Cruise Travel articles from July 2000

Cruise Travel archives from July 2000

LETTERS.
July 1, 2000... Renaissance Sounds Just Right Congratulations on the very comprehensive and excellent article by Laurel & Charles Doherty on Renaissance Cruises' R1 (Ship of the Month, Cruise Travel, June 2000). My wife and I have always enjoyed the...

St. Kitts.
July 1, 2000... The "Mother Colony of the Caribbean," along with sister isle Nevis, is quietly becoming a cruise-passenger favorite Columbus discovered St. Kitts and Nevis --two tiny islands in the Caribbean Leeward chain--during his second voyage to the...

Carnival Triumph.
July 1, 2000... The latest mega "Fun Ship" lives up to her name I first glimpsed the Carnival Triumph from the window of my Hotel Inter-Continental room. She was gleaming invitingly in the early morning sun and towering over her neighbors docked in the...

If You Only Have A Day In Leith, Scotland.
July 1, 2000... The Port For Edinburgh Is Now Home To The Former Royal Yacht Britannia Britain's Royal Family has always out-classed the rest of the world when it came to traveling domestically or around the globe. The Royal Train arrived in the station...

CRUISE NEWS.
July 1, 2000... NCL Sails "Green" Seas Guests will experience traditional Irish folklore, music, and cuisine when Norwegian Cruise Line brings Ireland to the high seas aboard the Norwegian Majesty during a special series of Irish theme cruises this fall....

Booking Your Own Air.
July 1, 2000... Tips To Smooth The Waters When Making Your Own Air Arrangements CRUISE GUIDE Used to be one telephone call did it all. Decide on your cruise vacation, phone your travel agent, and the entire package, from airline tickets to luggage...

Landmark Light Tower Replaced.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... New York Harbor's Historic Ambrose Light Tower Supplanted For The New Millennium Over the last three decades, passengers arriving or leaving the Port of New York on cruise ships became accustomed to seeing a strange structure, looking like...

DISNEY MAGIC.
July 1, 2000... The Imaginative Debut Vessel from Disney Cruise Line Is Now Set To Sail Seven-Day Cruises It wasn't until July 1998, some three years after Disney had committed to joining the cruise-industry wars, that the Disney Cruise Line's eagerly...

ALASKA--Then and Now.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... When visiting the Last Frontier, it seems that the more things change, the more they remain the same Forty years separate my inaugural and most recent journey to our 49th state, and how different could two trips be. For a start, the...

Galapagos Archipelago.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Cruising "The Islands Of Evolution" In Style Aboard The Galapagos Explorer II Less than three hours after landing on the tiny airstrip at San Cristobal, we were crouched on a dark-sand beach staring eye to eye at sea lions, while brown...

YOUR OPINION COUNTS.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... In cruising, one person can make a difference. That's because cruise lines are sensitive to complaints, especially if you send your letters to the right place. Once enough people complain, the government, the media, and sometimes the courts...