Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / December 2007

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

wishing EVERYONE a very safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR,and to all
cruising,smooth seas,and a fantastic voyage.
surfer e 2468
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To Whom It May Concern:
We received this information from the trades and thought it would be of
interest to this newsgroup as well.
Happy sailing,

I received this letter from Dondra Ritzenhaler of Azamara 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 have just posted an interview that I did with Ray Rouse talking
about the differences between cruising on QM2 and other ships.
http://www.beyondships.com/QM2-Rouse.html  Ray was the first cruise
director on Sovereign of the Seas and many other Royal Caribbean ships

As a lot of you know, my mom passed away almost 2 years ago. We buried her
on my 35th birthday. This past Feb I was cruising for my birthday so I've
decided I want to make it an annual thing. Whether alone, with Jarrod or
with friends.

Cleanliness precautions:
1) NCL Crown
2) Maasdam
3) Grandeur

I was on Noordam recently and have now greatly expanded my photo tour
of this attractive ship.   http://www.beyondships.com/HAL-Noordam-Tour1.html
I hope you enjoy it.

Anyone have any personal knowledge of the Carnival Miracle?  Looking
into a family cruise in July of next year (8 day out of NYC).  Looking
for feedback.  Thanks.

I just published my book on my life working and living on one of the
largest cruise ships in the world (Carnival's M.S. Ecstasy).
For more information go to:  www.lulu.com/content/1082309
Here is brief description:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=679082
~ Peri

Over and over again we see report of people complaining about delay or
rerouting of ships.  Well, I read this report about how some people
handle this Norwegian Cruise and should be held up as a shining
example that a day on a cruise ship is always better than a day at

Here we are looking forward to and counting down to our cruise on Jan
10th and being very concerned.  Due to Thanksgiving and all the various
holiday parties and dinners we have been packing on the pounds.  Our New
Year's resolution is to go back to our healthy eating life style ...

I am surprised that none of our resident press release posters
have posted this but given that I've now heard the story twice
on the local news I figured I would share the info. Perhaps
someone here would like to get a Ritz-Carlton room and host a

Taking the Neice on a cruise. She's 10 yrs old.  The wife and I would like
to do a couple days of diving.  Does NCL (Spirit to be exact) offer day
programs I can drop the kid off at?