Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / April 2004

Considering an Alaska Cruisetour in September. Has anyone had experience at
that time of the year? Also looking for recent comments or reviews on the
Sun Princess.

Hello... Is there a way one can get the Cruise lines (Specifically HAL)
to treat couples travelling together as separate individuals?  ...My
Mother has come along with me on the cruises I have taken in the last
few years. Without fail on our arrival, the beds are always made up for

I am very sorry to see the Royal go.  She is a wonderful ship.  Here's the link
to entire article:
http://www.princess.com/news/article.jsp?newsArticleId=na667
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Any news????

For those of you interested, I have uploaded a dozen or so photos of the Ems
transfer of Royal Caribbean's brand new & beautiful Jewel of the Seas,
including a number of interior shots.
My photos are now online in the Photo of the Week section of Passenger Ship

Does anyone have any personal knowledge of the Amtrak shuttle between Seattle
and Vancouver? We are flying into Seattle but sailing out of Vancouver. While
looking for transportation to Vancouver, I came across the ad for Amtrak.
Thanks in advance,

Is anyone watching the very choppy video of Jill Whelan's wedding?

Hello... I just returned from the 7 day Sea of Cortez cruise on the
Ryndam. --San Diego return-- Mar 20th to 27th. 2004.
We arrived in San Diego on Mar. 19th, and had requested a front room at
the Holiday Inn located just across from the pier. We were subsequently

Good morning all,
    I'm looking at April 2005 cruises, going to be in Florida for a
conference any ways, so I was looking at Princess and Royal Caribbean.
Went into www.mytravel.com (found out sold and it pointed to another

I have booked a balcony stateroom on Deck 7 (Category E3) on the Brilliance
of the Seas for the transatlantic crossing on Apr 30.
I read somewhere (i think it was cruisecritic.com) that these rooms don't
get much sun because of some sort of overhang of the tenders. Is this true?

My wife and I just returned from a seven day cruise.Mar.20-Mar27.We
have cruised 30 times in the last 10 years. This was the first time on
Princess. We were very disappointed. The anytime dining was a
disaster. We were told that we could not be seated in their

Can anyone tell me why the Caribbean Princess Webcam still shows the Port of
Everglades?  Wasn't she supposed to leave on her maiden (revenue) voyage
yesterday?  Maybe everyone's a little hungover from the partying and all :)

A young lady on our last cruise bought a shell necklace from a vendor in Grand
Cayman.  She wore it for a while, then her neck started itching, so took it off.
The rash she developed got worse, and to make a long story short, she had
contacted scabies.  Scabies is a mite that will ...

Could this mean that Carnival/Cunard finally figured out that a Vista Class
ship is not suitable for Cunard? Maybe they are finally seeing the big
picture? No word on *if* the "new" QUEEN VICTORIA will be an entirely new
class of ship. We only know she will be "enhanced".

I received this press release from Cunard and thought it would be of
interest.  If you have missed any of my news' postings, they are
available on my web site.  
Best regards,