Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / January 2005

I wonder if anyone has any listings for companies who deliver gifts and
liquor to  ships while in us ports, prior to departure.
there are a few companies in miami; unfortunantly, I can't think of the
name of the one I used on my prior cruise, and I'd sure like to get the

So, we booked a cruise thru RCI ( Jewel of the Seas) last year and booked
our own air thru Triple A.
Now, I opened up my air tickets and found...arrrggghhh....US AIRWAYS tickets
for January 23rd!!!  THE DAY OF SAILING!!!

We are a family of 13 - 8 adults and 5 small children (all under age 7)
- that have a choice of a Pacific Coastal Cruise on either the
Norwegian Star or the Sapphire Princess.  Both have the same ports of
call and both are the same length of time.  Can anyone give us a

This is sort of a re-post of a question I posed a few days ago and
didn't get much of an answer.  What kind of dancing opportunities will
we find on Caribbean­ Princess?  We're mid-fifties, like to do all the
dances we've learned i­n our ballroom dance

11/28/03 we made a $200 on our Thanksgiving E Carib cruise.  We did not
choose an itinerary, what we call a TBS cruise.  All we were given was
a 4x5 piece of paper with my husband's name, our stateroom number $200
on it.  NOTHING ELSE received or mailed to our home.

Today's NYTimes weekly travel round-up features three articles on cruising.
"Hog Heaven on the High Seas" is a particularly fun, eye-opening piece about
RCI teaming up with Harley enthusiasts for bring-your-bike-aboard cruises
aboard the Explorer of the Seas. The second article ...

I'm planning a first cruise for my extended family.  (Alaska Aug 2005)
At this point I have the pre-cruise land trip pretty much planned.
Transportation is all worked out.
We have a plan for what cruise line excursions we are planning on, as

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Just returned from a RCCL cruise to the caribbean on the "Rhapsody of
the Seas" and will be brief as possible.
We flew from Boston to Houston, TX on Continental & I must say they did
everything possible to make our flight comfortable including an over

To those of you who knew her from her postings here for many years, Jill
from Seattle, died the evening of December 26th..  We were just recently
notified as her daughter- in- law, Liz, did not know whom to notify...She
found her contact list on her computer and she wanted Jill's ...

If anyone is interested in seeing the Pictures of the VIking group cruise they
are on our website front page to the left-
See if you can find TOm and Charles! and there is othets  that lurk alot on
this forum.

I've participated in discussions about smuggling booze aboard the ship (I
know, yawn...you heard this a bazillion times).  I decided to ask NCL to
have some liquor set up in our 2 connecting cabins (four adults) on the
Norwegian Star, when we board her Feb 9.  For those who may ...

We are booked on the Pride of America Panama Canal trip in June.  We
read that they have started training the crew - can anyone confirm
this?  Also, any recent pics out there on her progress?
Anyone else on that sailing?

Someone needs to loose weight and the other needs new choppers.
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Booking a return flight from Port Canaveral via Orlando. The flight is at
12:35, otherwise the next available is 7 pm. Is that cutting it too close
debarking, driving to Orlando, catching the plane?