Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / January 2008

I am sampath.I am new to this group.I am doing my phd in marketing in
University of Memphis,TN.
I am doing my doctoral research on customer loyalty towards amusement
parks. I thought that it might be a good idea to share relevant

I received this press release from Princess 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,

NCL Corp., parent company of Norwegian Cruise Line and NCL America,
announced the resignation of Colin Veitch from the board of directors
following the closing of a $1 billion cash equity investment by Apollo
Management. Veitch remains president and CEO of NCL and a non-voting

We will be cruising in mid April on the Carnival Fascination. Valentines
gift to my wife. We will drive to Miami. If we parked at the airport instead
of the docks is there shuttle transportation to where the ships are?
As I remember the parking by the docks was well over twenty a ...

Hello Cruise Fans.  I just wanted to try and spread the word that we opened
a new Cruise discussion board !  Please take a few minutes and check us out
at http://www.cruiseadvocate.net
Thanks!

Hi everyone, hope you all are doing great. I was curious if anyone
plans on playing in any major poker events this year? I am extrememly
excited for the World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas, NV.
For those of you that don't know there are so many more events then

I just got off a wonderful cruise, until I received my final account
statement.
Extra erroneous charges were added to my final bill.
I called the front desk and they said  that they would cancel these

Anyone going to watch these Sunday night.
The three Cunard liners will depart their respective NY area ports at
6:30 P.M. and gather by the Statue of Liberty for a fireworks show
before their return to England.

My worst nightmare has never happened and I pray it doesn't but it would
be the my ship leaving without me.  Once we're on board I can always
find something to enjoy.
~~DORY~~

hi there, i noticed on a large ferry i was on had a ladder inside the
elevator and a escape hatch in the ceiling.
it made me realize the glim prospect of being trapped inside an
elevator inside a sinking vessel.

I received this press release from Princess 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 went to Liberty State Park to see the 3 Queens...
It was 44 degrees and very windy.  I got there around 6:45 (well after dark)
and the QM2 had left her berth in Brooklyn and was coming toward the Statue
of Liberty.  She then veered northward (up river) and sat hidden from our

today hubby and I got our passports..it has been about 3 weeks so thats
really fast i feel..they told us 6 but hey im happy...its exciting to
see them...never needed one before but now i have one for what ever
reason now..

I've been on 6 cruises.
Planning a cruise with just my wife and me. No kids this time for our
30th anniversary.
Because of work schedules we can only go on one specific week and prices

We will be sailing the Norwegian Jewel on April 11th, heading to Samana,
Antigua, Tortola, Barbados and St. Lucia. Just a few questions for anyone
who has sailed this itinerary:
1- If you could only do TWO specialty restaurants on this sailing, which