Reply #12: Windjammer!!

[av8rdave]

When I got remarried, we were trying to decide what to do for a honeymoon. I was a compuserve subscriber at the time (ok, it was a few years back), so I went to their travel forum. They had a whole section devoted to Windjammer, so I checked it out. There were dozens of "what I did on my summer vacation" synopses of Windjammer cruises, so I read 'em. I couldn't BELIEVE how many started with "...this was our <11th, third, fifth, 10th, etc> cruise with Windjammer..." I figured they must be doing something right. So we did it.

We loved it, and have since done another, and can't wait for our next one. What a blast. Sooooo much more laid back than a "standard" luxury megaliner cruise. You get to know everyone on the ship, including all the crew. You go places the huge liners can't get into. They don't sponsor any shore excursions, so they just give you a list, then tell you which ones are good and which ones suck.

On our last one, one of the "shore excursions" was a late night pub crawl hosted by the captain, on some tiny island in the Grenadines.

You don't have to pack anything but shorts, swimsuits, sandals, and maybe some casual stuff for wearing into some of the towns on the islands.

If you don't feel like sleeping in your cabin, you can sleep under the stars on the deck. You can help the crew with the ship, or not - totally your choice. The parties are great and the people even greater.

Trip(s) of a lifetime!

av8rdave