Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / December 2006

I am looking at my options to get to a Celebrity departure port without
flying.  The only practical option is to cruise from Cape  Liberty in New
Jersey.  I can take Amtrak from Chicago to New York.
How bad is cross country travel on Amtrak?  I have only used it for trips

from 10 days on the Sun Princess in the Caribbean.
No virus problems, no travel problems.
We even took a chance and bought our booze at one of the cheapest places in
the Caribbean  A.H. Riise in St. Thomas and wrapped the box in bubble wrap

Myself and a group 19 were on the Carnival Miracle doing the wester
Caribbean cruise. I have to say that the cruise staff were very nic
in every way. When we stopped at the Belize port we decided to boo
the cave tubing and zip line canopy tour wit

Hope everyone is having fun getting ready for the different holidays.
Well, I guess I have gone an put my foot in my mouth again and
volunteered to chair the Committee for the GGC2008.
There are some interesting iten's in Jan and Feb of 2008, and some of

We just returned from our Sapphire Princess, 16-day cruise from Xingang,
China to Singapore (2006.11.27 - 2006.12.13).
As first time cruisers, we are not 'hooked' on cruising as many said we
would be.  We were both disappointed from the beginning to the end.  As our

Hi.  I am taking a Princess Cruise next year from San Francisco to
Alaska.  I have been thinking about ditching my cell phone and getting
a Globalstar satellite phone.   Has anyone had any experience with
Globalstar using them them along the west coast and Alaska?

Does anyone know or have any idea why a cruise ship is anchored off
Ft. Lauderdale?  The ship has been there for about 5 days now and hasn't
moved.  At night it is fully lit but even the locals don't know whats
going on with it.  We were unable to read the name and there was no logo

Arrived today, the classy envelope from HAL with our Volendam cruise
documents   They used to come in navy leather Velcro closing envelopes with
windows for passports and IDs but today's was a lovely royal blue padded one
of fine fabric embossed with the HAL insignia all.  HAL ...

We'll be cruising on the Jewel for her one-week Eastern Caribbean
itinerary. In contrast to our usual deliberate decision-making, we
booked this cruise with remarkably little investigation. Our planned
trip over the holidays gave way to the need to move aging parents into

Me and my sisters are suprising my mom with a cruise this
christmas...but we don't have enough money yet.  If you are interested
in helping us please visit my blog...
http://thebestpresentever.blogspot.com . Thanks!  Also if anyone has

Alex a member of TheBuyersNET.com is co-ordinating ski trips to various
resorts in NH. If you are interested please contact him at
TheBuyersNET.com

Trying to decide on a suite on a good cruise (e.g., Oceania/HAL) or a
lower cabin on a higher-rated cruise (Seabourn/Silversea).  Thoughts?
Is the cabin itself as important as the itinerary?
Thank you~

Best/cheapest way to get from LAX to our Carnival Cruise port in Long
Beach??  Never been there.

Trip report:  Explorer of the Seas - 7 Day, Eastern Caribbean
Sailing Dates: Nov 26 - Dec 3, 2006
Ports:
San Juan, Puerto Rico

I received this press release from Celebrity Cruises 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,