Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / January 2008

Any one have any ideas about a pre cruise overnight?  Also transfers to
Celebrity from the hotel.  Can't seem to find anything about transfers on
the web site.
Thanks

As a change of pace this year, my wife and I decided to spend
Christmas and New Year's on a cruise ship. The two of us, along with
my daughter and her boyfriend, took a ten-day cruise on the Volendam,
round trip from Fort Lauderdale, to various ports in the Caribbean and

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

We've been to Orient Beach on 3 different cruises and loved it. We're
thinking maybe we'll try another beach. Anyone have any favorites? Or
definite no-nos? We'll be there the end of January on the Caribbean
Princess.

I was always told that the bowtie with the strap that goes around your neck
goes OVER the points of the collar.
Yet, I see so many people wearing the bowtie UNDER the collar in front.
Anybody have the definitive answer?

Swapped out the NCL Spirit for Carnival Valor due to the Spirit having some
engine problems and causing us to miss a port. Last minute scheduling made
it tough to get flight into Miami so had to land in Ft Lauderdale.  Anyone
familiar to making this commute? Any suggestions?

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what are the best value budge cruises on the west coast going either
to mexico or alaska from northern california?

Norwegian Cruise Line Announces Significant Enhancements
to Its Onboard Product as Part of Its Freestyle 2.0 Initiative
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the transaction between Norwegian Cruise
Line (NCL) and Apollo Management, LP (³Apollo²) nears completion and

Clay

It appears the Port of Vancouver has posted the Alaska 2008 schedule of
ships and docks.
http://www.portvancouver.com/vanAlaCruise/content/schedule/index.php?
This year is interesting because both Celebrity and Royal Caribbean have

From what I can learn, Enterprise Car Rental is the only game in town at the
San Pedro cruise terminal.
Could this be true?  Or does anyone know of an alternative to Enterprise?
They're too surcharge-happy to suit me.

Emerald Princess was late out of Florida the other day, and Norwegian
Star was late out of LA yesterday, from what the web cams showed. Was
this due to the weather affecting flights into Florida and LA and thus
the passengers on those aircraft where the cruise line had arranged

I received this media alert 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,