Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / September 2005

Is there a Soft Drink program onboard
the Celebrity Summit? You buy a card /
sticker and get unlimited fountain soft
drinks.

Can anyone offer a reason as to why the Ukrainian Embassy requires a
S.S. number in addition to one's passport for a visa? Is that now a
common requirement for other countries?

Review of Caribbean Princess sailing September 17-24, 2005
Background:  Myself (50) and husband (45), veteran cruisers (Royal
Caribbean, NCL, Carnival, Princess)
We arrived two days precruise.  Rented a car for a day and drove over

"Brownie" of FEMA was in an all-fired hurry to make this deal, now the
pols are having second thoughts.  From L.A. Times:
http://tinyurl.com/cghbu
User:  latimes@spam.la

I was wondering if anyone had some thoughts on a voyage we are
considering with our 10 month old baby.  We'd like to take our dream
cruise with our dream itinerary on our dream ship.  We've been trying
to take this trip for years but something always happens.  In short,

From Florida Today:
http://tinyurl.com/ctsw9
"On Saturday, the Disney Magic will start a two-week dry-dock period for
upgrades at the Norshipco Shipyard in Norfolk, Va.  During that dry

Hi, I am hoping you fine folks can clear something up for me.
I have a Western Caribbean cruise booked a month away, and am looking
to use an external vendor (likely Shoretrips) to book excursions.  I am
trying to determine the time differences for my two ports and getting

I received this press release from Crystal 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,

I received this press release from Crystal 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,

Fortune Magazine has a listing of the corporate America donations to the
Katrina Relief Effort.
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,1109843,00.html?promoid=yahoo
Missing off the list are Royal Caribbean and Carnival.  So much for our

Hi Group,
We have a Lido deck room Cat BA on the Sapphire Princess through an upgrade.
I was wondering how that area is since it shares a deck with the pools.  We
have never been on a Princess ship.

Am I the only person here that has ever cruised on the Carnival Victory??
Am I the only person here that saw a soda machine on that ship?  Apparently
I am.  Therefore, before you go and say I'm nuts or don't know what I'm
talking about, give Carnival Cruise lines a call for ...

I, recently heard someone mention that Princess Lines are owned by
Carnival Lines?  Not knowing if this was true, I was hoping someone
here could point me in the direction of any news articles that might
confirm this.  Thanks

We and I are looking for a ** star Ft. Lauderdale property between airport
and Port Everglades for a pre-night stay before boarding the Star Princess,
January 8th.
Any ideas?  Looking for low cost, yet clean.  Breakfast and airport/pier

there is a new group called  "Cruisers with kids" on google. Just type
in  Cruisers with kids in the google search and you will get it.