Future Plans
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One thing I've learned over the years, if you're not willing to adapt to schedule changes then travel probably isn't your thing. I still get a bit wound-up when I'm traveling with others and there's a major glitch - not because I'm inconvenienced, but because I don't want others to suffer discomfort. Sometimes we're lucky enough for the changes to come well in advance, sometimes they happen in the moment - while you're at the gate or when you arrive at the venue. We try to keep things moving, making plans on the cusp of published schedules.
On our Panama Canal cruise (fall 2023) we booked an Alaska cruise for this August (2025) only to have hip surgery make an August trip impossible. So the 2025 Alaska cruise became a November Caribbean cruise. Thanks to a bit of good fortune with the reservations department this was accomplished with minimal hassle.
On our 2024 trans-Atlantic crossing (Civitavecchia to NYC) we booked the return for the spring of 2026 (NYC to Barcelona) It appears there may be a conflict brewing with that itinerary, so we're in the process of shuffling the deck again - moving the NY-Europe trip to the spring of 2027 and booking an Alaska trip for August of 2026.
Flexibility.
So far, all of this chaos is going to cost us $200 and $50 on-board credit. Do I enjoy dropping $200? Certainly not - but that's a lot less than if we hadn't booked onboard with NextCruise with their reduced deposits.
So this is what we have on the calendar at the moment:
- November 2025 – Caribbean cruise
- July 2026 – Alaska cruise
- December 2026 – Caribbean (New Year's with all the kids)
- Spring 2027 – Trans-Atlantic? (NY-Europe)
- Spring 2028 – European river cruise
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