Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / December 2006

I received this press release from Royal Caribbean 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 wife and I are booked on it for 3/31/07.
But I have some concerns after reading this thread at Cruise Critic:
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=444711
Anybody have any comments about this?

A very happy new year to everyone,and to all going on a cruise,smooth
sailing,and be sure to sanitize your hands. Be careful eating,and
drinking ashore,Some times they are not very sanitary, Wishing everyone
lots of prosperity,and health in the on coming years

Has anyone traveled on the Mariner of the Seas? We will be going at the end
of January on the Western Caribbean. This will only be our second sailing on
Royal Caribbean we previously traveled on Carnival. This is about our 8th
cruise and we are going for our 10th wedding ...

I am looking for some recommendations on things to do between
disembarking from the Coral Princess at Port Everglades and an 8:30pm
at MIA and Saturday April 28, 2007. We had thought about doing a
Everglades tour, but will only last for part of the day. Any other

I got my cruise documents and spent some time reviewing this weekend.  I
noticed that we had 25 minutes to switch planes in Memphis.   This made me
quite nervous as I've missed connections with a greater window.  We are
flying out of Des Moines in January, so no counting on the ...

I just got off a cruise on the Legend yesterday. I was on the ship last
November and we had Lenny Halliday. This time it's brent. A look here
http://www.carnivalentertainment.com/now_playing.aspx
Shows that I guess he's not with carnival anymore. Does anyone know if

Hello Group:
 Need your expert help.  First-timer here, and would like
recommendations for fun family cruise out of Long Beach or San Diego.
Two children ages 6 & 11.  I believe a 5-7 day trip would be best.  Any

A little side note,the immigration you must attend in st.thomas was a
snap,they have it so organized,we were in and out in less than 5
minuets,they even have a time schedule for people so you know just about
when you are to be there.They go by the first letter in your last name

Much as I hate to use this forum for personal messages I have to resort
to it now.  Jean, please send me your email address so I can send you
my comments on the Celebrity Constellation as you requested.
Bobed@concast.net.

In the "Jean O'Boyle" thread, Martin wrote,

Another Christmas has come, and gone.
Where is Louise?  She usually shows up at this time of year, but not, so
far, this year.
OK  Who's hiding her?  :-)

What a great cruise.  I can't say enough good things about the ship, the
staff, the food.  Most of our cruises have been on RCCL and Celebrity
and we picked this one (our first on HAL) primarily because of the New
York departure.  I think we may be converts.  I may eventually ...

Well we made it,and the cruise was fantastic,we had such a good
time,want to tell anyone that hasboked a cruise on the "VOLENDAM" you
will not be disappointed,the ship is kept in immaculate condition,and
the bed's are so comfortable,nice soft mattresses,and the pillow's are