Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / June 2004

I received this press release from Seabourn 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,

My daughter,wife and I, are going to Cayman via Carnival Conquest.
What are the best excursions for non scuba divers?

Hi, everyone!
I love cruising and I am so happy that a travel agency franchise has
offered me a "position" as a "cruise consultant".
However, I have to pay almost $650 "tuition" for a week's training in

HAL provides it's suite passengers with
dry cleaning and laundry service for free.
Has ayone ever had any clothes fixed or made smaller or larger, by the
ship's tailors? Was there a charge for suite passengers?

I just got a call from Sam at Peter's office and he informs me they
have gotten 2 more cabins allocated from NCL for the $1199~ rate for
singles/solo
The original 4 cabins are all sold.

Princess intrigues me with their occasional deep discounts on 2-3 week
cruises.  Currently I'm looking at a 15-day trans-canal cruise.
My concern is about repetition of food and entertainment.  When I've
taken different Princess cruises too close together, I see the same

Powerful Earthquake Jolts Alaska
.c The Associated Press
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - A powerful earthquake jolted Alaska panhandle residents
out of their sleep early Monday, but no significant damage was reported,

I am thinking of booking the Carnival Spirit for Dec 2005.  Has anyone
cruised the Mexican Riviera at this time?  Are the seas rougher then in the
Caribbean?  Is the weather relatively warm in San Diego this time of year?
Thanks for your help.

Ray, when you get the chance, have a look at this would you?  How will this
impact the cruise lines?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040630/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/por
t_security_4

The Golden Princess was our habitat for the week of June 13 - 20.  It
was our second Princess cruise and we chose this one for the date,
itinerary and cost over the Adventure of the Seas, which was parked
right behind us in San Juan and we saw later in St. Thomas. We had been

Snorkeling Report
For all Snorkelers and for Tom Kanitra's Website:
http://www.cruisereviews.com/info/snorkeling.htm
Crandon Park Bear Cut Preserve State Park, Cay Biscayne, Florida (Port

I always await Jeans trip report, its like mail from a long lost cousin, (5
times removed, of course) Jean I love your reports.....keep them up, and
write a cruise report book, maybe for the New York Times, maybe they will
give you a few $$$$$

Where is this cruise going?    --   Joyce

On my last cruise from Miami, we booked a hotel stay through Royal
Caribbean.  We placed luggage tags on our bags when we left home.  RCI
collected and stored our cruise-tagged baggage and delivered them to our
cabin.  Is this still done?  This trip, we booked our own filight on

Will anyone in this newsgroup be cruising tahiti on July 15th?