Thanks for your reply!!
I picked Curacao only because it was a large southern port and we haven't
done any of the Dutch islands. We have done the cookie cutter cruises north
and south form St. Thomas.
By "good smaller ships", I'm thinking more along the lines of -- Windstar -
SeaDream - Seabourn or even the next level Silversea or Raddison -- but you
are corrct, not the usual mass market stuff. I'll check the web site you
named.
Again. Thanks.
IMD
"D Ball" wrote in message
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> Hi, its_my_dime,
>
> What do you mean by "good, smaller ship?" If you mean anything other than
> the usual mass market cruise lines, you will need to get your TA to
> research this for you, or you will need to research each small cruise line
> operation individually, as they aren't picked up by the big online TA
> search engines like Travelocity, VacationsToGo, etc. I think this is a
> helpful resource: http://www.smallshipcruises.com/
>
> FWIW, we've cruised over the holidays for the past 6 years and made
> Curacao twice: the first time on Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas
> and this past Christmas on the Sun Princess. Because it is so far south,
> it is unlikely you will find it on a "standard" 7-nighter from Florida. We
> hit it the first time on an unusual re-positioning cruise; we visited most
> recently on a 10-night Southern Caribbean. Your odds of picking up Curacao
> are better if you embark in San Juan.
>
> Of course, it is always important to remember that you don't cruise for
> the ports. What if weather, mechanical failure or other keeps your cruise
> from making the call? I can see why you'd like to visit--we loved Curacao
> and have oft-discussed returning via land trip. If you really want to hang
> out in Curacao, you might consider doing the same.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Diana Ball
> near Houston, TX
>
> "its_my_dime" wrote in
> message news:CMTYf.9262$nA3.2944@news-wrt-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com...
>> Do any of the good, smaller ships work their way down to Curacao and
>> related islands over Christmas. Everything we have looked at seems to
>> stay further north.
>>
>> Thank you.
>
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