Don't know about pricing for you mate but on-line prices from Glasgow for next year on the Dream are very expensive for 2 adults and a kid - advising they have only larger cabins available and we need to pay a supplement of £600 !!! - unjustifiable for me unfortunately

Have said it many times, and I repeat, there is far better value on newer ships with much more up-to-date facilities than Thomson can offer. It used to be that Thomson had 2 main competitors Island and Ocean Village and sometimes price deals were realistic. That competition no longer exists, with Thomson already taking over Island Escape and (for next year) the demise of Ocean Village. There will be no realistic pricing from thomson in that scenario, and they delude some into believing that the AI deal is a good one!

Try the NCL Jade out of Barcelona/Palma or the NCL Gem out of Venice....much better, in my view.

i hear what you are saying but RCI IOFS is only £300 less than Thomson for full-board , plus i have to travel from Glasgow to Southampton which is an additional cost , plus i don't have a drinks package on board , makes RCI far too pricey for me (plus you have the 15% service charge on everything as well), plus the amount of people i've heard complaining about losing a couple of days of there holiday due to rough seas in the Bay of Biscay has been unbelieavable this year - we like the sun , hence why departing from Palma is great for us - i know , i know you can't compare a Thomson Ship to the Indepenance of the Seas , but it's not all about flow riders and climbing walls.

Recognise the Bay thing, but the ships I mention are NCL and go from the Med. You can always get realistic deals on USA sites at far lower prices than the UK and do your own flights. We live 23 miles from Glasgow airport and 30 miles from Edinburgh airport and nearly always do our own flights. Another option for Barcelona is to go directly from Newcastle with Easyjet.

Provided your travel dates are outwith the school (English dates) holidays, there are really good deals come up if you can wait till about 2 or 3 months out. If you want further details, then PM me with your e-mail address and I will get in touch.

Hope you can get something suitable.

We did Voyager this year with RCI from Barcelona the cruise was fantastic, a gem of a ship.
booked our flights early with BA from Heathrow £276 return for the 3 of us,had a few days pre cruise
in Barcelona made it a good start to the holiday,looking forward to our next RCI cruise next March
annx

We are stuck to going in the Easter school holidays so if we want to go to the Caribbean there are few companies aimed at the British market that we can go for - P&O have headed back to the Med. Before Thomson started going to the Caribbean, and we sailed on Mariner of the Seas with RCI and this year we sailed on Destiny. Thomson works out MUCH cheaper overall! We flew direct with Thomson and didn't have to suffer a missed connection and spend an uncomfortable night in Atlanta! Balcony cabins are very cheap on Mariner of the Seas and we couldn't afford one on Destiny, but we hardly used it on Mariner due to the chain smokers either side! We had such a good holiday we have booked again - 1200 each for AI, outside cabin on 4/5, premium seats from Manchester. No doubt someone will have found a better deal but I thought this was a good price.

Booked for next July for Celebration on 31/8 got the AI. £338 following day.

If you phone Portland Holidays (Thomson's direct selling arm), you will get a cheaper price than Thomson's online prices for cruises.

I tried this originally they came back £200 more expensive than the internet price when i advised them of this they matched the price and advised i'd be better to book through them rather than the internet as you have a person you can talk to directly if you book with them,

Currently have managed to beat down a Thomson TA down by £150 on the net price with Thomson's throwing the insurance as well , they don't seem to be budging beyond that so we'll probably book that deal tomorrow

It must vary then, because we saved £100 per person approx with Portland, which is a lot when there's four of you!

Have you tried 'Cruise1st' online? They seem to do a lot of Thomson offers.

We booked the spirit for 2010 last June/July - I got Internet price then rang thomsons who matched. The girl who gave me the price then offered to ring Portland (I would have done that anyway ) and we got a price 200 pounds cheaper per person and we got AI. Even she was surprised how much cheaper it was and said we had got lucky on a special offer. Needless to say we booked!

Booked Celebration July 2010 in Turkey. 1st week Boat and 2nd week 5* Belcekis in Olu Dunez.
Internet prices were well over the top. Phone them up.
Got 2 Adults and 1 child (11) for 3200 (inside cabin) All Inclusive on the Boat and Hotel for 2 weeks.
Now I thinks thats a good deal.
Unless someone knows different !!

Colin - Northern Ireland