{"id":2839,"date":"2010-08-23T01:28:19","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T08:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2010-08-23T01:28:19","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T08:28:19","slug":"cruise-lines-world-cruises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=2839","title":{"rendered":"Six Cruise Lines' Look at the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When Holland America<\/a> announced the other day its 2011 and early 2012 “Grand Voyages”, the first question that popped into our minds \u2014 given that like most North Americans we do have a travel budget so we’re always shopping for bargains \u2014 was this:<\/p>\n

“How do you know if one of these exotic, expensive, multi-month cruises is a good deal?”<\/p>\n

So we did a little research on “world” cruises. Unless we’ve missed someone, there are five other cruise lines that offer something that could be described as a universal cruise, while not necessarily a trip around the world.<\/p>\n

The other five are Cunard<\/a>, P&O<\/a>, Princess<\/a>, Regent<\/a> and Seabourn<\/a>. To qualify, a cruise line had to offer itineraries of 100 days or more.<\/p>\n

While all offer different ports, countries, experiences, dining options, shore excursions, etc., we made it just a dollars-and-cents issue. How much to get on the ship?<\/p>\n

At times it felt a bit like comparing rowboats and aircraft carriers, and perhaps at times we did. However, everybody who’s been on one knows that cruise ships are rarely, if ever, bad, so there’s a certain comfort with the level of quality. Given that, here were the top five “world cruises” based on per-night, per-person costs:<\/p>\n

1. P&O Oriana<\/a> (above), January 2012, 97 days, $122
\n2. P&O Aurora<\/a>, January 2012, 98 days, $124
\n3. P&O Arcadia<\/a>, January 2012, 109 days, $128
\n(Are you seeing a trend here?)
\n4. Holland America Amsterdam<\/a>, January 2011, 110 days, $162
\n5. Holland America Amsterdam (below), January 2012, 112 days, $178<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Obviously, we’re also talking about ships of different sizes, and some people prefer the bigger Amsterdam to the P&O cruise ships, or vice-versa.<\/p>\n

Cunard’s best performer is the Queen Mary 2<\/a>, at $195 a night for a January 2012 cruise that lasts 108 days. Princess’s Pacific<\/a> is just over $200 for 2011 and 2012 cruises of 107 days. Regent’s top performer is a 145-day Voyager<\/a> cruise that includes air and a bunch of extras. Luxury, small-ship brands Seabourn and Crystal are both well over $400 a night for world cruises.<\/p>\n

You think there’s no market for this type of cruising? For the P&O cruise that leaves Southampton next month, there’s not a stateroom available on the Oriana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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