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Pit Cruising Thread

Unofficial Pit Cruise 2023!

Who wants to join @Liquid Karma and I?

**no, OGBoards will not be funding this via the Ponzi Scheme.
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I did a Carnival cruise to Bimini and Nassau out of Charleston a few weeks ago. Bimini is super chill. I believe it's a new cruise port so there isn't a lot of infrastructure there yet. We just rented a golf cart, drove around the island and beach hopped.

Also...so many people wearing UNC and WVU gear on the boat. Cue stereotype that Carnival is for poor people.

Has anyone cruised the Greek Isles? My wife wants to do that in a few years. Celestyal seems to be a local company specializing in that area. If not them, I think Celebrity might be the way to go.
 
Less than two weeks until Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. Looking forward to knocking 3 more countries off the list.

Flying in PhTown the morning of, but its the first flight of the day, so hoping it'll go smoothly. Serenade of the Seas will be the smallest ship we've ever sailed.
 
tsywake said:
Less than two weeks until Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. Looking forward to knocking 3 more countries off the list.

Flying in PhTown the morning of, but its the first flight of the day, so hoping it'll go smoothly. Serenade of the Seas will be the smallest ship we've ever sailed.
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How the hell have you never been to Mexico?
 
Let me know what you think about Serenade. I've looked at ship tours on YT of those smaller ships but just haven't pulled the trigger of going on one of them myself yet.
 
deacvision7 said:
Let me know what you think about Serenade. I've looked at ship tours on YT of those smaller ships but just haven't pulled the trigger of going on one of them myself yet.
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Same. They tend to be the most affordable RC ships, but most reviews I've read say they are not great for children 10 and up.

Going on the Carnival Pride for SB with the kids and it has a similar older, smaller ship vibe. Absolutely stupid rate I got on it.
 
deacvision7 said:
Let me know what you think about Serenade. I've looked at ship tours on YT of those smaller ships but just haven't pulled the trigger of going on one of them myself yet.
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Will do. I'm trying to convince the Mrs. to take our annual Casino freebie on a 7 nighter leaving out of San Juan on the Jewel. She'll consider it only if the Serenade goes well.
Liquid Karma said:
Not even on a dare?
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I'd be tempted to do the Jewel out of San Juan regardless if it goes to St Lucia. If I have to leave the Mrs behind, then so be it. haha
 
This is the itinerary. We can pick any Royal sailing 7 nights or less. The Med/Asia/AUS sailing are included, but damn if it isn't so time consuming to track over there for a relatively short cruise.
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The missus and I are doing a Rhine River cruise in July. Paid for it like 3 years ago, thanks covid. The good news is that the delay allowed us to have it paid in full two years ago and, because Viking thought we were going to cancel, have them respond by providing us free airfare and other goodies ftw
 
We did that cruise back in 2019. It was fantastic. The daytime cruise through all the castles was a great afternoon.
 

The politics of cruise ships, and more!​


When we ask you to submit the quantitative queries that fuel the machinery here at the Department of Data, we often toss out a few questions to prime the pump. Recently, we mused about the political leanings of people who go on cruises. It struck a nerve. More than a few of you implored us to answer.


Ordinarily, we wouldn’t consider any one mode of travel particularly political. But someone brought to our attention a newsletter writer who characterized Democrats as “snobs” who look down on anyone who “goes on cruises or to all-inclusive resorts.”
Hmm. Is that right? Do cruises and all-inclusive resorts really attract a predominantly Republican clientele?

We tracked down our friend Carl Bialik at YouGov, a polling impresario who once wrote the (excellent) Numbers column at the Wall Street Journal. Late last year, YouGov asked 1,000 American adults this very question (at least the one about cruises) as a way to gauge how the coronavirus pandemic had changed our behavior.
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Recs on things to do in Costa Maya with a 6 year old? Its the one cruise stop we don't have an excursion booked.
 
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