Cruise Travel articles from March 2006

Cruise Travel archives from March 2006

We're glad you liked it.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... I just wanted you to know that I found the February 2006 edition of Cruise Travel to be the best I have ever read. The articles "From Scrapyard To Backyard" and "Humble Beginnings" and the listings of "lost" liners--both tied up and cut...

Worth the wait.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... This is from a subscriber for 20 years, so you can see how much I like Cruise Travel. Also this is my second letter. First, thank you for publishing my first letter ("Preserving Cruise-Ship History," Cruise Travel, June 2003), which, among...

Bittersweet directory issue.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)(Directory)
March 1, 2006... Being a longtime subscriber, I was delighted to see my February 2006 Cruise Travel. Knowing that it was the Annual Directory Issue, I was excited to see all of the usual beginning-of-the-year information on new ships, ports, and the directories...

Second-hand chat.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... In reference to "Cruise Guide: Cell Phones At Sea," by M. T. Schwartzman, Cruise Travel, February 2006: We have been reading Cruise Travel for 20-plus years--lots of information that we would not have otherwise had. We are sailing from...

Forgo phones at sea, please.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... In reference to "Cell Phones At Sea," Cruise Travel, February 2006: When I took my first cruise, we were told of the news around the world via newsletters that were printed onboard and placed under our cabin doors. I opted not to read the...

Newfangled tipping policies.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... Allen Kopekin, in his letter "Prefers To Tip The Old-Fashioned Way" (Cruise Travel, February 2006), expresses the same frustration I have felt for a long time. I'm afraid, though, that there's a "gotcha" in his plan to tip crew-members...

Key to convenient family cruising.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... This past July, our family sailed the Inside Passage of Alaska on the Vision of the Seas. Even though we were as delighted on this Royal Caribbean International ship, as we were on Princess and Carnival ships, we can't seem to solve our...

Craves Cruising Italian Style.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... I have been a subscriber to Cruise Travel for many years, but this is my first letter. It was prompted by the lack of letters commending my favorite cruise line, Costa (now owned by Carnival Corp., no less). Some of my friends and I have been...

Norfolk: gateway to colonial Virginia & home to maritime heritage.(PORT OF THE MONTH)
March 1, 2006... If you love the water--as all cruisers should--then you'll fall for the port of Norfolk, Virginia. With a long legacy of water-based sightseeing and activities, it's obvious why the waterfront city of Norfolk has quickly grown into a popular...

Your Lakes are bigger, too.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... I enjoyed the "Expanding Frontiers" article in the December 2005 Cruise Travel concerning the cruise along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Such a cruise would be a wonderful excursion into that region of the country. However, as a...

You missed a really grand one.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... In reference to the "Grand Cruise Canals" article in Cruise Travel, February 2006: Often referred to as "Blue Ribbon Of Sweden," the Gota Canal stretches 190 kilometers between Goteborg on the southwest to Stockholm and the Baltic Sea....

Norwegian Jewel: NCL raises "Freestyle Cruising" up another level with its largest cruise liner yet.(NEW SHIP REVIEW)
March 1, 2006... Norwegian Cruise Line's rapidly paced fleet renewal took a 93,502-ton leap forward with the introduction of the Norwegian Jewel, the line's largest ship yet. She is marginally beefier than her near sisters, 2001's Norwegian Star and 2002's...

Cruise Travel founder dies.(CRUISE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Robert David (Bob) Meyers, founder and longtime editor-in-chief/ associate publisher of Cruise Travel magazine, passed away last year at his home in Florida, following a long battle with cancer. He was 67. Meyers was running his own...

Cruise West adds two ships.(CRUISE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Cruise West, the Seattle-based American-owned and--operated small-ship cruise line, just announced that it has acquired the 138-passenger Yorktown Clipper and 102-passenger Nantucket Clipper, previously part of the Clipper Cruise Line fleet...

INTRAV/Clipper joins First Choice.(CRUISE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... INTRAV/Clipper Cruise Line announced it has officially joined UK-based First Choice Holidays PLC following the completion of the purchase of the deluxe-tour and small-ship cruise operator from Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd. The 2006 INTRAV and...

Semester At Sea moves to UVA.(CRUISE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... The University of Virginia will become the academic home for the Institute For Shipboard Education's highly regarded Semester At Sea program beginning with the 2006 summer session as part of a new partnership between UVA and the ISE. ...

Pacific Northwest: outstanding scenery plus intriguing ports-of-call add up to a first-class cruise region, conveniently close to home.(CRUISE ROUNDUP)
March 1, 2006... Sometimes the best vacations are enjoyed right in your own backyard. This became all the more evident to me last fall as I tooled around the Pacific Northwest on a short sailing out of Seattle aboard Celebrity Cruises' Mercury. This corner...

Portofino: picture-postcard-perfect playground in the Italian Riviera.(ONLY A DAY IN ...)
March 1, 2006... I first visited Portofino, a quaint fishing village turned posh resort in Italy's Ligurian Coast, four years ago aboard Windstar Cruises' Wind Surf. And--well, what can I say?--it was love at first sight. I felt like Guy de Monpassant, who...

Disney Wonder: fresh from a makeover that added three age-specific areas, Disney Cruise Line's second vessel is an even more wonderful choice for both families and adults.(SHIP OF THE MONTH)(Cover Story)
March 1, 2006... You're going on the Disney Wonder without kids in tow? Why?" exclaimed a friend, who seemed almost alarmed--as if she had seen a mouse. She was merely expressing the perception held by many that Mickey Mouse's cruise line, a leader in the...

Carnival inks four-ship deal.(CRUISE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Carnival Corporation & plc recently announced that it has reached an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of four new cruise ships worth more than $2 billion. The agreement calls for the construction of one vessel...

Glacier discovery: wildlife abounds on Holland America Line's Gulf of Alaska adventures.(CRUISE OF THE MONTH)
March 1, 2006... The jet-boat raced down the Chilkat River just outside Haines, Alaska, and 21-year-old Amy Gross, a business major at the University of Alaska in Anchorage, was clearly enjoying her summer job as the boat's captain. It Was an overcast but...

Teens afloat: cruise lines know that keeping teenagers happy onboard makes good sense.(CRUISE ROUNDUP)
March 1, 2006... The cruising teenagers of today will be the 20-something passengers of tomorrow, and cruise lines are starting to cater more to this hard-to-please age group. Too old for arts & crafts and too young for the 18 and over diversions, kids aged 13...

America's waterways: sailing intimate vessels on leisurely voyages that stick close to home.(CRUISE GUIDE)
March 1, 2006... Homeland cruising is all the rage, and nothing could be closer to home than a voyage along North America's coastal and inland waterways. To capitalize on the trend, some new ships, new itineraries, and even new cruise lines have emerged, while...

Star Clippers fleet refurbished.(CRUISE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... The three tall ships comprising the Star Clippers fleet recently received a series of upgrades and enhancements. Public rooms, passenger areas, and all cabins throughout sister ships Star Clipper and Star Flyer have been refurbished; aboard...

RCI/Celebrity luggage check-in.(CRUISE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Royal Caribbean International's and Celebrity Cruises' guests can now complete the dreaded airline and luggage check-in process for their flights home before they even step off the ship. The new service enables guests to bypass the...

Special 2006: worldwide ports-of-call index: a quick reference guide to cruise lines calling at popular ports-of-call worldwide.
March 1, 2006... CARIBBEAN, BAHAMAS, BERMUDA ANGUILLA Crystal, Windjammer, Windstar. ANTIGUA (St. John's) Carnival, Celebrity, Costa, Crystal, Holland America, MSC, Norwegian, Oceania, Orient, Princess, Radisson Seven Seas, Royal Caribbean, Seabourn,...

The lights of New York.(CRUISE VIEWS)
March 1, 2006... Going to work this midnight, I enter the bridge of Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 knowing that five days of relative tranquility on a crossing from Southampton to New York have ended. In contrast to the isolation of the open Atlantic (once...