Planning a Pre-Cruise Stay, More Complicated Than the Cruise Itself

We have booked our cruise for this year, a Trans Atlantic cruise on the Celebrity Solstice, departing from Rome and ending in Miami. That process took about 5 days from reviewing cruises and price to making our decision and booking. Now I’m in the process of making our arrangements for our 4 [...]

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Wait and See Attitude on Celelbrity’s Open Dining Option

Several reliable reports on the internet state that Celebrity has officially announced that all of the Celebrity ships will be offering an open seating option in addition to their traditional fixed dining option. Celebrity reportedly made this announcement at an industry event several weeks ago. However, they have yet to [...]

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Very Close To Booking Our Next Cruise

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! We finally broke down this weekend and decided be couldn’t proceed any longer with-out having a cruise booked for the end of this year. After a long grueling process of considering itineraries, flights and hotel expenses, we finally have it narrowed down to a prime candidate, a 14 [...]

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Royal Princess Cancels Cruise Following Engine Room Fire

Passengers on board the Royal Princess got a little more excitement than they were probably hoping for when the ship experienced an engine room fire off the coast of Egypt on Thursday June 18th, 2009. The passengers were asked to proceed to their emergency station during the fire, and remained in emergency mode while [...]

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Cruises Give Vacationers a Unique Perspective on Their Destination

One of the most magnificent aspects of the cruise experience became apparent to me as I was editing my video of last year’s Trans-Altantic cruise. The passengers take in a unique perspective of their destination when they arrive and depart their destinations at sea. My husband and I have always felt [...]

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Readers Disagree With Cruise Talk on Best and Worst Concept

A few weeks ago, following my opinion piece on the same subject, I posted a poll asking the following question:
Do you think that there are best and worst cruise lines?
My thoughts were that though each cruise lines has slightly different features to appeal to different preferences, they all produce a very good product, and [...]

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Should You Book Your Cruise Early or Late to Get the Best Price?

Is it better to book a cruise early or late in order to get the best price? Waiting until the last minute to book may offer some of the best deals but it may also lead to a higher price too. When cruises first go on sale they cruise line offers the [...]

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Smoking Policies Page Added to Our Cruise Talk Resources

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that all cruise lines have the same smoking policies. Some cruise lines definitely restrict smoking more than others. Whether you are a smoker looking for convenience or a non-smoker who is bothered by second hand smoke, you’ll want to pay attention to the nuances of the [...]

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Celebrity Rumored to be Experimenting With Flexible Dining

Celebrity Cruise line is rumored to be experimenting with what they are calling “Celebrity Select Dining” on one or two of their ships. Rumors abounded when apparently verbiage indicating that the program was being fully implemented fleet wide was apparently posted in error on the Celebrity Website. Subsequent information posted in [...]

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What’s the Worst Cruise Line?

“What’s the worst cruise line?” was a question once posted by a college student doing a research paper on the cruise industry on one of the popular cruise message boards. I’ll never forget the diplomatic, but true answer posted in reply. The response was basically that in the current North American market there [...]

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