The above two cruises interest me for completely different reasons. The first is a 12-day mostly British Isles cruise. The second is a 14-day cruise which visits English, Scottish, and Icelandic ports. Both cruises have a stop in a European Mainland port before returning to Southampton. Given the choice, I'd rather take the cruise that stops in Iceland before they get tired of cruisers visiting its ports.
If we were to take the 12-day cruise which visits English, Scottish and Irish ports, I'd be able to allocate more time to visit my niece before the cruise. As much as I'd like to see more of London, I'm not in the mood to take the tube during the Summer. Instead, I'd rather be able to stay above ground in air conditioned comfort as much as possible.
I figure that each of these cruises will be expensive bucket list trips. Excursions (especially in Iceland) will be very expensive. I have to look at how much we will need to spend, then keep RQS's budget in mind - she now has the cruising bug in her. She can't afford to cruise as much as I can, and we try to go 50/50 on trip spending.
Unfortunately, I doubt that I'll be able to take either of these two cruises as Marian, given the unchecked power given to America's Customs and Border Control administration. The Orange Snowflake has no love for us transgenders, and I don't want to be hassled by people who hate us. (Luckily, I can still travel in stealth mode.) Hopefully, at some future date, I will be able to travel as Marian again. Until then, it'll be stealth mode for me.
How many of you have been to any of these port cities? Did you like them? Which cruise would you take? Please let me know....
