Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / January 2007

I just confirmed with RCCL that they no longer allow wine to be carried
aboard and consumed at dinner with a corkage fee.
This is very disappointing, as one of the pleasures of sailing particularly
in Europe was the finding of rare wines ashore and then sharing them with

Today marks a first for the Panama Canal with 7 cruise ships transiting
the canal.
We Have Coral Princess transiting Gatun Locks /Lake only.
We have Seabourn Legend, Seabourn Pride, Ryndam, Prinsendam, Minerva II,

BlankHas anyone booked or had river cruise w/ AMADEOUS WATERWAYS  OR   AVALON  WATERWAYS  CRUISE CO'S???  
Any & all comments(positive/negative) of either or both of these companys will be appreciated.
Thanxxxxx........................Rudy//////////

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Hello, my wife and I will be traveling this February 24th aboard NCL's
Majesty out of Charleston.  We will be flying into CHS and arriving around
noon (ship leaves at 4:00).  From what I've been able to research, it looks
like the distance from the airport to the port is around ...

This one for the Feb. 4 Jewel of the Seas, 6 days Western Caribbean
round-trip FLL.
Dad's and my first RCCL after 4 previous Princesses and a HAL.  First
ever cruise for my sister and 16-year-old niece.

I vaguely remember an earlier thread that some of the ships go
(maybe went) to an alternative dock that is sorta out of the way. Does
anyone know where the ship stops?  Thanks

To Whom It May Concern:
Since so many 'Press Releases' seem to be circulated with related contact
information deleted, I thought it may be good to periodically list the
contact numbers and/or Websites to all the major cruise lines as a

I've noticed a discrepency in how Expedia rates the Tahitian vs. the
Pacific Princess.  The Tahitian gets 4 stars while the Pacific gets 5
stars.  As best as I can figure out, both of them are sister ships and
are the former R3 and R4 of the Renaissance line.  We've travelled on

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I see that the Celebrity Century gained something
called a Persian Garden
in the spa area.  What is a Persian Garden?

We went to Playa Uvas a few weeks ago and loved it!! Our excursion
through Carnival was cancelled while we were on the ship and we only
showed up here because of the cab drivers recommendation.
We were greeted by Carmen and she explained all the options. We chose

Just curious if you had to pick one over the other which would it be??
Chops or Portofino??? I know its all about preference of Italian over
meat and potatoes but any info would be wonderful!
Thanks!!

I received this press release from Carnival 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,

Anyone know of any antiviral products we can take on cruise to protect
from Norovirus?  The anti-bacterial hand sanitizers (alcohol based) are
noted to be innefective for virus.