Freighter Cruise Lines Website

Author Message   Doris Noblet Senior Member Username: Dorknob Post Number: 717 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 09:21 pm:    I think most of the freighters have an age limit, too. They don't want to be bothered with sickly, old people (like me - ha!). My nephew was a Chief in the Merchant Marine before he retired at an early age, but he used to work on the freighters. He said the food was great and if you could see the size of him you would know he's telling the truth. From what he said, you wouldn't want to be out in the dark in some of the areas where they docked.   Cherry C. Senior Member Username: Cherry Post Number: 2209 Registered: 06-2003 Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 12:07 pm:    I was tempted by some of those freighter "cruises" until I read several accounts (on line) by folks who had taken one. They were not negative--most really liked their trip--but I noted that the time in ports was very short and often made shorter by the needs of the company; they docked in areas where it was difficult to get transportation like taxis; with only a few other passengers if one was not a good companion it made things difficult for everyone; and in the (long) times at sea you really have to amuse yourself. So for the time (and money)involved, we decided to stick to the couple of commercial cruise lines we like the best and where the itineraries suit us--there are so many choices these days.   Dirk Pepperd Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 190 Registered: 06-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:09 am:    Very Interesting Matthew. I'm not sure that for the $125 a day I wouldn't just take a cruise ship. Some of the longer journeys do have quite an interesting itinerary though.   Matthew Alan Knapp Senior Member Username: Matt_k Post Number: 262 Registered: 02-2006 Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 10:41 pm:    Now where's Wimpy with some burgers. A little bit different mode of travel, freighter cruises offer a long distance no frills way to enjoy sailing the seven seas. Here's an interesting website I found: http://members.aol.com/CruiseAZ/freighters.htm I'll bet that the ports of embarkation will be the sailor parts of town, too. Guaranteed to be fun and exciting. Load up on the spinach you Popeyes! It's too bad that our merchant marine ships, USNS, don't offer a few space available options. I'd go aboard for a cruise, once at least.