For those that don't mind booking over a year in advance then this could be a great opportunity for a 35 night cruise next July especially if you don't want to fly. Visiting the Arctic as well as an itinerary that includes Iceland, Greenland and Norway (some of the most expensive places), I think this is a pretty amazing deal for less than £40 a night. Even if you were doing a land based tour of these placed accommodation and hotel costs are so expensive I doubt you could even find places to stay pee night as cheap as this let alone with all your food.
I've been to the Antarctic and believe me this is an amazing price for this Arctic itinerary. It's something I'm very much tempted with myself. I've been with Cruise and Maritime before and it's not great but this itinerary is good so thank god you don't have that many at sea days, take your own entertainment as their entertainment is really not great. Food wasn't bad though and when you think what you are getting it's a bargain.
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rachelandgromit
2 Apr 16#1
mercslkman
2 Apr 16#2
didn't know they did cruises from hull
rachelandgromit to mercslkman
2 Apr 16#3
Yep, also Tilbury and Liverpool (not this specific cruise though). I did a 8 night Norway one for £299 a while back and were one of the first ships to sail out from Liverpool. Very convenient......
yorxman to mercslkman
2 Apr 162#12
The more ways out of Hull the better...City of Culture!! I've heard it all now
mercslkman
2 Apr 16#4
I live 2 mins drive from the hull port the boat will actually pass my house so I hope I am on my days off
OpineDevine
2 Apr 16#5
Would there be additional costs as well for things such as food, drinks, going on land etc.
Sorry if a stupid question, I've never had a holiday like this but it looks great!
rachelandgromit to OpineDevine
2 Apr 16#6
When I went alcohol is extra. As far as drinks go not too badly priced especially if you go for thinks like the cocktail of the day. We did manage to take some alcohol onboard into our hold luggage but they may check these at Hull. As Liverpool cruise port had only recently opened when I went with them it was chaos and bags weren't checked for alcohol. They always have tea and coffee available and at breakfast juice. Food is in abundance and included. We never did any cruise excursions massively overpriced, look into what's available yourself and DIY it, or book direct locally. Much better options and you are under no obligation to book cruise excursions.
Tipping is automatically added onto your account per day which you settle onboard but we removed these a day or so before the end of our cruise and asked for envelopes so we could tip directly to staff.
If you are a drinker then you could find alcohol expensive but we spent very little. There were two formal nights over our 8 nights and I think we had a cocktail each of about £3! I'm sure somewhere there will be a drink price list I'll have a Google for it now.
rachelandgromit
2 Apr 161#7
Drink wise, you can order in advance a wine package which compromises 5 bottles of wine and some mineral water
There is also the option to have all inclusive at £17pp per day but this can only be done for the whole cruise so you can't just pay for one day here and there all inclusive. It also says all occupants is the cabin must purchase it which in my opinion is a bit rubbish especially if one of you doesn't drink!
It says bottled mineral water is extra. Now when I went there was always mineral water available in the buffet from 'the machine' and we did fill our water bottles up, especially for when we went ashore, climbing Pulpit Rock in Norway for example. You do not want to buy things like drinks in these places. In Norway some friends of ours paid £7 for two tiny glass bottles of Coca-Cola.
wowice
2 Apr 16#8
really tempted!
Has anyone would recommend outsides for an extra £1000 per couple, or rarher save money for entertainment?
Anything else we need to know, take care off?
rachelandgromit to wowice
2 Apr 162#9
Can't comment on outside, we did an inside. Make no mistake these are not Cunard or P&O and cabins are very basic. I also think the insides come only in a twin confirmation which we found odd as a couple but just shared a very small bed. The entertainment was also pretty bad and I was the youngest by about 30 years with most guests being over 60 so that says alot about the environment and how the entertainment is geared up for so make sure you are clear what you are getting. That said, this had a number of perks for us, on disembarkation we were always first off as we didn't need assistance, the crew were happier to engage and chat with us as many were nearer our age and the people that had booked the particularly good offer to Norway (probably as I posted it on HUKD at the time) were all easy to spot and we became known as the group who 'got the bargain price'. We made some firm friends on that trip. For the price you won't get anything remotely like this on any of those other companies. Tipping is £4pp per day added onto your account but as I mentioned you can opt out of this.
If you are use to 'luxury' cruising then do read carefully and go into it knowing you get exactly what you pay for.
We did an Antarctic cruise which are more expensive and of course the only possible way to see the Antarctic/South Georgia and we're lucky enough to get an upgrade from inside to a balcony for free. Not sure why as we had a very good offer, even cheaper than last minute cruises in the port town a couple of days before. That said Antarctic cruises are very expensive. The balcony was magical for us, looking at icebergs in the middle of the night in 'midnight sun' with penguins and complete isolation. I'd say if you are someone who is likely to spend a great amount of time sat out then go for it but I'd wither do a balcony or inside I don't think paying extra for a window is worth it. You have a good itinerary with not many at sea days.
supergran
2 Apr 16#10
Does seem a cracking deal to visit some really interesting places. 36 days of all you can eat temptations may be detrimental to the old waistline though. :-)
We went on a cruise to Norway with these folks and never were checked for booze. Do they normally only check when you initially board? If so you could always pick up provisions in Rosyth.
rachelandgromit to supergran
2 Apr 16#11
I'm not sure as we only took it on at Liverpool on boarding. Perhaps if you had some kind of backpack you could try and take it back on but I wouldn't be as obvious to walk on with a Tesco carrier bag with lots of booze inside :stuck_out_tongue:
Satchmo
2 Apr 161#13
I was really interested, until I saw the price for a single room, that's even more than paying twice at the base rate, in fact 4 people can go for that price !! from £5765 for singles, that does not seem fair. Grudgingly I could accept paying twice the cost, as they will lose the occupancy, but more than 4 times, sorry will have to give that a miss.
rachelandgromit to Satchmo
2 Apr 161#14
I know I noticed that I was really surprised as I've know Cruise and Maritime offer no single supplement before. They even have single cabins!
toulousenessie to Satchmo
2 Apr 161#21
Just book and pay for a double cabin for 2 and just turn up. Pricing for singles are so unfair. I did this the other week with a hotel, it was cheaper for 2 to stay then pay for a single room
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I've been to the Antarctic and believe me this is an amazing price for this Arctic itinerary. It's something I'm very much tempted with myself. I've been with Cruise and Maritime before and it's not great but this itinerary is good so thank god you don't have that many at sea days, take your own entertainment as their entertainment is really not great. Food wasn't bad though and when you think what you are getting it's a bargain.
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Sorry if a stupid question, I've never had a holiday like this but it looks great!
Tipping is automatically added onto your account per day which you settle onboard but we removed these a day or so before the end of our cruise and asked for envelopes so we could tip directly to staff.
If you are a drinker then you could find alcohol expensive but we spent very little. There were two formal nights over our 8 nights and I think we had a cocktail each of about £3! I'm sure somewhere there will be a drink price list I'll have a Google for it now.
There is also the option to have all inclusive at £17pp per day but this can only be done for the whole cruise so you can't just pay for one day here and there all inclusive. It also says all occupants is the cabin must purchase it which in my opinion is a bit rubbish especially if one of you doesn't drink!
It says bottled mineral water is extra. Now when I went there was always mineral water available in the buffet from 'the machine' and we did fill our water bottles up, especially for when we went ashore, climbing Pulpit Rock in Norway for example. You do not want to buy things like drinks in these places. In Norway some friends of ours paid £7 for two tiny glass bottles of Coca-Cola.
Has anyone would recommend outsides for an extra £1000 per couple, or rarher save money for entertainment?
Anything else we need to know, take care off?
If you are use to 'luxury' cruising then do read carefully and go into it knowing you get exactly what you pay for.
We did an Antarctic cruise which are more expensive and of course the only possible way to see the Antarctic/South Georgia and we're lucky enough to get an upgrade from inside to a balcony for free. Not sure why as we had a very good offer, even cheaper than last minute cruises in the port town a couple of days before. That said Antarctic cruises are very expensive. The balcony was magical for us, looking at icebergs in the middle of the night in 'midnight sun' with penguins and complete isolation. I'd say if you are someone who is likely to spend a great amount of time sat out then go for it but I'd wither do a balcony or inside I don't think paying extra for a window is worth it. You have a good itinerary with not many at sea days.
We went on a cruise to Norway with these folks and never were checked for booze. Do they normally only check when you initially board? If so you could always pick up provisions in Rosyth.