Would You Like to Travel From New York to Australia Without Going on an Airplane?

World Cruises seem to be overpriced in my opinion. I think if you wanted to go around the World you could plan several cruises and have down time between cruises in a few different parts of the World.

For Example SE Asia, just doing a cruise you miss much of this part of the World. So a cruise from West Coast to Japan, or Hong Kong. Then off the ship for time in Asia and then on another ship to Australia. And do a longer vacation that way.

i think that Celebrity is responding to the wishes of the majority of passengers.

Sure. But how do we get home ?

It is even too long for me.

Sounds like you had a great time on your trip and have more planned. Next year we are staying in one of those thatched bungalows in Tahiti. I always wanted to do that. I just hope it doesn't rain.

Enjoy your next 7 cruises in the South Pacific. Be sure to tell us all about them so we can dream.

Have to admit we salivate, today, at some of these world cruises and their reasonable prices but it is when we get into the itinerary detail we have problems. My recommendation for cruisers is that they try to book one of these when they are fairly new to it all.

The reason I suggest this is that when looking at these itineraries we find that we have "been there done that", with respect to ports, more than twice on some segments. So sailing for four or five months is going to be really repetitive if you don't have a lot of new ports of interest to visit. It has already been pointed out here that great meals, entertainment, formal nights, etc. can get a little tiresome when doing them over and over in a relatively short period of time.

We have been across the Atlantic six times, the Pacific almost three, around both horns twice and through both canals twice, we do love sea days but at this point in our lives would rather confine our future sailing experiences to four or five week shots. Our longest has been a little shy of three months.

I certainly agree that having air fares to or from disembarkation or embarkation points or both, rivaling the cost of the cruise is a huge negative. That is why cruises disembarking or embarking close to the home of guests are so popular.

Thanks for replying. I appreciate your input.

My Husband and I are seniors who have been on 50 cruises. Last year we took a Grand Voyage with HAL. The cruise was 78 days. We stayed onboard for another 14 days in order to return back to FL instead of retuning home from San Diego on a very expensive flight. Fifty other Floridians chose this same option. It was a B2B Panama Canal cruise. We stayed in the same Stateroom. We had such a grand time that we are booked next year on HAL for a Grand World Voyage of 115 days.

We don't have any pets to worry about and we have family closeby to take in our mail and check on our home. A trip this long does take a lot of planning and thoughtful packing. Luckily HAL includes free shipping of luggage if you book the entire voyage so all we had to carry was hand luggage on our flight to Seattle. Luckily we are never bored on sea days. This length of trip is obviously not for everyone. It works for us.

The cruise experience is vastly different from shorter length cruising. There is more personalized service, the crew is handpicked, the food is better, there is more entertainment and plenty of extra special events and activities. Also in port there is complimentary shuttle service to town whenever it is possible. Even the room service menu offers greater choices.

We did have many singles onboard who found other singles to sightsee together and mingle with during the evening hours. Would I do it myself as a single - probably not. I admire those who had the sense of adventure to do so. We always told any single we met to sit with us any time they were alone and we invited them to hang with us on excursions. We even had some crew members hanging with us on shore. By the end of the cruise, we all felt like family and we have kept in touch with some of them still. We were invited to one crew member's wedding even and had dinner with another couple who visited our area on a trip down south. We are looking forward to this next voyage because it travels to many areas that we have not visited yet.

Quite a trip, lots and lots of sea days and we love sea days. Like most world cruises it chases the sun, traveling in a westbound direction which is great, I don't believe we would book one of this length going eastbound. I like gaining an hour with each new time zone not losing one. (I assume this is the cruise you reference, Southhampton to Southhampton then adding on a return to New York. Hope it isn't on the QE2 as I understand they are about ready to start cutting it up for scrap. http://www.cunard.com/cruise-search/book-a-cruise/cruises/qu/1960-q704m-sou1-sou2/ )

Formal nights are no problem for us, not too enamored with them though if they occur on port days, but doubt that be the case on this voyage.

We have never sailed on Cunard. After booking a 132 day cruise I wonder if they give you 132 days credit worth of perks up front like Regent does or make you wait until your next cruise before you get credit, like HAL and Princess does.