On 3/11/2010 11:36 AM, wrote:

The reason that the lectures concentrate on shopping is because the
ship gets a cut. The only lines that I've been on that had actual
PORT information are HAL and NCL.

It's probably what most guests care about as well. Also, since they'd
just as soon that you take their tours, there is no need to find out
about stuff beforehand.

I've found that Cruise Critic has nice writeups for the ports that I
have checked in the past. Just print them out and take them with you.

As an example, here's one for Grenada (first one that came to mind):

http://www.cruisecritic.com/ports/newport.cfm?ID=18

Bill