes, I know, cross-threading, 10 yard penalty.You're cross-threading, but you did mention the river cruise.
You owe me a lobster because I won the bet. :rant-rave:
It was many years ago, so I barely remember it.
You know what they say about old people forgetting stuff.
Soon I won't remember that you lost the bet! :girlneener:

[Rapscallion St Croix]

I flew enough in the Air Force. COVID-19 has nothing to do with my not flying. I have lived all over the world and don't need to see anything new except maybe Viet Nam in peacetime.

I only go on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise and it is TBD if I will continue to do so. Been to every destination and have seen all the bands numerous times, so maybe not.

[birdiebill]

Yes to cruising and probably to flying but only if there is a treatment and/or vaccine for the Covid-19. We have had a 14 day Alaskan cruise cancelled for this August by the cruise line; we would have cancelled it before final payment in June if Covid-19 was still a concern. We have a February 2021cruise in the Caribbean and a 21 day Mediterrranean and trans-Atlantic for Nov 2021. Those will be cancelled by us unless there is a definitive treatment and/or an effective vaccine by final payment dates. After 2021 we will have to decide based on our age, health status, world pandemic status, and US Epidemics status.

[Barefoot]

If i fly, i would have a heart attack and die if there was turbulence. On a cruise i would be afraid of drowning in a fierce storm.I assume you mean that to be funny, and it. :ho:

[MandoMan]

For years, I’ve spent Thanksgiving week an a little resort south of Cancun that is limited to 84 people. Not this year. I don’t even know if I’ll fly to Denver for Christmas with my 91 year old dad. Safe or not, the idea of it horrified me.

[Boilerman]

Yes to both. We love cruising, have been on around 40 of them and have never gotten sick. We’ll probably wait until there’s a vaccine or effective treatment before we go again. We have a cruise booked for Jan 2021 and we’re waiting to see how things look.

[rugbyjohn]

No cruising until a vaccine is available. Flying,I'll wait and see what they come up with.

[kathyspear]

I can't wait to get back on a cruise ship. I spent a year planning a trip to Norway and the Arctic Circle for June which (sadly) was cancelled by the cruise line. :(

I have been on at least 30 cruises and have never gotten sick. None of my traveling companions has ever gotten sick, to my knowledge.

If you think that cruise ships have gotten too crowded you are probably on mainstream lines that carry 2,000 to 6,000 passengers. Try a smaller ship. (We have been on Crystal Serenity when it was full -- 900 passengers -- and it felt half empty.) Lots of luxury lines carry just 200 - 300. River cruises are usually 150 to 200. Different cruise lines appeal to different demographics (and different budgets). A good agent can help you find a cruise line and a particular ship that fits your needs and desires.

I didn't start to cruise until about 12 years ago and traveled very little prior to that, so I still have a fairly long list of places on my bucket list. (And the clock is ticking!)

kathy

[NavyVet]

Stopped cruising and flying years ago, so that would be a hard no. No interest in traveling to foreign countries or anywhere up north. Been to all but 2 continental US states. :-)

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I'd probably look forward to a river cruise, next time. Never done that before. Smaller ship, fewer passengers, closer to land along the entire trip. The last cruise we took was a big family affair on a Carnival that was as expected for Carnival: sub-par on all levels. The one before that we encountered a storm on the way from Bermuda, and a passenger with a heart attack who had to be put in a cage and pulleyed up into a helicopter, in the middle of the storm, that brought him to shore, because the ship didn't have a helipad.

I love cruising but those two cruises made me think next time I'd be willing to pay a little more for a smaller, less populous cruise.

[kathyspear]

I'd probably look forward to a river cruise, next time. Never done that before. Smaller ship, fewer passengers, closer to land along the entire trip.

A couple years ago we did a "Tulip Time" 7-night river cruise on AmaWaterways, R/T Amsterdam. Lovely ship. Wonderful ports. I would do it again just for the opportunity to revisit Keukenhof Gardens. Highly recommended.

k.

[manaboutown]

A couple years ago we did a "Tulip Time" 7-night river cruise on AmaWaterways, R/T Amsterdam. Lovely ship. Wonderful ports. I would do it again just for the opportunity to revisit Keukenhof Gardens. Highly recommended.

k.

I took one from there. It is tulip time now, I believe. River cruises can be taken throughout much of Europe and I have taken Danube, Rhine and others. The boats dock right in the center of the towns and much can be seen within walking distance. Also it does not take forever to board and get off the vessel as you have 100+ passengers rather than 1,000+; no tenders needed to get to and from shore either. One of the best I took was from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Also a Nile cruise is a great way to visit the Sphinx, pyramids, Valley of the Kings and other sites along the river in Egypt.

[BobnBev]

Simple answer--------------->NO