I HAVE BEEN CRUISING
SINCE 1969 AND I HAVE
BEEN ON MOST OF THE BIG
SHIPS, BUT I AM GETTING A
BIT DESPONDANT WITH THE
WAY THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
IS GOING. WITH THE PRICE
YOU PAY IS ONLY A
FRACTION OF THE END COST
BECAUSE IT IS NOW BASED
ON A HARD SELL...
I HAVE BEEN CRUISING
SINCE 1969 AND I HAVE
BEEN ON MOST OF THE BIG
SHIPS, BUT I AM GETTING A
BIT DESPONDANT WITH THE
WAY THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
IS GOING. WITH THE PRICE
YOU PAY IS ONLY A
FRACTION OF THE END COST
BECAUSE IT IS NOW BASED
ON A HARD SELL...
I HAVE BEEN CRUISING
SINCE 1969 AND I HAVE
BEEN ON MOST OF THE BIG
SHIPS, BUT I AM GETTING A
BIT DESPONDANT WITH THE
WAY THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
IS GOING. WITH THE PRICE
YOU PAY IS ONLY A
FRACTION OF THE END COST
BECAUSE IT IS NOW BASED
ON A HARD SELL...
We have just retuned from
a Caribbean cruise on Sea
Princess. There is not
one bad thing we can say
about Princess. They
certainly know how to
look after their
passengers. We flew out
on a Thomas Cook flight
full of cruise
passengers...
just come back from the
caribbean, a lovely
holiday but the artemis
is a let down, i can see
why it is leaving the
fleet, old, rusty and
quite shabby, not very
clean in cetain areas.
one day a shore excursion
to martinique proved
interesting, dollars
accepted...
Normally travel to
Spain/Portugal/Tenerife
five or six times a year
but my good lady of 45
years fancied a cruise
for a change. Spent
months on this and other
forums before deciding on
the Ventura. It seemed to
be all things to all
people and I felt I...
We arrived at the port in
Dubai by taxi at 11.00
a.m. and were on board in
less than 30 minutes due
to a very well organised
checkin system. Probably
the smoothest we have
experienced. Our balcony
cabin was spacious and in
good condition with more
than enough...
just back from carribean
cruise on ventura , our
first cruise and we loved
it went from manchester /
first choice plane 2-3-2
plenty legroom free
drinks/food
average/flights on time
very smooth transfer bit
of a wait at barbados
cruise terminal ...
I looked for about 3
weeks at quite a few
opitions and when the bad
weather came in early Jan
we booked the cruise
because of the ports of
call. The only worrying
thing for me was that It
was Itilian ship as we
have travelled on one
before , Costa Victoria
in...