Day 8 - St. Petersburg, Russia

... hassle of getting your own visa which is made out to be a major pain in the ass.  They use these scare tactics to get all the lemmings to buy their overpriced tours.  Luckily, I discovered on cruisecritic.com that this was not the case, and that there are several private companies who do the same tour for less money and secure your visa for you.  I ended up going with one of these companies.  The...

Trip report - Day 5 At sea

....  It was all a little watery, but edible.  I made it to the port talk about halfway through at 10:30.  I stayed for the 11:00 Faberge talk, then did a little window shopping before meeting the cruisecritic.com group at 12:15.  These were pople I had been chatting with online for the past few months.  It was nice to finally put a face with the names.  One of the couples owns a Scottish pub in ...

Imperial sweden in Swedens dramatic south

... Caribbean cruise for next summer.... going to go up and down the Norwegian Fjords! Well, I'm the typical "type A" planner, and love lists! So I've recently stumbled upon a great website (www.cruisecritic.com) that caters to us Type A's! There are lists and lists and opinions upon opinions expressed on this website relating to all thing cruising. Among the myriad of posts, I've come upon this ...

Реальный плавучий дом для эгоистов

Вот такой кондоминиум на плаву зашёл в Одессу . Из этого репортажа узнаём, что там примерно 175 человек пассажиров. Живущих постоянно или арендующих каюту-квартиру. Жизнь там, однако, довольно регламентирована. На форуме народ жалуется , что вечером в шортах в общественных местах появляться запрещают. Видно местные миллионеры хорошо дрессированы офисными порядками в отношении формы ...

The best ships for sea days, whatever your cruise style

  by Carolyn Spencer Brown and Lynn Seldon, Cruise Critic - July 8, 2008 While cruise lines have always filled days at sea with activity, today the variety extends way beyond the traditional diversions of art auctions, bingo, casino gambling and "bad hair day" seminars. How about near-college-level courses in subjects ranging from fashion to economics? Long, lazy lunches or brunches at an ...

вот какая громадина недалеко причалила http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Princess но кастомеры ругаются, официанты медленные, и сауны не работают, вот ужас то http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review.cfm?ShipID=54

Парусник Royal Clipper

... уж и много инфы на этот счет... Вот несколько ссылок для тех, кому интересно... www.starclippers.com || www.mensclub.kiev.ua || www.findarticles.com || www.cruisecritic.com || www.travelintelligence.com Э-э-э... Читать - читаем, - про RSS не забываем!!! Клацаем на кнопочку, - подписку оформляем!!! Прочитать продолжение поста: www...

Парусник Royal Clipper

... погуглил данную тему... Не так уж и много инфы на этот счет... Вот несколько ссылок для тех, кому интересно... www.starclippers.com || www.mensclub.kiev.ua || www.findarticles.com || www.cruisecritic.com || www.travelintelligence.com Э-э-э... Читать - читаем, - про RSS не забываем!!! Клацаем на кнопочку, - подписку оформляем!!!

Cruise passengers get the hard sell

... are standard within the industry," said Jana Jones, a freelance cruise specialist who reviewed the Pearl for CruiseCritic.com . Cruising "actually has become much, much cheaper than it was five years ago," Jones said. ... . . . that's where they get it." Further, says Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor of CruiseCritic, NCL has "never been considered a 'foodie' line in terms of quality, except in the ...