A good friend of ours left home this week, to embark on his longest of seven cruises — 38 days. He was flying to Hong Kong, to board the Queen Mary 2 bound for Southampton and, eventually, New York. He has been on four Cunard cruises before, and has only one concern about this one — 38 days.
When is a cruise too long?
“A QM2 cruise we took in ’09, round-trip New York to the Mediterranean, was 23 days,” he says. “I thought that would be too long but when it was over we could have kept going.”
That’s precisely how we felt about what, to date, is our longest cruise — 19 days, to South America. We were a little nostalgic about leaving our “home on the sea” and it appears he feels the same way.
“One couple I know recently took a 31-day cruise and another went for 33,” he adds. “Not that much different. Both said they enjoyed the whole thing. Hope we have the same result. Lots of stops to begin with but nine of the last 10 days will be on the water, including the Trans-Atlantic crossing to New York which might be the big test of putting time to good use.”
He promises to let us know if this long is too long. Check back to find out — in 38 days.