Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / April 2007

Embarkation
    We used the Xpress pass system that came via email and it ran very
smoothly. We handed over the Xpress pass, passports, credit card which
were verified and off we went. Time from dropping off our luggage to

Is it just me or are all the cruise lines improving?
It seems to me that starting sometime late last year that the number
of negative reviews started to drop off.
I am not talking about the trolls, I mean people posting their

Hi all again
We will be in Fort Lauderdale next week before our cruise on the Coral
Princess. We were hoping to make to an eatery on Las Olas Blvd. Seems
like it should be easy to get the location from our hotel (Sheraton

I received this press release from Princess 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 returned yesterday from an 11 day cruise on the Zenith.  By the 3rd
day we started to see what appeared to be extra cleaning aboard the
ship.  This escalated from there to the point of not being allowed to
get even a glass of water for ourself or use a salt shaker.  Everything

Are taxis available at Hawaii crise ship ports?

welcome to discuss about these pictures after looking.
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I received this press release from the 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,

I want to first thank everyone who took the time to respond to my
original post.  100% of the feedback was useful and informative.  For
those who didn't read or see it I was asking for help and information on
Cruising vs.  All Inclusive.  Was it going to be as satisfying an

I received this press release from the Cruise Lines International
Association (CLIA) 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,

Hi, RTC'ers,
This week, the Royal Caribbean fairy waved her magic wand and granted me and
a guest (my husband) a complimentary sailing on one of the pre-inaugural
voyages of the Liberty of the Seas! We'll be aboard a 2-night "cruise to

Family and I may plan to take a east carribean cruise with air soon
(less than 60 days).  Any advice on which islands are best to see?  Is
the carnival cruise too wild for say 55+ old parents traveling with
their college age kids (I mean for the parents not the kids <grin>) ?

I received this press release from NCL 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 brother works in Seattle and one of his drinking buds is a ship
movement coordinator at the port.
  "Being a ship movement coordinator brings some interesting story.
Pier 56 is one of the two cruise ship piers in Seattle. Apparently

We'll be sailing out of Cape Liberty in October and again in February,
so I'm beginning to research transfers to the port.  We'll be flying
into Newark at least a day or two before the cruises and probably be
staying at one of the hotels located at EWR.  We also plan on staying