Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / May 2004

i assume Princess uses automatic tipping added to your account?  I
Leave on the diamond one week from today and need to know if I can
plan on that or if I havr to bring extra cash???

RCCL web site still lists Lebadee on my itinerary for July
what is the replacement port?

I went on a inaugural cruise from Cape Liberty... on the Beautiful Voyager of
the Seas.....  
Below are some of my thoughts I wrote down from my cruise, This was a crusie of
Travel Agents and Worklers of the Port, firefighters . IT was a great cruise.

Not just the cruise but the ships that are most polarizing are most
likely most, if not all, Carnival ships. What other ships are
polarizing? I think some of Celebrity's ships are, especially the
Mercury due to the art, the lack of obvious "pretty" areas, the decor.

In Miami, there are large group hotels which can accommodate cruise
passengers who wish to extend their vacations pre or post-cruising
close to the Port of Miami.
We have stayed at the Deauville Beach Resort

I used various  hotel booking site but could only find one very close
and it was very expensive-$250+.We have a  6am flight and am not sure
about staying in city and getting a cab at 2-3am...Anyone  very
familar with greece  and what our best option  would be.Also what is

Cruising the Conquest out of New Orleans in May, and BW and I plan to
arrive a couple of days early to let her see The Big Easy for her first
time.  
Been looking at places to stay on hotels.com, and found Le Pavillon--it

This is just in via FAX.
The ms Ryndam voyage of 10 October 2004 has been cancelled. This was scheduled
to be a 10 day Sea of Cortez Cruise roundtrip from San Diego.
We have no information as to why this Cruise was cancelled.

I'll start with mine:
The Beach Club in Grand Cayman.  All first timers to this port should
beware when the cabbies try to bring them to this crowded dump (they get
a commission).  Just say no, and ask to be taken to a nice hotel.  My

Any recommendations on choosing between balcony cabin types on the QM2? I'm
researching options for my folks and can't decide whether it's worth getting
a balcony-type room as opposed to an inside room. It would seem like with
the QM2, one would have alot more to explore than the ...

Galaxy  4/26/ 2004 sailing
11 days from the Port of Baltimore to the Caribbean.
This was my 16th cruise. Second on Galaxy. Since it is a second review
of this ship in two years I will try to include some comparisons.

One thing I forgot to mention in my QM2 review is how fantastic the
interactive TV system is.  Up to now, VOYAGER OF THE SEAS had the best TV
system on any ship I have sailed.  Well, she has been outdone by QM2.
The TV system on QM2 lets you order wine, order shore excursions, view ...

So many superlatives have already been expressed regarding QM2 that it's not
easy adding anything new to what has already been said.  For this reason I
am not writing a full review of QM2 but rather some personal impressions of
my experience onboard.

i was up again early getting some more cruise ship pictures - this
time 'The World' and 'Oriana' were in... hope you like em.
http://www.southamptonships.com/?fuseaction=event&ship_id=7&event_id=11
cheers,

Actually, Royal Caribbean's private island stop at Labadee never went
anywhere.  The cruise line just stopped going there. <g>  Anyway,
several industry sources are reporting that Royal Caribbean will start
stopping at Labadee next week.  Voyager of the Seas, Mariner of the