My best friend and I have decided to make this cruise our big trip for next year! We've never been on a cruise before, nor to the UK/Ireland (though we've literally been talking about visiting since we were 13, circa 1999). I've never been out of the states actually. So many firsts, so I'm a little nervous. Excited overall though!
Our tentative plan is to fly in to Heathrow on 28th-29th August, stay and explore London for a day or two (we're history nerds) before heading down to Dover on the 1st to explore around there a bit before the cruise.
We were originally trying to plan a 16-day trip to just England, Scotland, or Ireland, but we couldn't choose! So we thought since neither of us had been before, this cruise might be a good way to get a small taste of everything so we can better plan for a longer trip the following year.