Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / December 2007

Airline research: wanted travellers for business purposes
Are you sometimes travelling by airlines for business purposes? If
yes, we are looking for you!
For a research of the University of Leuven (Belgium) we want to ask

I'm interested in working as a photographer on a cruise liner for 6
months.
I'm looking for advice from people who have worked as a photographer
on a cruise job before.

Any groups where I can meet singles for an upcoming cruise? Peace and
Hugs,Charlie

The cutting of the Norway/Blue Lady has started. In the pics you can see
the bow cut away. It is sad to look at those pics, as I remember the the
time I sailed on her!!!

We`re looking at a March Break  Carnival cruise (last cruise was Nov
2004).
What`s new in 3 years....
Is WiFi available on (any of the) ships...

Looking for 'need to know', 'lessons learned', and/or 'words of wisdom'
concerning a mid February cruise on the Carnival Destiny from San Juan.  I
am taking my bride of almost 44 years on her 65th birthday.  We have cruised
on a number of other ships but never on Carnival and not ...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/11/27/antarctica.tourism.ap/index.html
<snip>
But the Antarctic's blinding sleet, fog, high winds and treacherous seas
-- even in the October-to-April summer when cruise ships flock to the

Did the ship that was listing so badly last week down in Antartica sink? I
saw a lot of media reports and pictures about the ship, but none taken of
the ship going under.

I am about to publish my book about working and living on one of the
largest cruise ships in the world, Carnival Cruise Line's M.S.
Ecstasy.
My book talks about my wacky job search that landed me an Assistant

I received this press release from Cunard UK 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,

anyone know of this ship and what is on it? if you have been on it
please tell me what you th ought of it..
   Do they  have lots of things to do on board? (movies, golfing,
arcades ...?????)

My travel wall charger for my cell phone broke on a trip not too long
ago and I didn't feel like getting another cheap one off eBay. So I
did some research and spliced together a common USB data transfer wire
and a spare 12v car charger cable for my Sony Ericcson.

We're renting a Dollar van in Orlando, then dropping it off in Tampa
before our cruise.  The scheduled drop-off place is the Tampa airport,
but if there is a place more convenient to the PIER, we'd appreciate
knowing about it.  Does Dollar have a drop-off for rentals at the pier? ...

The following is my review of our recent Canada-New England cruise on the
Constellation.  Please bear in mind that this was our first experience with
Celebrity Cruises, and it is written from the point-of-view of a 10x
repeater on Holland-America line:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/23/antarctica.ship/index.html
More than 150 people have abandoned a sinking cruise liner that struck
an object in Antarctic waters, Britain's Coast Guard said.
Media reports said the ship, believed to be the MV Explorer, was going