My airplane trip was just fine.. first class in the US and Business First in South America with a seat that fully reclined into a bed.. amazingly comfortable...

EATING OUT Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant, and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It...

We at RTC talk about BABY, food, tips, excursions and tons of off topic things. But there is little discussion about one, if not the most important, aspects...

The cruise industry is to adopt new safety measures to help familiarise staff with the loading of lifeboats, it was announced yesterday. The new policy,...

Hi Everyone, I received this from Gene Sloan and thought it would be of interest. http://tinyurl.com/yj45gp7 http://tinyurl.com/ykvpnsd

We're wanting to do the Xunantunich tour in Belize next month through NCL. With as backwards as NCL is with their out of date website (you can't personalize...

Hi Everyone, The long awaited Supreme Court decision was announced today. Apparently the court was split on this controversial decision. See a news article...

My wife and I are considering our first cruise, and one of the main reasons is because we have heard so much about all the great food. But one of our...

I figure sailing to Alaska will pose enough of a challenge trying to decide what type of clothes to pack...both warm and cool from what I hear. Layering. If I...

Which was the favorite ship that you have cruised ~just one~for each category? 1. Smallest 2. Midsize 3. Largest Mine we Smallest---The old Pacific...

I recently sailed on Carnival's Sensation out of New Orleans (12-23-04) and had something very disturbing happen. We had stopped in the port of Cozumel on...

I'll be traveling to the south Caribbean in February and realized I could use a few more things to wear. I've been googling but haven't come up with a...

Hi Everyone, The big business story is that Comcast is proposing a hostile takeover of the Walt Disney Company. The future of the Disney Cruise Line would be...

Got the word that a man has apparently fallen overboard sometime between 330am and 7am Friday onboard the Fascination. The ship has tried to locate him without...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml;jsessionid=B2KXR24P3PVG5QFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/travel/2007/08/14/et-smoking-cruises.xml Smoke-free...

Hi Just found this excellent newsgroup and have been reading the hundreds of posts. We will be on the Aurora 3-20th October 2005. It will be our first...

In article , Newby wrote: Does Horizon have cabins with balconies? I have friends who are ...

We let TA's like Ray and Leppla come here to RTC and spamadvertise us with infomercials and they make a tidy profit from a free Usenet newsgroup. what do they...

I just returned last week on the Grandeur of the Seas leaving from New Orleans, LA. I spent two days in the Crescent City pre cruise to see how New...

Hi Everyone, I received this press release from Royal Caribbean and thought it would be of interest. If you have missed any of my news' postings, they are...