[Airhog]

I went on a cruise for my honeymoon so I can answer a lot of the questions

1aa) You can purchase cruise insurance I believe. If there is a hurricane, they can reroute you to different destinations, or just spend the whole cruise at sea. I believe they will comp you if this happens.

1a) Not really, unless you like being able to see the ocean. My aunt and uncle cruise a lot, and they save their cash for drinks, and excursions, so they get a cheap room. When we went we only went to the room to sleep, or change.

2. We left from galveston, and they have parking lots. for a 7 day cruise, it was 45 dollars to park. We found a lot online, and saved 5 bucks by paying in advance

3. AFAIK, only gifts and drinks, and gambling cost money. On the ship we were on they have a lot of different activities. There were several clubs, for dancing and stuff in the evenings. they had nightly shows in the theather also.

4. You do not have to do the cruise ship thing. I think it just depends on where you are going. when we went to jamaca, we were very glad that we did an excursion. cause the port is shitty, and there is no place to go that felt safe. It was much better in mexico, and grand cayman. The boat will have a time that you have to be back by, otherwise you could be left behind. If you don't want to do the ship excursions, do your homework. just remember that the excursions you book on ship are more expensive, but your guaranteed not to get ripped off.

5. we chose the late dinner, just because we like eating late to begin with. you shouldn't have much problem either way though. I don't think there is really a better part of the ship to be. we had kids near us, but no issues. it was noisy in our cabin, but we were on the lowest deck at the end of the ship. Didnt really bother us though, because we only slept in our cabin.

6. you can eat as much as you want, as often as you want. The late/early dining options are for the formal dining only, which we went to and they were good. I would grab sushi as a late snack at 5, and then eat dinner later. Also, if you do eat at the formal place, you can ask for extra food. So don't be afraid to ask for a second steak, or lobster tail if you want one.

7. The only other cost is the tip, for our package. half of the tip was included in the cost of the cruise, and the other half was added at the end. I don't remember the specifics though, you'd have to look that up. basically at the end of the cruise, you can tip more money if you would like to certain people, and you can also change the distribution of your tip money. You don't tip for individual meals. Also, soda drinks are not free, you need to buy a 25$ fountain drink card. Tea and juice were free for me. So if you cannot eat a meal without soda its worth it, as drinks were like 2 bucks I think. If you like to drink liquor expect to pay for it of course. (on our cruise there was a captains party the first night, and that was the only time we got any free booze)


I think overall, we spent about 2000 on our cruise. it cost us 1400 for the cruise, plus all of the other stuff (driving to galveston from OKC, the excursions, the tips, parking, drinks, etc.)

If you have any other questions feel free to PM me, or ask here.