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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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…
Read more…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…
Read more…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…
Read more…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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Hi my name is Cara Bertoia a few weeks ago my husband and I were visiting downtown San Pedro, which has a really neat collection of shops, antique stores and local restaurants. We made our trip on a Friday morning when there was a Farmer’s Market on Sixth Street selling fresh produce. We strolled around the truly unique shops, until we were famished and then we had some great fried chicken and catfish at Porky’s BBQ, which I hear also serves great ribs, for next time.
We were on our way to the Whale and Ale Pub, a favorite of ours, from our cruise ship days. San Pedro was the port where our ship docked, whenever it stopped in Los Angeles and Long Beach is just a few miles down the road.
Well the Pub is only a block from Sixth Street, and on the way we passed a store with the sign ‘Maritime Research Center’. Well since we both love to sail we decided to check it out. Well imagine our surprise when we found a store filled with cruise ship memorabilia. It truly is like walking in a cruse ship museum. I know all Cruising fans would love this shop. There is a menu from the Queen Mary on the night Charles and Di married, and a newspaper from the day the Lusitania sank. They have over a 1,000 pieces on display including art and ship models.
They also have nautical books, Scott F. Gray the owner has written books on the Queen Mary and the QEII. And since it was such a good fit they are now selling copies of my novel Cruise Quarters – A Novel About Casinos And Cruise Ships. What better place to sell a novel about working on cruise ships?
Katherine and Scott are also very friendly and love to chat with their customers.
The address of the shop is: 301 West Seventh Street and the phone number is: 310-521-0175.
Their facebook page is:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Downtown-San-Pedro-7th-Street-Village...
http://www.amazon.com/Cruise-Quarters-Novel-About-Casinos/dp/146101...
There are two ways to save:
one is to get together with 1 or more other people and hire a local taxi or van to take you to the places you want to see (be sure he speaks your language and determine the price before you get in). The other is to go to our website www.smallshipcruises.com and on theh home page you will see a link to book shore excursions ahead of time yourself for the ports you will be visiting.
Shirley Linde, Editor
www.smallshipcuises.com
www.cruiserecipes.net
Cruisecritic.com polled more than 2,000 people on this question: What's the best way to spend a day in port? Some of the answers surprised me: Only about 24% take a cruise-sanctioned shore excursion; 50% explore independently.
So here's my question -- and it's an issue cruisecritic.com also raises:
Would more people take those cruise-sanctioned shore excursions if they were priced more reasonably?
On Ask A Travel Pro, a Tripatini members has a question about a prospective river cruise in Europe. If you'd like to help her out, please click on this link.
Thanks much!
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