Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / February 2007

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To Whom It May Concern:
We came across this information in the trades and thought it would be
of
interest to this newsgroup as well.

We just finished the 10 day cruise Jan 26 to Feb 5 on the TP. It was
awesome. I want to thank everyone for their suggestions as it made the trip
a lot better.
I can also lay some myths and questions about French Polynesia to rest.

Or is this group exclusively American?

This is not a slight on TA's. They do valuable work but I ask a
legitimate question to the group - why should experienced cruisers,
people like me, bother?
Long story but here's the details:

To Whom It May Concern:
We came across this information in the trades and thought it would be of
interest to this newsgroup as well.
Happy sailing,

We have booked the Crown Princess departing out of NY this summer for
a 9-day trip with stops in Bermuda (West End), Grand Turk, San Juan
Puerto Rico and St. Thomas.
We have cruised once before (10 years ago), and this time we are

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,

We're sailing out of NY this weekend and caught a blurb on this morning's
news that the ice was getting so bad in NY harbor that they had cancelled
the ferries.  Will this affect our cruise?  We're sailing on the Norweigian
Spirit.  Hopefully she big and strong enough to make it ...

Hi someone told me the Empress of the seas will be gone next
year .They told him it was for sale .He was just on her they said
there will be a new ship doing the ports she's doing now .I don"t
think they are going to sell her out right .But put her with maybe

Travel Agents are treated differently than the rest of us. And the
reason is simple: The travel industry is a 4 trillion dollar a year
business!
With that kind of money being spent on travel, you can just imagine

Hello everyone I Found This
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In my very unscientific observations, I have noticed that there
are very few solo pleasure travelers even fewer who are high end
travelers.
When I talk about solo pleasure travelers I am not talking about

Our little group's Constellation transatlantic voyage in April ends in
Southampton, England. Where is the best location to obtain British Pounds
for US Dollars?  Is there an ATM at the Southampton pier?
We will be visiting the port of Cornwall, England, before Southampton...Has

Steve and I were at Pier 39 in SF to welcome the Queen Mary 2 on her first
visit to the Port of San Francisco.
At the risk of reinforcing cliches...
She made her grand entrance under the Golden Gate Bridge about 45 minutes