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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cruise out of Baltimore/Norfolk/Philly/NYC within driving distance of the DMV on Royal Caribbean or Carnival. Book through Costco and book now for next Spring. [/quote]

I cannot figure out how to book now for next year![/quote]

I just priced RCL Radiance of the Seas for you.  April 12-19 out of Tampa

Room 1--Oceanview Balcony for (1A/1C)--$2724
Room2 --Interior Rooms for (1A/2C)--$1874

Total for Cruise, Port Fees, and Taxes--$4598.
Does not include alcohol, gratuities, or any excursions.

You could obviously decrease this price by getting 2 interior rooms.  My preference is a O/V balcony and the interior room directly across the hall.  Connecting rooms are more expensive.  Radiance is not the ship you see on the tv commercials.  But it has a pool, a spa, and a rock wall. Some of my kids favorite memories were playing board games after dinner in the library.  I would have a glass of wine and they would tell me about their day--who they met in kids club and what they did.  I'd get another glass of wine and take them back to the room for bed and sit out on the balcony and read.

That leaves you 1500 for airfare.  $300 pp to florida might be tight during spring break.  Frontier is budget friendly.  If you're going on a cruise, you also want to fly in the night before so you would need a hotel room for 1 night.  Most hotels will do a free airport to hotel shuttle, but you'll need to pay for transportation from the hotel to the cruise terminal.  There isn't an RCL ship out of Baltimore that week.  The Odyssey is going out of NJ but I did a quick look at it's about $7K for the 2 rooms.

Carnival Pride is going out of Baltimore April 12-19---older ship. 
O/V (1A/1C) $2798
Int (1A/2C) $3089
Total:  $5,887

You'd still need extra for terminal parking and gratuities. Pride has Waterworks which is Carnivals waterpark which the Radiance doesn't have.  Both ships are about the same in terms of ship amenities.

--I'm not a travel agent.  Just a mom who happens to be planning spring break while watching the game.

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Wow, thank you!
I swear I’ve spent this whole week on the Costco website and it doesn’t give me a lot of availability. Thank you![/quote]

These are cruise line direct prices.  I don’t have a Costco membership so I don’t know what prices are compared to the cruise lines.  I usually book via a travel agency and they give me xxx in in onboard credit.  [/quote]

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