Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / August 2007

I have decided that I want to do a 10-12 day Panama Canal Cruise for my 50th
birthday in February.  I've been on 10 cruises using Carnival, Princess, RCL
and NCL (of them, RCL is my favorite by a long shot).  There seem to be so
many itineraries for this trip that my head is ...

The hurricane season usually begins June 1 and lasts through November.
If you have a cruise scheduled during the hurricane season, here's
what you need to know.
Cruise lines track hurricanes very carefully and keep their guests

Has the media reported any information regarding the damage caused by
Hurricane Dean in the port of Costa Maya? The Weather Channel reported that
the port took the eyewall of this Cat 5 storm with 165 MPH winds. So far I
have not heard and information if the pier or the town ...

We received the press release from MSC Cruises and you may be
interested. For more cruise news, please visit our website.
Regards, SteveM
CRUISE VACATION WORLD

Not too long ago I went on a short cruise from Miami to Coco Cay,
Nassau Bahamas, and Key West. The pictures from our trip are posted up
on my homepage.
http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Majesty-of-the-Seas-Cruise-Ship-Miami-Bahamas
/index.html

We received the following news release from NCL and you may be
interested.
Regards,  SteveM
CRUISE VACATION WORLD

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,

I will be in Barcelona also in September  I leave for my Cruise on
11Sep07 actually leaving US on the 9th and staying in venice, and we
end in Barcelona on the 18th and will stay there overnight . We are
taking the Ship tour from the ship and it ends at the airport where we

Some friends want to take a Carribbean cruise next June.  All are
couples except for 3 of us.  The 3 would like to share one cabin.  Is
there a better cruise line for 3 in a room?  We'd even go for a balcony
room that had a sofa that could be used as a bed, to get a little more

To Whom It May Concern:
We received this information from The Queen Mary Foundation and thought it
would be of interest to this newsgroup as well.
Happy sailing,

I'm booked on a Princess Coastal Cruise with a stop in Astoria, Oregon.
Does anyone have any info on things to visit or do in this port?
I have been on many cruises ... but never to this port.
Any assistance would be appreciated since I have never visited this area.

Todays paper showed a picture of people standing in a line that went all
the way around the corner and down the block.  Folks waiting to board
the Miracle and sail on her new itinerary.  No Belize, Grand Cayman or
Cozumel......instead they will do Nassau and Key West.  One other ...

I was trying to e-mail my entry for the Princess photo contest
advertised in the Captain's Circle Quarterly, but I got this error
message:
"Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table (in

First; thanks to all of you who gave us advice concerning our no cabin
assignment problem on a full ship.  Special thanks to Diana Ball, our Austin
neighbor.  Problem was solved by a last minute cancellation, and we ended up
with an upgrade in cabin, but all of the advice was great.

We'll be leaving from SoCal to Hawaii in the fall and would like to
get some info on the weather.  We've done the Mexican Riviera trip and
it was very cold untill we got past Cabo so was wondering when the
temp will start to warm up?    Hopefully the Pacific will be calm!