Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / November 2004

nytimes.com
November 28, 2004
CORRESPONDENT'S REPORT
A Cruise Line Starts to Clean Up After Itself

Anyone booked on this sailing?  It's a 7-day Western Caribbean cruise out of
Ft. Lauderdale.
I'm looking forward to trying a line other than the "big boys" like
Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Princess.  MSC is relatively new to North

Well, it looks like we're not going to be able to linger on the ship too
long after our cruise ends in Ft. Lauderdale so we'll have over four
hours on our hands after we disembark.
I queried American Airlines and they informed me that we can check our

Hi, has anyone traveled to China? Any suggestions on best way to go,
when? We'd like to go to Bejing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. I've heard
part of a trip such as this could involve a cruise on the Yantsze (sp?)
River. Any info would be appreciated.Thanks

I received this press release from the National Maritime Museum and
thought it would be of interest.  I was fortunate enough to spend a
full day earlier this year and would encourage everyone to visit the
next time your travels take you to the London area.  If you have

I reviewed everything else separately, but wanted to give food it's
own review.
First off, I love the freestyle cruising - no set times for dinner,
which is really helpful. It gave us a lot of flexibility - something

Looking for good restaurant to dine the night before sailing. (Dec.21)
Thanks

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

In the middle of October I checked several travel agents for prices on
an outside cabin on the Diamond Princess for the 10-day sailing on
Dec. 29. In every case, the best I could do was book an HH-Guaranteed
outside cabin with obstructed view (view obstructed by lifeboats) on

We're trying to trade a timeshare for a land vacation with my sister, and
are having no luck. We're continuing to try until mid January for a week in
late Feb to early March.
But if we don't come up with a hit, my husband and I are considering strongly

First I would like to thank everyone for the information I received in my
previous post.
We have narrowed it down to two cruise lines - Royal Caribbean - Hubbard
Glacier & Holland America - Glacier Bay and Tracey Arm.

I'm planning my next cruise and have some questions about wheelchair use on
different lines. We have been on three previous cruises: Celebrity Zenith
Western Caribbean, Carnival Sensation Eastern Caribbean and Celebrity
Horizon Ultimate Caribbean (11 nights). We really enjoyed ...

We are sailing on the RCCL  Grandeur of The Seas out of NOLA on December 18.
Is it true that you can purchase a bottle of liqueur on the ship and pay
extra to take it to your cabin.
We are going to the Western Caribbean, so is it safe to say that the day

I just returned today from the NCL Dawn. Overall, an extremely
enjoyable cruise. Prior to this, I have only sailed on Celebrity.
Embarkation - my husband is in a wheelchair (quite a few health
problems, so he can't walk or stand for any long length of time). As

you know, there's never enough time in Port to do all the activities.
WHat do people on this group think of maybe a ship spending two full
days in two ports during a cruise - maybe pull out to sea at night so
the casinos can open, and then return to the same port the next day,