RTC Charter - FAQ's - New Reviews

Folks:

Here is the Charter and FAQ's and new reviews.

The Cruise Review Archive has 5 new reviews since the last posting of
the Charter, they include.

Oct 14 2003 Carnival Ecstacy
Oct 7 2003 Radisson Seven Seas Voyager
Oct 5 2003 Royal Caribbean Rhapsody of the Seas
Oct 2 2003 Celebrity Infinity
Oct 1 2003 Holland America Zuiderdam

Phil
Seacruise

rec.travel.cruises
(unmoderated)

CHARTER

Rec.travel.cruises is a forum whose purpose is to provide information
and support to cruise ship travellers. Discussion might include (but
notbe limited to) the relative merits of the various cruise ships and
lines, ports of embarkation, ports of call, shore excursions, cruise
ship activities, cuisine, entertainment, cruise ship personnel, cruise
ship management and the future of cruise ship travel.
Discussions related to getting the best deals on cruises will be highly
welcome. Such discussions might include early vs. late bookings, money
back guarantees, cruise protection insurance, the use of general vs.
cruise specific travel agencies and strategies for booking your own
cruises. Any topic that relates to cruise ship travel and the cruise
industry itself could be subject for discussion. In addition, discussion
will be allowed on the history of cruise ship and ocean liner

travel.


Rec.travel.cruises will:

1. Help the traveller make an informed decision in how to book
acruise without the pressure of a travel agent (travel agents are
welcome to the group and are
encouraged to participate in the discussion provided that there shall be
no overt solicitation of business within postings).


2. Provide the new cruiser with the benefit of the experience of
veteran cruises.


3. Provide the new cruiser with information as to what to expect once
he or she actually arrives on the ship ready to sail. Such topics as
cruise ship dress codes, dining room traditions, shopping, booking shore
excursions and tipping are all topics that the first time cruiser needs
to be familiar with.


An FTP site will be maintained for related rec.travel.cruises files.
These files will include a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's).
Members of the newsgroup who go on cruises will be asked to write
reviews of their experiences.
These cruise reviews will be stored at the FTP site and will serve as a
very valuable resource to anyone looking into sailing on the same ship
or itinerary. In addition, a comprehensive listing of all cruise ships
and lines will be maintained as part of the FAQ's.

In summary, rec.travel.cruises encourages the free and open discussion
on all aspects of cruise ship travel. Justifiable criticism of specific
cruise ships and lines will be welcome up to the point of becoming
personal vendettas against a specific ship or line. Users are strongly
urged to keep messages of a confrontational or argumentative nature to a
minimum. Finally, it is requested that articles posted to
rec.travel.cruises not be crossposted to rec.travel or the other travel
newsgroups.

End of Charter

Link to the FAQ ---

http://www.seacruisereviews.com/faq.htm

Link to the Cruise Review Archives since the FTP site mentioned in our
charter bit the dust many moons ago ---

http://www.seacruisereviews.com

Link to the Group cruise pages ---

http://www.seacruisereviews.com/rtcgroupcruises.htm

Link to the RTC History --- for your bedtime reading pleasure

http://www.seacruisereviews.com/rtchistory.htm

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Cruise Review Archive http://www.seacruisereviews.com

English you say?
1) They were too close to the door to close it.
2) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:36:16 GMT, Phil
wrote:

(travel agents are
welcome to the group and are
encouraged to participate in the discussion provided that there shall be
no overt solicitation of business within postings).

Define "overt". I find Ray Googleberg overt.

Finally, it is requested that articles posted to
rec.travel.cruises not be crossposted to rec.travel or the other travel
newsgroups.

This is dumb.