Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / January 2008

Does anyone know what time the earlist shuttle leaves from Orlando MCO
to the Sovereign. We are flying in the night before and staying at an
airport hotel ( Not through RCCL) and I want to be at the ship the
earliest possible.

We'll be heading to London this spring, taking a flight over, spending
a few days exploring the city, then a transatlantic cruise back to the
east coast. Can anyone recommend a good private car service ?  We'll
need a full sized car or van for the two of us and all our luggage, so

We did the 4 day cruise on the Inspiration from Tampa starting on 1/10.
Friends drove in from Atlanta the day before.  We greeted them with
drinks and the Bon Voyage party began.  Other cruise buddies living in
the area brought the Sangria to go with the arroz con polla.  Before

We are a party of six (from Europe) with 3 teenagers and were on board
the HAL Noordam from Dec 22 to Jan 5 from NYC to the Southern
Caribbean and back to NYC. We flew direct Geneva-NYC and spent one day
prior to the cruise in Hilton Garden Inn on 8th Av (48 St) which was

when i first joined this group it was all about cruises. Now its about
mi5 selling shoes and other things. is there a mooniter for this group
and can he delete posts or not ?

Has anyone booked a cruise on-line rather than with a TA?  What are the
pro's - con's?
Barb

Dear Future Traveller:
Deluxe, Expensive, Moderate to Less Expensive, the choices are
limitedless,  Thinking of a Winter, or
Post-Spring Cruise to any destination, there no time like the present,

There is an interesting article written by Arthur Frommer in a Florida
newspaper about the ledger.  You can read it here
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080106/NEWS/801060364/1326
He brings up the point that some travel suppliers have stropped dealing with

Heard on a travel program about a trip you could take that did not cost
an arm & a leg. you got air to heathrow 4 free nights in london hotel &
a 5 day cruise. Found out everything except where to find out the
price,does anyone else know about this?

What cruise line hits Aruba, St. Martin, Curaco, and maybe US Virgin
Islands?
I am a frequent visitor to Aruba, been to St. Martin once, never on a
cruise, like a party boat that stops at these ports

Does anyone know if there are kids menus available in the specialty
restaurants? I'm bringing a pretty picky eater. Thank you

We are going on the NCL Gem next month, and there is a shore excursion
for the Glass Bottom Boat. The cost it $24. Is it necessary to book
this ahead of time, or will there be places we can walk off the ship
and get an outing on a glass bottom boat?

I just returned yesterday from a 9 day Caribbean on the Explorer of the
Seas. Got welcomed by a small snow storm ..... I guess I'm back in the real
world again.
This was my third cruise in the last 12 months , and my fifth overall . I've

Now that most of the cruise lines have some sort of way to produce E-tickets
instead of the traditional paper tickets, I was wondering how people feel
about E-docs in general.
To me, as a cruiser, getting the cruise documents is a part of the fun of

We are on the eve of the Viking group cruisers  WInter get together.
We will be meeting tomorrow at  PF CHANGS in NJ for a great dinner,
and I know everyone wants Lettuce Wraps! hmm should we wear our viking
hats? hahahahahahahahaha I am looking foreward to seeing everyone as I