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Cruising Goals (changes)

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Cruises to Take

• Cunard Transatlantic
• Voyage up the Nile
• Long-term freighter cruise (for writing a book)
• New England/Canada fall foliage cruise (or ACL, American Cruise Lines for small ship America)
• Maine Windjammer
• Panama transit
• RMS St. Helena (South Atlantic cruise) and/or Canaries, Madeira, etc
• Fjords of Norway and/or Baltic
• River cruise around Germany/France (such as Danube)
• World cruise: circumnavigation!
• Dover/Calais crossing; San Francisco – Seattle – Victoria – Vancouver
• Ship with sails (Star Clippers, Windstar)

Food

• Food problems on Holland-America, Commodore, RCCL, MSC, RCI, Norwegian, Costa, Uniworld, even Princess; worst food on Carnival and Disney
• Best food on mainstream lines seems to be Celebrity; Oceania, Sea Cloud, Seabourne (good sales), and Azamara are favorites. Regent (which is all inclusive good value), Crystal (good sales too) are good too.
• Always pick up on waiter’s hints

Onboard costs

• Welcome aboard drinks usually not free; nor are drinks in your cabin fridge
• May not want to buy the photographs they take of you
• Remember the gratuities
• Don’t fall for the bingo or for hard-selling beauty products esp in spa
• Stick with ship water; not still sparkling or bottled
• Specialty coffee is extra
• Internet too expensive; ship to shore telephone as well
• May want to bring a little cash for room service tips (however tips for bar drinks are automatically included so don’t add extra)
• Regent is good for not hawking; low pressure; Regent does all-inclusive drinks
• Watch out for cell phone bills; don’t use it on the ship!