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Topic: Longest Cruise?

Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 11-20-2000 05:48 PM

O.K. which CruiseTalker has taken the longest cruise and how long? I can only boast 2 weeks, can you beat that?

(Working on a ship or being in the Navy etc does not count!)

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 11-20-2000 06:02 PM

19 days, but that is nothing compared to some of our posters. Loved every minute of it and would have liked to stay on longer.

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Barryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 33

posted 11-20-2000 10:12 PM

Darn....I was going to say 6 months.

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Colin
First Class Passenger
Member # 1676

posted 11-21-2000 04:49 AM

22 nights on Vistafjord is the longest so far. 24 nights coming up next year, but that's split 18 on Caronia and 6 on QE2.

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Italian Cruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 1684

posted 11-21-2000 05:49 AM

16 night on Costa Romantica for a transatlantic crossing.It was a superb cruise at a very good price(Costa generally doesn't offer the best value for cruising).

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Terry
First Class Passenger
Member # 448

posted 11-21-2000 06:31 AM

92 days - World Cruise ORIANA 1999.

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Gerry
First Class Passenger
Member # 168

posted 11-21-2000 03:08 PM

Are you sure that can't count, Malcolm ?

I was on one ship when I was 16 for almost a year(Actually 11 months)during my cadetship.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 11-22-2000 05:14 AM

My longest was a North Cape cruise.....41
days on SS Volendam in 1973 R/T from NYC.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 11-22-2000 01:55 PM

Sorry Barry and Gerry, you were both working, not cruising!

Nal,Terry, wow! Were you glad to get off the ship or sad, or both?

[This message has been edited by Malcolm (edited 11-23-2000).]

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 11-22-2000 02:55 PM

Malcolm....

I could easily have stayed aboard for another
41 days....great cruise in spite of the poor
weather. The SS Volendam was a great ship
when HAL first had her.....max of 500 pax.
We had about 375 who did the entire cruise
and about another 75 who did the T/A cross-
ing on the return leg. Large cabins, good
sea-boat, very comfortable vessel.....she
had a good following as did SS Veendam.

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Elizabeth
First Class Passenger
Member # 142

posted 11-23-2000 04:42 AM

Our longest cruise was 22 wonderful nights on the Seabourn Sun.

Terry, did you find at the end of your World Cruise that you were ready to disembark or Would you have preferred to continue cruising?

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Green
First Class Passenger
Member # 171

posted 11-24-2000 11:17 AM

19 days - same cruise as sympatico - would have loved more - hubby calls me 'Oliver'!

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bostom
First Class Passenger
Member # 1628

posted 11-28-2000 05:53 PM

Not the longest but maybe the best so far and certainly the most recent: 18 days on the CARONIA which ended yesterday.

It was a long ride (5600 sea miles) and certainly relaxing (11 days at sea) but it's back to the real world in the morning.

Damn.

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