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Forum: Cruises August 4th, 2007, 04:49 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 29
Views: 772
Posted By Diana
Prez week cruise in Feb

I use the fare watcher on Travelocity and get alerts when fares move by
$25. When I see something that works I book.

Allen

shaz wrote:
Hi All -

Have a cruise out of FLL in Feb, (carnival...
Forum: Cruises July 27th, 2007, 07:05 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 67
Views: 1,963
Posted By Diana
Quality of NCL Hawaiian cruises

YAWN

Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
Lots of verbiage there, John. Here's the bottom sig file, er line. It's
not about sig files. It's about repetition, Usenet usage and intent.

Goldengoogleberg's...
Forum: Cruises July 3rd, 2007, 06:07 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 13
Views: 277
Posted By Diana
clothes packing

We've done both. Rolling allowed us to pack more clothes but it made the
re-pack on ship more trouble due to time and lack of motivation to
re-roll the clothes. I've found that the tighter you pack...
Forum: Cruises May 6th, 2007, 01:25 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 6
Views: 462
Posted By Diana
Booking a cruise part 2

I fly every week for work and the advice on traveling a day early is
sound. The affects on airlines due to weather, maintenance, etc is,
well, bad. My observations is that the planes are flying...
Forum: Cruises April 29th, 2007, 03:16 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 47
Views: 1,087
Posted By Diana
Booking a cruise

Well here's my story and why I think going through a cruise specialist
travel agent is a good idea.

Booked directly with Celebrity for the 4/13/07 10 day Constellation
(first time doing online)....
Forum: Europe April 29th, 2007, 03:00 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 10
Views: 519
Posted By Diana
San Juan boarding time?

Yes it was the AOS. Couple of years ago now.

Allen


Bill wrote:
Was this for Adventure out of San Juan? I always like to get to
the ship around noon but that is for a cruise that is due to
...
Forum: Cruises April 29th, 2007, 03:00 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 8
Views: 402
Posted By Diana
San Juan boarding time?

Yes it was the AOS. Couple of years ago now.

Allen


Bill wrote:
Was this for Adventure out of San Juan? I always like to get to
the ship around noon but that is for a cruise that is due to
...
Forum: Europe April 28th, 2007, 02:15 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 10
Views: 519
Posted By Diana
San Juan boarding time?

My wife and I got on around 12ish so we could maximize our time
on-board. Don't expect to be able to move right into your room. You may
be able to if its cleaned early ours wasn't. But we did get...
Forum: Cruises April 28th, 2007, 02:15 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 8
Views: 402
Posted By Diana
San Juan boarding time?

My wife and I got on around 12ish so we could maximize our time
on-board. Don't expect to be able to move right into your room. You may
be able to if its cleaned early ours wasn't. But we did get...
Forum: Cruises April 28th, 2007, 02:04 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 9
Views: 578
Posted By Diana
Credit cards vs. debit

How right you are. Noticed this my last cruise with Celebrity about 6
holds that sat there until the final bill cleared. The same thing would
happen to your debit.

Allen

Susette wrote:
I would...
Forum: Cruises April 14th, 2007, 03:58 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 6
Views: 417
Posted By Diana
Celebrity Constellation - 03/23/07 - Some observations

I see you already left but the Captains name was Ioannis Papanikolaou.

Ermalee wrote:
Diana wrote:

Embarkation
We used the Xpress pass system that came via email and it ran very
...
Forum: Cruises April 13th, 2007, 04:38 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 6
Views: 417
Posted By Diana
Celebrity Constellation - 03/23/07 - Some observations

Well, I have two friends whose judgement I trust who RAVE about Holland
America. From their descriptions and my experiences on Celebrity they
appear to the same quality wise.

Allen and...
Forum: Cruises April 8th, 2007, 06:43 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 6
Views: 417
Posted By Diana
Celebrity Constellation - 03/23/07 - Some observations

Embarkation
We used the Xpress pass system that came via email and it ran very
smoothly. We handed over the Xpress pass, passports, credit card which
were verified and off we went. Time from...
Forum: Cruises February 24th, 2007, 03:40 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 15
Views: 1,634
Posted By Diana
The Crescent City is Dying and No One Gives a Damn!

Second Lesson:

The Levee's will not hold in a major storm...

grossbea wrote:
First Lesson:

Don't build your home in a flood plain..

Forum: Cruises January 5th, 2007, 09:14 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 7
Views: 436
Posted By Diana
San Juan

My wife and I have cruised out of San Juan twice and once as a port of
call on Celebrity. The two that sailed from San Juan left from a rather
remote part of the port by a small air strip. The port...
Forum: Cruises December 22nd, 2006, 03:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 18
Views: 705
Posted By Diana
Taking wine aboard RCCL-No More

Its just a liability thing. They're probably getting sued by the
relatives of the guy who fell off the boat while drunk. An inconsistent
or non-inforced policy will get you into as much legal...
Forum: Cruises December 21st, 2006, 06:57 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 26
Views: 5,467
Posted By Diana
St. Maarten's -- What to do?

Americas Cup racing...what blast.

Allen

wrote:
USguy wrote:

I've been on a bunch of cruises in the past, but never has the
opportunity to visit St. Maarten's.
Forum: Cruises December 5th, 2006, 04:16 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 253
Views: 11,409
Posted By Diana
Vikings are Back

It takes awhile for the "why am I busting my butt and so an so is not
and getting the same tip" attitude to kick in. Not trying to be
argumentative just my opinion.

Allen

Sue and Kevin Mullen...
Forum: Cruises December 5th, 2006, 04:01 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 253
Views: 11,409
Posted By Diana
Vikings are Back

They pool the tips? That's a disaster if you want to incent people to
provide above average service. To me it explains why you had so many
problems with the crew.
Allen

Charles wrote:
In article...
Forum: Cruises September 17th, 2006, 05:48 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 19
Views: 754
Posted By Diana
old san juan hotel

My wife and I stayed there for our pre cruise. The rooms were clean and
nicely decorated. We had a small balcony and the room charge included a
continental breakfast and a wine and cheese party...
Forum: Cruises September 1st, 2006, 03:23 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 18
Views: 671
Posted By Diana
Kind Of Dumb Question

One way tickets usually get extra screening by TSA, but not always. When
you print your broading pass look for the SSSS's on the bottom. If they
are there TSA does the complete screening so allow...
Forum: Cruises July 8th, 2006, 03:32 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 5
Views: 317
Posted By Diana
Just a thought - Crew Recognition

With the advent of automatic tipping and the "please give us the highest
rating" you see on ships today I was wondering what others thought of
this idea. The idea is not original so I can't take...
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