Just a few pointers not at any particular post but to try to help Jill.
We have done quite a few segments on World Cruises. Some we have booked early if it was say something that we definitely did not want to miss. Like one we did for my milestone birthday. It was a special cruise, and also as it involved two Cunard Queens. So we paid top dollar to do that one. We have had some last minute segments ( well within two months of departure) and got a decent price on a balcony on QM2. The thing with segments, the TA and shipping line will be selling them at full price for ages as some segments such as the final one is at long way off. So even at the start of the World Cruise segments are still available.
We booked our full world cruise this year 18 months ahead of time and got the cabin we wanted. Most inside cabins sell to full world cruisers especially the deluxe inside which are bigger. Many World Cruiser travel alone and many who don’t book inside for the price alone. So insides are sold quicker as often the suites are always sold first as well as there are not so many.
You will find the final segment will often be at a cheaper rate, but this will not show up until into 2014. We have paid on average £100 per person per day on late segment booking. Plus we always had extra luggage to pay for as that to me is a downside of segments. You have luggage restrictions unless you are prepared to pay extra. The visas for the segment Jill is looking at will be charged to your onboard account as the ship will get them for you. China is port of call where you have to get your own.
On QM2 this year only at the start there were only 250 passengers doing the full world cruise. The number went up to around 270 when we reached Sydney as paxs from QE came onboard to do their second half of their WC. So very few did the full world but the ship was full all the time.
Passengers from Australia were getting on and off all the time around Oz. Some only on for three days. Segments now a days are more popular than the full world cruise because it is a good way to see different ports of call. The Australians have the same problem as Jill watching the prices rise or fall and there were many tales of how much they had paid.
So really I think this is one only Jill can decide on. Also remember not only us Brits are looking at World Cruise segments. When we reached Asia the ship was full of locals. Chinese, Japanese, Indians you name it, so they must be getting deals also.
BTW Jill mentioned coming through the Suez Canal. We have done Singapore to Southampton segment a couple of times. I love it! I think going through the Suez Canal is as exciting and interesting as going through the Panama Canal. In fact I prefer it. I have been through both canals more than ones and I still love the Suez. Oman is very interesting place.
However, this will not matter to Jill as it is Adonia who is going through the Suez. Aurora goes to Namibia after South Africa. I loved Namibia and there are two ports of call there. We had a wonderful time in Namibia this year. Plus Aurora then heads on to Cape Verde Islands which is a different port for many ships. Some sea days in between yes, but there always are on World Cruises. The world is larger than we think.
We have done quite a few segments on World Cruises. Some we have booked early if it was say something that we definitely did not want to miss. Like one we did for my milestone birthday. It was a special cruise, and also as it involved two Cunard Queens. So we paid top dollar to do that one. We have had some last minute segments ( well within two months of departure) and got a decent price on a balcony on QM2. The thing with segments, the TA and shipping line will be selling them at full price for ages as some segments such as the final one is at long way off. So even at the start of the World Cruise segments are still available.
We booked our full world cruise this year 18 months ahead of time and got the cabin we wanted. Most inside cabins sell to full world cruisers especially the deluxe inside which are bigger. Many World Cruiser travel alone and many who don’t book inside for the price alone. So insides are sold quicker as often the suites are always sold first as well as there are not so many.
You will find the final segment will often be at a cheaper rate, but this will not show up until into 2014. We have paid on average £100 per person per day on late segment booking. Plus we always had extra luggage to pay for as that to me is a downside of segments. You have luggage restrictions unless you are prepared to pay extra. The visas for the segment Jill is looking at will be charged to your onboard account as the ship will get them for you. China is port of call where you have to get your own.
On QM2 this year only at the start there were only 250 passengers doing the full world cruise. The number went up to around 270 when we reached Sydney as paxs from QE came onboard to do their second half of their WC. So very few did the full world but the ship was full all the time.
Passengers from Australia were getting on and off all the time around Oz. Some only on for three days. Segments now a days are more popular than the full world cruise because it is a good way to see different ports of call. The Australians have the same problem as Jill watching the prices rise or fall and there were many tales of how much they had paid.
So really I think this is one only Jill can decide on. Also remember not only us Brits are looking at World Cruise segments. When we reached Asia the ship was full of locals. Chinese, Japanese, Indians you name it, so they must be getting deals also.
BTW Jill mentioned coming through the Suez Canal. We have done Singapore to Southampton segment a couple of times. I love it! I think going through the Suez Canal is as exciting and interesting as going through the Panama Canal. In fact I prefer it. I have been through both canals more than ones and I still love the Suez. Oman is very interesting place.
However, this will not matter to Jill as it is Adonia who is going through the Suez. Aurora goes to Namibia after South Africa. I loved Namibia and there are two ports of call there. We had a wonderful time in Namibia this year. Plus Aurora then heads on to Cape Verde Islands which is a different port for many ships. Some sea days in between yes, but there always are on World Cruises. The world is larger than we think.

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