Victory Cruise Lines - Detroit

[O3H]

The Victory Cruise Lines has scheduled over 20 stops
in Detroit between May and October of this year and over 30 stops in 2019.
Victory Cruise Lines is a luxury, market-leader, all-inclusive cruise line
operating two sister ships on the Great Lakes – Victory I and Victory II.

Tourist destinations at the Detroit port of call will
include The Henry Ford, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and others.

https://youtu.be/7eMgO2m349U

[Detroitdave]

BRAVO !
Every time I saw the commercials for the european river cruises I would often think of the great lakes .
FINALLY !

[Honky Tonk]

Finally, Victory!

[401don]

All passengers please exit to your right toward the Ren Cen and not Hart Plaza. 1st impressions are important!

[Honky Tonk]

Not bad pricing....

http://www.victorycruiselines.com/great-lakes-cruise/

[gumby]

All passengers please exit to your right toward the Ren Cen and not Hart Plaza. 1st impressions are important!

Most city cruise ports are ugly industrial areas, I would argue even Hart Plaza is an upgrade from most.

[O3H]

Frankly I'm a bit jaded, since I grew up in Metro Detroit,
but perhaps it could actually catch on.....I'll watch and see.

“We have two cruise lines invested in the Great Lakes quite heavily at the moment,” said Stephen Burnett, executive director of the Great Lakes Cruising Coalition. They include Pearl Seas Cruises, owners of the Pearl Mist, and Victory Cruises, which operates the Victory I, a ship that can accommodate about 200 passengers. Would-be travelers can book both of them and two other ships through the Ann Arbor-based Great Lakes Cruise Company.


Plantours, based in Germany, is expected to bring its 400-passenger ship the Hamburg to the Great Lakes next season, Burnett said.
"We believe that the potential for the Great Lakes is as high as 30 ships cruising during a season, which is basically from May to October,” Burnett said.

[gumby]

Not bad pricing....

http://www.victorycruiselines.com/great-lakes-cruise/

What kind of money do you make that $6200 seems reasonable? My wife and I went on a 7 day Caribbean cruise for our honeymoon for $1200 for the 2 of us.

[TKshreve]

What kind of money do you make that $6200 seems reasonable? My wife and I went on a 7 day Caribbean cruise for our honeymoon for $1200 for the 2 of us.

I was almost there, but I checked out all the pricing. The only 7-day cruise they offer is $2,400. So I dunno, besides that one the rest are obscenely priced, yes.

[Honky Tonk]

What kind of money do you make that $6200 seems reasonable?

I make very little, it was sarcasm.

Most city cruise ports are ugly industrial areas.

Some are, some aren't. I've sailed most of the routes listed on the Victory site. There are some very beautiful areas and sights on the Great Lakes. Cleveland has a really nice waterfront area. Georgian Bay Thunder Bay are scenic. I don't think any of the cruises are worth their asking price. I hope they manage to stay afloat.

[detmsp]

I wonder how many of these sailing will actually dock in Detroit. From the website:

the M/V Victory I will call on Windsor, Ontario, known as The City of Roses, or Detroit, Michigan, known as the “Motor City”, depending on port schedules.

[gumby]

I make very little, it was sarcasm.



Some are, some aren't. I've sailed most of the routes listed on the Victory site. There are some very beautiful areas and sights on the Great Lakes. Cleveland has a really nice waterfront area. Georgian Bay Thunder Bay are scenic. I don't think any of the cruises are worth their asking price. I hope they manage to stay afloat.

Gotcha, it can be hard to detect sarcasm on the internet. I have cruised out of Boston and New Orleans and both ports have left something to be desired.

[O3H]

My guess is that all the tourist "traps" are nice, decent, pleasant.

I went to the Bahamas years ago on a cruise.
Took a special taxi ride, to other side of the island,
where ordinary island people lived. Driver was happy $$.
Rough shacks, hard living - but some awesome home cooked meals,
from little old grandmas at local spots around town.
I had no interest in the casinos, I wanted to see the island !!

Similar to Detroit , we have some nice stuff,
- much of it out in the suburbs, and some pretty rough stuff too.
I don't think of Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, its in Dearborn.
https://goo.gl/maps/sf75JrFFt6E2
The Royal Eagle [[aka Russian Tea Room) is in HarperWoods
https://goo.gl/maps/xpuk9XWmUUM2

[Honky Tonk]

Gotcha, it can be hard to detect sarcasm on the internet. I have cruised out of Boston and New Orleans and both ports have left something to be desired.

Never been to N'Orleans, but Boston's Ok. Don't forget, other then the contrived "Detroit Port Authority" most old city ports were designed to receive and ship goods via waterways. Even in the Virgin Islands, the cruise ship ports are designed with a touristy flare, but if you go to any of the actual working ports, that receive and ship cargo, they're more rudimentary.

[kathy2trips]

Gotcha, it can be hard to detect sarcasm on the internet. I have cruised out of Boston and New Orleans and both ports have left something to be desired.

Yeah, I can testify N'awlins = Not So Nice. We can do better.

[O3H]

Muskegon has been ahead of the curve with the Great Lakes cruise ship industry.
The city’s tourism board had pushed for the construction of a dock some 20 years ago, and it’s currently looking where to establish a second port for larger ships.

DETROIT - not so much, can't seem to figure out it has waterfront up the whazoo

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2019/0...and-passengers