Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / February 2008

We're flying into San Diego next month to catch the Dawn Princess.
I've been told that the cruise terminal is very close to the airport
and a cab to the terminal should not be expensive.  Is that
information correct?

I know that several of you have cruised from NOLA.
Can any of you suggest a hotel? I prefer to keep the price below $100 (which
research shows should be easy) I also want something either near the airport
or near the cruise terminal.

The SS Independence has been taken from San Francisco Bay, where it's
been berthed the last few years and is probably headed out to be scrapped.
I sailed on both this ship and its sister ship the SS Constitution.  And
while the ships were in pretty bad shape when I was on them, ...

The GGC2008 is over... but the memories linger on.
For starters, here is the group picture:
http://cruisemaster.com/adventure.htm
We had 66 people board the Adventure of the Seas.

We are booked on the Pride of Aloha for March 15th sailing. We are
arriving the day before and need a decent hotel for 1 night. Just my
wife and I, something with a free shuttle from the airport and to the
NCL port the next day would be nice.

Anyone going on the 30 day Ultimate Northern Europe Cruise this coming June
on ms Prinsendam?

....got the "go ahead" at work yesterday, so I'm definitely going to
flee town Easter week and sail (once again, lol...) on the Costa
Mediterranea!  I have never been on one ship 4 times...so this is a
first (or fourth, as the case may be) for me.  Anyone else wanna go???

Three couples including my wife and I are leaving in a month for one of
the 10 day cruises with HAL on the itinerary that sails down the Baja
and then turns at Cabo to head up the Sea of Cortez.
From reader's experiences with the ports we will visit are there any

Tomorrow I get my cancerous bladder removed. Please have a good thought for
me.
Enjoy every minute of your cruises. You never know when they will come to an
end. We have cancelled 5.

We'll be at Labadee on an RCCL cruise in March and I noticed that they
have added a zip line there since we'd been there.
Has anyone here done the zip line in Labadee?  I understand there is a
short line to get familiar and comfortable with it and then the main

Someone asked me this question, I did not know the answer. They want
to get on their ship (San Juan if that makes a difference), dump
luggage, etc., and then get back off to wander around Old San Juan. The
departure time isn't a concern, just the logistics. Anyone know?

Just returned from a seven day cruise and very dissipointed with the
quality of the food in the windjammer an dining room.  Has anyone else
noticed the quality slipping on Royal Carribean or is it just me

Booked a cruise on phone to major travel agency that advertises on TV -
Carnival, 4 night to Mexico in mid April. Final price was about $85 per
person higher than expected. When I asked the difference I was told that the
fuel surcharge was that much. Thinking about it now ...

While on the GGC2008 last week, a bunch of us were talking about things that
used to happen or things that you used to get while on a cruise years ago...
but not any more.
Examples.... decks of playing cards used to be in every cabin.  Wine

On March 2nd we will be flying out to LAX to board the Crystal Symphony the
next day in San Pedro. We have overnight reservations at the Crown Plaza in
San Pedro. The transportation possibilities from LAX are so confusing that I
haven't yet figured out how you are supposed to get ...