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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
Regarding the days at sea versus days in port, the cruise lines don't have a whole lot of control over that because the ports are where they are and the ship can only go so fast. However, if you're going on a really intensive tour (my cruise going from Rome to Alexandria/Cairo, Kos, Athens, Ephesus, Istanbul and Naples for example), you definitely have to pace yourself. And yes, it would have been nice to have a break between Ephesus and Istanbul, but you're never going to get that. They're just too close together to justify. But more experienced cruisers want fewer days in port, so once you look a step up, you will have more days at sea, particularly in the Caribbean.
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Yes, I know they don't have much control over that because of where the ports are. I would probably reconsider which ports I'd visit based on that though, in the future. So far, when I've cruised, it wasn't because my heart was set on seeing any one particular place.
I haven't been on an Alaskan cruise but one of the couples who went on the spring break cruise with us are frequent cruisers (2-3 a year!) and they did Alaska with Royal Caribbean. They absolutely loved it. They saw a whale jump out of the water right in front of them while they were eating breakfast one morning. They said it was beautiful.
What I think is great about cruises is that you can do as little or as much as you feel like doing on any given day. Lay at the pool all day? No problem. Shop, go to shows, gamble, rock wall climb, ice skate, work out, play mini-golf.. no problem. It's totally up to you!