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I crossed the atlantic twice, each time for 650 euros the 13 days… add 250/300 euros for internet

nullhole 1y ago
What type of ship was it? And how was the experience, did you enjoy the trip & find enough to do to stay busy/not bored along the way?
- ttoinou 1y ago
  Big commercial cruiseships from Norwegian NCL and Costa Cruises It was amazing ! Perfect to relax, take a step back and think There's plenty of things to do, you can hang out with others, read a book, work online, look at waves all day long, go to the gym etc. The real danger is eating too much, food at restaurants is unlimited, even at official table service you can order multiple mains, multiple desserts etc. they won't say anything
  - baxtr 1y ago
    Something like these? https://www.costacruises.eu/destinations/transatlantic.html https://www.costacruises.eu/destinations/transatlantic.html
    - ttoinou 1y ago
      Yes those are the ones, although not all transatlantic are "repositioning cheap", it depends on the current market. You can also look at cruise comparators / cruise resellers to see all of them, and sometimes you have better prices with them. Something to take into account is that USA residents have different cruises prices, usually cheaper, the rest of the world usually has to pay more
HowardStark 1y ago
Have long been interested in something like this. From where to where? How did you arrange the trip?
- pell 1y ago
  Same and always wanted to be completely offline for that length of time.
  - gpm 1y ago
    I'd recommend a long canoe trip in Algonquin park (or somewhere similar nearby if there is something similar nearby) if offline is your goal (though obviously not entirely similar to an ocean crossing in other ways as well).
    - imglorp 1y ago
      Is Algonquin that big? How long we talking here?
      - gpm 1y ago
        Yeah, it is. Basically just up to your route planning... I feel like at more than 2 weeks people start going farther north but I think that has more to do with "we can" than there not still being good routes in Algonquin. I'd probably not recommend more than a week for a first canoe trip anyways.
        imglorp 1y ago
        Sounds amazing, thanks.
      - wlonkly 1y ago
        It's a little bit bigger than Delaware.
- mjlee 1y ago
  The easiest way to do it is on a repositioning cruise where at the end of the season the cruise lines take their ships from one market to another. The positives are a cheap cruise, the negatives are that you're right at the end and beginning of ideal seasons so your experience at each end might not be great. Also you'll have a lot more sea days and fewer port days which could be in either column. Weather at sea can be considerably worse than coastal weather. Cruise ships are pretty stable and it's unlikely to be awful, but plenty of people do get seasick. I used to be a professional sailor and so obviously can't see what the fuss is about, but probably half the passengers I spoke to felt ill on at least one of the days, and a few people spent the entire ocean transit in bed. If you're prone to motion sickness take some medication with you. The atmosphere is different to regular cruises. Typically less of a party and the clientele skew towards older and more independent travellers. To answer your actual question - go to cruisemapper and seascanner and you'll find them easily enough. They're all over the world.
madaxe_again 1y ago
I took the Queen Mary across a few years ago and it suuuuuuuucked and cost a frigging fortune. Their main target markets appear to be mennonites and uptight assholes.
- speed_spread 1y ago
  Sure sounds like captive audiences for a resourceful prankster...
  - fooqux 1y ago
    Now that sounds like a vacation worth my time and money. I like the way you think.
- happyraul 1y ago
  What sucked about it? I've been considering it for a long time as an alternative to flying across the Atlantic.
  - madaxe_again 1y ago
    It’s a Carnival cruise. If you like going on cruises you’ll probably like it. I don’t like cruising - and we went with our four year old, and there is literally nothing for kids to do on board, (there’s a “kids club” but it was closed for the duration) and they aren’t allowed into the dining room, so we ended up living off the crappy buffet and the very limited room service menu. Our stateroom also hadn’t been cleaned when we boarded, and they had problems with the black water system so several decks just stank of shit. Our balcony had a persistent leak above it, so we couldn’t use that either. The tickets themselves weren’t that much, but then it’s about €1,000 for internet access, and they nickel and dime you on absolutely everything, while not allowing you to have the things you already paid for - our bill on departure was about €4,000. Oh, and at disembarkation in Southampton they destroyed two of our suitcases, and told us to go cry harder - and then it’s a three hour wait for a taxi. Honestly, the whole experience was pure crap.
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y ago

What type of ship was it? And how was the experience, did you enjoy the trip & find enough to do to stay busy/not bored along the way?

ttoinou 1y ago
Big commercial cruiseships from Norwegian NCL and Costa Cruises It was amazing ! Perfect to relax, take a step back and think There's plenty of things to do, you can hang out with others, read a book, work online, look at waves all day long, go to the gym etc. The real danger is eating too much, food at restaurants is unlimited, even at official table service you can order multiple mains, multiple desserts etc. they won't say anything
- baxtr 1y ago
  Something like these? https://www.costacruises.eu/destinations/transatlantic.html https://www.costacruises.eu/destinations/transatlantic.html
  - ttoinou 1y ago
    Yes those are the ones, although not all transatlantic are "repositioning cheap", it depends on the current market. You can also look at cruise comparators / cruise resellers to see all of them, and sometimes you have better prices with them. Something to take into account is that USA residents have different cruises prices, usually cheaper, the rest of the world usually has to pay more

HowardStark 1y ago

Have long been interested in something like this. From where to where? How did you arrange the trip?

pell 1y ago
Same and always wanted to be completely offline for that length of time.
- gpm 1y ago
  I'd recommend a long canoe trip in Algonquin park (or somewhere similar nearby if there is something similar nearby) if offline is your goal (though obviously not entirely similar to an ocean crossing in other ways as well).
  - imglorp 1y ago
    Is Algonquin that big? How long we talking here?
    - gpm 1y ago
      Yeah, it is. Basically just up to your route planning... I feel like at more than 2 weeks people start going farther north but I think that has more to do with "we can" than there not still being good routes in Algonquin. I'd probably not recommend more than a week for a first canoe trip anyways.
      - imglorp 1y ago
        Sounds amazing, thanks.
    - wlonkly 1y ago
      It's a little bit bigger than Delaware.
mjlee 1y ago
The easiest way to do it is on a repositioning cruise where at the end of the season the cruise lines take their ships from one market to another. The positives are a cheap cruise, the negatives are that you're right at the end and beginning of ideal seasons so your experience at each end might not be great. Also you'll have a lot more sea days and fewer port days which could be in either column. Weather at sea can be considerably worse than coastal weather. Cruise ships are pretty stable and it's unlikely to be awful, but plenty of people do get seasick. I used to be a professional sailor and so obviously can't see what the fuss is about, but probably half the passengers I spoke to felt ill on at least one of the days, and a few people spent the entire ocean transit in bed. If you're prone to motion sickness take some medication with you. The atmosphere is different to regular cruises. Typically less of a party and the clientele skew towards older and more independent travellers. To answer your actual question - go to cruisemapper and seascanner and you'll find them easily enough. They're all over the world.

madaxe_again 1y ago

I took the Queen Mary across a few years ago and it suuuuuuuucked and cost a frigging fortune. Their main target markets appear to be mennonites and uptight assholes.

speed_spread 1y ago
Sure sounds like captive audiences for a resourceful prankster...
- fooqux 1y ago
  Now that sounds like a vacation worth my time and money. I like the way you think.
happyraul 1y ago
What sucked about it? I've been considering it for a long time as an alternative to flying across the Atlantic.
- madaxe_again 1y ago
  It’s a Carnival cruise. If you like going on cruises you’ll probably like it. I don’t like cruising - and we went with our four year old, and there is literally nothing for kids to do on board, (there’s a “kids club” but it was closed for the duration) and they aren’t allowed into the dining room, so we ended up living off the crappy buffet and the very limited room service menu. Our stateroom also hadn’t been cleaned when we boarded, and they had problems with the black water system so several decks just stank of shit. Our balcony had a persistent leak above it, so we couldn’t use that either. The tickets themselves weren’t that much, but then it’s about €1,000 for internet access, and they nickel and dime you on absolutely everything, while not allowing you to have the things you already paid for - our bill on departure was about €4,000. Oh, and at disembarkation in Southampton they destroyed two of our suitcases, and told us to go cry harder - and then it’s a three hour wait for a taxi. Honestly, the whole experience was pure crap.
PaulDavisThe1st 1y ago