UK to NYC cruise / Flight £499

readytosnap · 10-12-2012 11:29pm #1

Nice pressie for the missus / hubby / parents if you can afford it

What's Included?
Spacious, ensuite accommodation
All meals and snacks onboard
24 hour room service
High quality entertainment
Tea, coffee, fruit juice is available 24 hours
Port and Handling fees & taxes.
Fitness Centre
Daily Afternoon Tea
Sports deck and kids programmes

http://www.iglucruise.com/queen-victoria/10th-january-2013_c58260-balcony-cabin

scudzilla · 10-12-2012 11:40pm

readytosnap wrote: »

Nice pressie for the missus / hubby / parents if you can afford it

What's Included?
Spacious, ensuite accommodation
All meals and snacks onboard
24 hour room service
High quality entertainment
Tea, coffee, fruit juice is available 24 hours
Port and Handling fees & taxes.
Fitness Centre
Daily Afternoon Tea
Sports deck and kids programmes

http://www.iglucruise.com/queen-victoria/10th-january-2013_c58260-balcony-cabin

Nice price but the only person i'd send on an Atalntic Ocean Cruise in the middle of January is me mother in law

readytosnap · 10-12-2012 11:43pm

scudzilla wrote: »

Nice price but the only person i'd send on an Atalntic Ocean Cruise in the middle of January is me mother in law

LOL the perfect christmas gift so

scudzilla · 10-12-2012 11:44pm

readytosnap wrote: »

LOL the perfect christmas gift so

Yeah, but around 498quid more than what i wanna spend on her

Hogzy · 11-12-2012 12:02am

Who in their right mind would want to go on a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean?????

readytosnap · 11-12-2012 12:03am

Hogzy wrote: »

Who in their right mind would want to go on a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean?????

Cruisey people:o

Esel · 11-12-2012 12:25am

scudzilla wrote: »

... Atalntic Ocean Cruise in the middle of January....

Hogzy wrote: »

Who in their right mind would want to go on a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean?????

Well they are called Iglu cruises....

brightkane · 11-12-2012 8:39am

Itinerary

Day1 - Southampton
2-8 at sea
9 new york

sounds exciting!

snubbleste · 11-12-2012 8:46am

£500 for all that is a very good deal, in fact a bargain.
Sure you'd pay at £400 for a flight alone.

cormie · 11-12-2012 8:57am

What's the baggage allowance on the way back? I could subsidise someone's ticket if they can take back 100kg of crap for me

recyclops · 11-12-2012 10:18am

ive always wanted to go on a cruise cross the atlantic

a clanger · 11-12-2012 10:27am

I believe these are positioning cruises. The ship is heading off to the Caribbean and might as well fill up with a few wrinklies to help pay for the diesel

Hogzy · 11-12-2012 11:30am

snubbleste wrote: »

£500 for all that is a very good deal, in fact a bargain.
Sure you'd pay at £400 for a flight alone.

You'd get a return flight for 600 euro. Don't think the cruise includes return flights from new york

snubbleste · 11-12-2012 11:38am

Hogzy wrote: »

You'd get a return flight for 600 euro. Don't think the cruise includes return flights from new york

Eh, read the offer again.

readytosnap · 11-12-2012 1:41pm

The food alone for 8 days would cost more than 499 ( well to fill my belly anyway

)
return flight is included, I know its not everyones cup of tea but it is a bargain.
if i had the money i would go.

dodzy · 11-12-2012 4:05pm

scudzilla wrote: »

Nice price but the only person i'd send on an Atalntic Ocean Cruise in the middle of January is me mother in law

scudzilla wrote: »

Yeah, but around 498quid more than what i wanna spend on her

Just reminded me of that one about the Mother-in-Law.

You are walking along a beach and you accidentally kick a bottle buried in the sand, releasing a jeanie who grants you 2 wishes. But what ever you wish for, the M.I.L gets double. Predicament :mad:

Ah, OK Mr jeanie. I want you to give me a million €......and beat me half to death :P

Henry Ford III · 11-12-2012 4:11pm

readytosnap wrote: »

Cruisey people:o

Tom Cruise and his family?

who the fug · 11-12-2012 4:13pm

Would love to do it if one had the funds ,just to say I had crossed the North Alantic in winter.

discombobulate · 11-12-2012 4:16pm

It'd be a lot handier for the ship to just sail a few miles from shore anchor up, wait for a week and go back to shore. Same amount of scenery and possibly more comfort due to the boat not moving across a big empty ocean.

jimogr · 11-12-2012 4:30pm

discombobulate wrote: »

It'd be a lot handier for the ship to just sail a few miles from shore anchor up, wait for a week and go back to shore. Same amount of scenery and possibly more comfort due to the boat not moving across a big empty ocean.

lol. Except for the fact this is the first leg of a 100 day circumnavigation cruise - so those on for the 100 days may get a bit annoyed.

xpletiv · 11-12-2012 4:36pm

Plus, you wouldnt exactly be in NY then either...

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 11-12-2012 5:30pm

I'd say it'd be good craic if you had the time to kill. And assuming the flight back can be chosen to stay in NY for a while.

Senna · 11-12-2012 7:22pm

Jesus that is a bargain, especially with a balcony room and a Cunard ship.

paddydriver · 11-12-2012 8:43pm

No reading posts from wasters on boards.ie for 9 days... has to be worth the money:D:D

Go on... someone is going to tell me they have WiFi too

WooHoo... post 1000!

who the fug · 12-12-2012 6:19am

paddydriver wrote: »

No reading posts from wasters on boards.ie for 9 days... has to be worth the money:D:D

Go on... someone is going to tell me they have WiFi too

WooHoo... post 1000!

Yes and from what I have heard MOL and Ryan Air would have it on a plane if they could charge the same

jmorrisey · 12-12-2012 12:11pm

paddydriver wrote: »

Go on... someone is going to tell me they have WiFi too

http://cruiseforums.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1695309

juneg · 12-12-2012 5:19pm

http://www.vacationstogo.com/

love this website. check out the 90 day ticker.
There does seem to be good bargains to be had on cruises in fairness. And everything you need is included in the price.

However, on my budget we'd be talking car ferry from port to port

McSween · 12-12-2012 7:24pm

i went from tallinn to helsinki on a ferry in august. it was calm but i didnt feel 100% having had a moderate amount of alcohol the night before. as for this deal, i wouldnt even be able to get pissed

. imagine not being able to get off the ship if you're violently ill

maiden · 12-12-2012 7:33pm

Im not long back from a med cruise and I would go on this in a heartbeat, the holiday is being aboard the ship! They are amazing, with inside pools etc. Weather wont be an issue!

Senna · 12-12-2012 7:53pm

McSween wrote: »

i went from tallinn to helsinki on a ferry in august. it was calm but i didnt feel 100% having had a moderate amount of alcohol the night before. as for this deal, i wouldnt even be able to get pissed . imagine not being able to get off the ship if you're violently ill

I've been ill on nearly every ferry crossing I've been on, but I've never even noticed the movement on a cruise ship, completely different to a ferry. Cruise ships are designed to be as stable as possible. We were on a much small cruise ship that the one in this deal travelling to Madeira in January this year and it was very smooth.

quarryman · 12-12-2012 11:39pm

maiden wrote: »

Weather wont be an issue!

I beg to differ. I was on a Caribbean cruise that was completely miserable during stretches of bad weather. You won't even want to get out of your bed. Atlantic cruises are notorious for choppy seas. It won't matter how nice the food is if you're too ill to eat it.

And I was on one of the biggest ships. The celebrity silhouette i think.

Brian · 13-12-2012 12:51am

Looks like an intriguing way to spend a week. Kind of like flying to the moon, but in luxury

What do they mean by this, though?

"Tips are added to your bill, but can be deducted."

edit;

this is the same trip, same season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKcqb_Ubpbo

thesandeman · 13-12-2012 2:27am

Brian wrote: »

What do they mean by this, though?

"Tips are added to your bill, but can be deducted."

Presume it means that there is a Service Charge like the posh restaurants used to charge a couple of years ago but you don't have to pay it if you're not happy with the service.

Personally I tip the people who deserve it and nuttin goes to the restaurant/ship.
Fair play to them for giving the option.

jmorrisey · 13-12-2012 10:45am

Brian wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKcqb_Ubpbo

That perversely really makes we want to go!

UK to NYC cruise / Flight £499

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