Millenium 1/16/05

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sijid

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Hi, all. My fiance and I are sailing on the Millenium on Jan 16 for our honeymoon. It's the first cruise for both of us, and we're pretty excited. I've done lots of on-line (and off-line) reading and research, but thought I'd ask if there's anything else out there that we should (or would like to) know.

I'm mostly concerned about shore excursions, and whether the ship's excursions are worth it, or whether we should just explore on our own.

Thanks!
 
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melissamw

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This is one of the cruises we are considering (same date too). Did you get a good rate?
 
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BSeabob

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It really depends on our comfort zone. The ships tours are usually more $ and can be a bit confining. schedule/shopping/beach/ all regimented. On your own you obviously have more flexability. You also have the concern about who you end up with and their reliability etc. etc. One other thing is that on a ship's tour you will make the ship shud something happen to your tour. They will wait for you. On your own you are on your own. I do not intend to scare you because most of us do do it on our own. It is however your comfort zone that you should pay attention too. At least for your first cruise. A taxi to the beach in St. Thomas vs a taxi in Columbia are two very different things. So it depends on where you are going also.
 
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sijid

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Melissa,

We went through a TA, and are getting a balcony cabin. It was about $1100 pp, which was pretty much the rate I saw on the on-line sites.

BSeabob, thanks so much. We're doing the Eastern Caribbean, and have taken into consideration the risks, but are probably more interested in doing things on our own. Just looking for ideas. Neither one of us is into the whole snorkel/swim/dive thing, but beaches, shops, and ruins are high on the list.
 
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Wheels

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Hi; You didn't say whether you are doing Eastern/Western. We were on the MIllie 2 yrs ago (Eastern) and had a great time. We didn't book any excursions thru the ship just
did our own thing but on our 1st cruise. We booked 3 excursions thru Celebrity and that the values were fair and still had time to do our exploring.

Jane
 
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