Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / November 2007

Dear fellow cruisers,
We will board HAL Noordam on Dec 22 in NYC for a 14night cruise to the
Carribean. Our hotel for the night prior to the cruise is Hilton
Garden Inn on 790, 8th Av. (48the St.). Where is the cruise terminal

When we booked our very first cruise vacation to Cozumel on Carnival
Ecstasy, we were offered a free shore excursion. As it turns out, it
is snorkeling tickets for two at Blue Angel Dive Shop and they will
pay for taxi fare also.

Since I'm taking the Norwegian Jade on its (2nd) inaugural voyage ...
I was curious to see how they were changing the ship from Hawaian to
European cruises ... as near as I can figure out from sister ships ...
the casino area presently has about 40-45 cabins in the area the

Briefly this is my family's story.
In 2005 we purchased 2 separate travel agencies. The owner of one of
them took the ongoing accounts and sent a fax to all travel suppliers
stating that he had NOT sold his business but "merely moved" (this fax

Does anyone have any opinion as to what would be a
reasonable response time to expect from a major
cruise line's Passenger Services Department to a
mailed letter?