Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / February 2010

I hope they clean this ship really well!! I'm leaving on her in 3 weeks.

Travel agents get $600 commission on a $3000 cruise for two. $780 for
high volume agents with American Cruise Lines.
http://tinyurl.com/yhv9kzp
Not a bad deal (for the agent) if the customer knows exactly what he

Three  crew  members  died  on  the  Coast.They tragically died during a
docking incident when the ship hit the pier while docking at the Red Sea
port of Sharm El Sheik early this morning.

I received this press release from Paul Gauguin Cruises and thought it
would be of interest. Jean-Michel is one of my neighbors and clients
who sail with him come back very satisfied with the experience.  I
have been fortunate to see him speak numerous times through the years

On the Ryndam, I met a very nice lady who always wore a rose in
her hair.  I commented on it and she told me she'd lived aboard
HAL ships for 14 YEARS, paying double for the single supplement.
I wonder if the singles cabins on NCL would be a half-priced, so

Princess Kathleen, a Canadian Pacific liner that sank in a storm off
southeast Alaska nearly 60 years ago, has been identified as the
source of a persistent oil slick in waters north of Juneau.
http://oceanlinersorg.blogspot.com/2010/02/old-liner-wreck-spills-oil.html

With all the talk about Cunard’s new Queen Elizabeth sailing on her
maiden voyage later this year, let’s not forget that another line with
a glorious ocean liner heritage is also preparing to debut a new ship
with a golden age name: Holland America Line and its new Nieuw

What is the best way to get Miami dock from Ft Lauderdale airport?

Does anyone know if you still get the shipboard credit if you own
Carnival Stock? I haven't received their booklet that had all that
information in a few years and I do own their stock.
Thanks.

What exactly is the inside passage for Alaskan cruises? And why is it
important, or not important? Can it only be done from Vancouver, or can
it also be done from Seattle?

From the Baltimore Sun...
Carbon monoxide sickens members of cruise ship crew
Fire department, hazmat team look for the cause
By Jill Rosen

MIAMI (February 24, 2010) - Carnival Cruise Lines is reporting record
wave
season bookings, with strong reservations activity for 2010
departures.

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28 January, 2010
Carnival Cruise Ship Collides with Dock in St. Kitts
Late risers on Carnival Miracle may have woken up with a bang this
morning when the ship collided with the dock during berthing maneuvers

Has anyone on this board ever had the spray on tan? Would like to have
it done before my cruise in April. My sister says the color is always
orange.
What are your thoughts on this?