Forum: Cruises
October 16th, 2007, 10:37 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 9
Views: 689
MS Queen Elizabeth
An ocean liner is a vessel primarily intended to make "line"
voyages between two ports, not "cruise" from a port to some
destination and then return to its originating port. Speed has
nothing to...
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Forum: Cruises
April 27th, 2007, 08:18 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 8
Views: 631
U S UNITED STATES
Dick G wrote:
"Sue and Kevin Mullen" wrote in message
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[snip]
Having spent the better part of a year driving past the UNITED...
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Forum: Cruises
April 18th, 2007, 02:39 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 21
Views: 782
Gigantic cruise ship planned
Tom K wrote:
[snip]
That's what they said about Sovereign of the Seas when she came out.
That's what "they" usually say about something much larger than a
previous generation. "They" said the...
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Forum: Cruises
April 9th, 2007, 01:30 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 5
Views: 417
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Forum: Cruises
March 26th, 2007, 12:03 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 6
Views: 608
Amazon cruise
US citizens need a separate visa for Brazil. You will also need
a yellow fever shot to get the visa. Princess has a visa agency
to assist - at a price - getting the...
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Forum: Cruises
March 25th, 2007, 05:25 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,521
Are cruises a pain in the ass?
Surfer E2468 wrote:
Cruises are great therapy,the only thing that is a pain in the a-- is
trying to get from here to there by plane.
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Forum: Cruises
March 15th, 2007, 02:11 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,124
How do you "save" your digital pictures/movies?
Madx wrote:
Thanks everyone for your tips. Its a camcorder that has a sd card for
stills and uses miniDV cartridges. I'll bring plenty plus an extra battery
and the charger! Will I need a...
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Forum: Cruises
March 15th, 2007, 01:21 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,124
How do you "save" your digital pictures/movies?
Digital still camera - The cards are pretty cheap. Just take
extras with you. On the cruise I took last year I had a 256meg
SD card, and stored something like 125 pictures on it, with quite
a...
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Forum: Cruises
March 4th, 2007, 01:39 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 17
Views: 926
Refund hassles on cruise
Frank F. Matthews wrote:
Cruise Crazy wrote:
I have been to Brasil and many other countries. A good TA would always
inform passengers of any documents needed. The visa and shots for...
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Forum: Cruises
March 2nd, 2007, 08:08 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 17
Views: 926
Refund hassles on cruise
surf_dude wrote:
[snip]
I was just talking to my parents, who were supposed to be in Brazil for
a 3 week cruise.
They flew from upstate New York to New Orleans to get on the ship. They
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Forum: Cruises
February 18th, 2007, 07:04 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 2
Views: 484
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Forum: Cruises
February 4th, 2007, 04:54 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 3
Views: 381
Star Princess sail-away vantage point?
Port side, definitely.
Sadly, there seems to be no public access to the waterway on the north
side of the harbor entrance, so that somewhat limits the people blowing
off noisemakers and such to...
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Forum: Cruises
January 18th, 2007, 09:47 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,271
Ft Lauderdale
Joseph Coulter wrote:
Rosalie B. wrote:
"Cichs" wrote:
Taking sun Princess out of Ft Lauderdale on Feb 3rd. We're from UK
and not
been to Ft Lauderdale...
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Forum: Cruises
December 19th, 2006, 03:53 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 5
Views: 300
RCI Enchantment OTS
wrote:
RJQMAN wrote:
Rough seas on Enchantment last week? We were on the Navigator at the
same time (Dec 9 - 16th) - rough seas were the order of the day. The
captain...
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Forum: Cruises
December 10th, 2006, 06:54 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 1
Views: 446
$22/day?!
I guess my employer is a little behind the times.
For some reason a November 1967 issue of "National Geographic" turned up
in the magazine rack at work.
The articles were of some interest. The...
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Forum: Cruises
December 2nd, 2006, 12:49 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 14
Views: 589
Carnival HOLIDAY Review
My recollection of the Easter time '91 outing on Holiday was quite
positive, except for that musty smelling aft lounge. Though the
decision was made on a pure cash basis, my outing on Carnivale in...
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Forum: Cruises
December 1st, 2006, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 14
Views: 589
Carnival HOLIDAY Review
It's also the oldest boat in the Carnival fleet. I was on her in '91,
and she was far from young then!
Robert Cohen wrote:
[snip]
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Forum: Cruises
November 24th, 2006, 04:10 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 16
Views: 938
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Forum: Cruises
November 23rd, 2006, 10:06 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 16
Views: 938
Fun with Google Earth
It's awful tough to deduce the name of a ship from these overheads. For
example, the Port of Miami address in the original post shows a Carnival
ship. Now, I am no Carnival expert, so I cannot...
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Forum: Cruises
November 23rd, 2006, 05:02 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 16
Views: 938
Fun with Google Earth
The other one is easy! At least I recognized it right off.
Russell Patterson wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:26:19 -0500, Steve Myers
wrote:
40 46.070' N 73 59.544'...
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Forum: Cruises
November 23rd, 2006, 03:26 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 16
Views: 938
Fun with Google Earth
40 46.070' N 73 59.544' W
39 55.06' N 75 08.12' W
Russell Patterson wrote:
Load up Google Earth and copy each of the following locations into the
"Fly To" window and hit go. How many experts...
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Forum: Cruises
November 19th, 2006, 08:19 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 10
Views: 710
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Forum: Cruises
October 27th, 2006, 02:41 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 28
Views: 863
Cruise ship trouble
Any ship with these vacuum toilets - which I guess means everything
these days - that loses power for whatever reason is going to lose its
toilets.
Surfer E2468 wrote:
While shopping today,the...
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Forum: Cruises
September 11th, 2006, 10:44 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 3
Views: 533
SS United States in "Invincible"?
True, true. However, there were all sorts of continuity type errors in
that sequence. If you believe the continuity, Mr. Papale ran to places
in North Philly, probably following a route that no...
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Forum: Cruises
September 11th, 2006, 03:23 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 3
Views: 533
SS United States in "Invincible"?
Fairly early in the film, while showing Mr. Whalberg (the actor for
Vince Papale) running, we see what appears to be the side of a ship. I
think the ship is the United States, though I am not...
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