Cruising can be one of the most value-friendly vacations going but offers some extraordinarily high-end options as well. But how the heck do you choose from all the hundreds if not thousands of options out there? Here are some resources (including non-traditional cruising, like freighters) and feedback.


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How Princess Cruises is servIng up innovative dining

  The exclusive dining experience on the Princess Discovery is unlike any other I have been a part of during my travels. "360: An Extraordinary Experience" is dining immersion making one feel like you’re sitting in the Greek countryside with olive trees or smelling the fragrance of lavender in the south of France. Thanks to Princess Cruises, I savored this time with fellow bloggers. I immediately became captivated with the experience when I heard beautiful music played by two violinists and…

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Cruising is the main way to explore awesome Antarctica

 Virtual-Piano Our planet's vast, remote, southernmost continent - larger than Europe - is a much-coveted "final frontier" for many travelers. And booking Antarctica vacation packages via cruise ship offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see frozen landscapes that can't be seen anywhere else along with a plethora of polar wildlife. With vacation packages typically ranging from one to three weeks, cruise ships departing from Argentina's Tierra del Fuego make the two-day crossing through the…

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Some of what´s new on cruise ships in 2024

Carnival Cruise Line On their recent Carnival Cruise Lines vacation, every member of the Meyers family was busy enjoying their three-generation vacation getaway. Tom and Martha were playing their favorite sport of pickleball, which is a popular pastime among people in their advanced age group. Their son Ben and his wife Melissa were steering electric race cars along a winding two-level track (above and below), slowing to negotiate sharp hairpin turns. Meanwhile, grandchildren Tom and Betsy were…

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A wintertime cruise above Norway's Arctic CIrcle

We spent two nights were spent aboard the MS Nordkapp., a 590-passenger ship that´s one of the nine currently operated by the Hurtigruten line, which plies the Norwegian coast daily. These are mostly passenger cruise ships, but also serve the vital function of transporting locals and cargo between 34 towns along the coast, some of which are otherwise fairly isolated. And they´re comfortable but hardly luxurious, without most of the bells and whistles common across the cruise industry these…

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  • Now on the Tripatini blog: a trip report from Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas. Click here to read.
  • While we really don't know that the Navy doesn't feature lobster almondine (it actually sounds awful,) we do know that Carnival doesn't plan to have a ship dead in the water.
    The cruise line is doing all they can and will make things right financially with passengers. It is a horrible way to experience a cruise, a horrible travel experience all the way around, but it was an accident. Just like the airplane's engine falling off, train derailments, etc.Stuff happens, and there is no joy in cruiseville when any line suffers this kind of thing
    And definitely to lobster almondine.
    Crab salad? Maybe.
  • The Navy doesn't carry a lot of lobster almondine....
  • This evening I saw a news item on TV about the cruise ship that's stuck in the waters off Mexico. The U.S. Navy responded by air-dropping Spam. Can you imagine?
  • I just sailed the NCL Epic! Check out my review on FB..
    http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=142061353852&topic=19864
  • Ran into a problem getting visas to India for an upcoming cruise on Seabourn....

    http://allthingscruise.com/need-a-birth-document-or-a-passport-or-a...
  • A shore excursions question on "Ask a Travel Expert" needs your expertise... PLEASE CLICK HERE TO HELP!
  • Check out the award-winning post recently on the Tripatini blog: Why a Disney Cruise?
  • My brother has hijacked my Tripatini account to post a question on Ask A Travel Expert that I was unable to answer, having never cruised in the eastern Mediterranean. Please give him a hand; he's leaving on the cruise in just a week. http://www.tripatini.com/forum/topics/eastern-med-cruise-tours
  • Joy, also see our Ask A Travel Expert widget for answers to this question that were submitted in June.
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