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Six Tips to Extract More Joy from Your Cruise

By Ralph Grizzle It’s one thing to get a great deal, but it’s another to budget so tightly that you extract any possibility for pleasure on your cruise. Yes, inside cabins are cheaper than balcony cabins, but balcony cabins can be much more rewarding. Of course, only you can kno... [More]

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The Style & Substance of Silversea Cruises - Silver Spirit

By: Ralph Grizzle  When Silversea Cruises’ new Silver Spirit reaches Fort Lauderdale this week, the 540-passenger vessel will show travel agents and media, and ultimately guests, a few things that no other ship of its size has shown before: stateroom televisions hidden behind mirrors a... [More]

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Celebrity Cruises - Designed For You!

  By Avid Cruiser Contributing Editor Susan J. Young New Logo, New Tag Line PLUS Solstice-Class Perks on Millennium-Class Ships Dressed in a layered dress comprised of linens from Celebrity’s AquaClass staterooms, a silver mannequin greeted guests entering a Celebrity C... [More]

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Silversea Cruises Silver Spirit: Energetic Production Shows & Groovy Vibe

By: Ralph Grizzle With the introduction of Silver Spirit, Silversea shows became a bit more exciting. One of Avid Cruiser’s regular readers asked if I could characterize “the vibe” on Silversea Cruises’ newest vessel. My initia... [More]

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Early Cruise Bookings Europe 2010

By: Ralph Grizzle This month, many of the ships operated by the North American-managed cruise brands will begin making their way back home across the Atlantic. Their return comes with the revelation that 2009 was not a huge success for cruise lines sailing Europe, but it wasn’t a com... [More]

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Two Perfect Days in Nice, Villefranche & Monaco - European Cruise

By Ralph Grizzle, on September 29th, 2009 Few regions have as much to offer cruise passengers as Nice, Villefranche and Monaco. Ships call at all three destinations (though typically not on the same itinerary), and all are close enough to one another that they can be enjoyed in a si... [More]

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Celebrity Solstice Guest Cruise Review

By: Ralph Grizzle and Art Sbarsky Celebrity Solstice debuted in November 2008 to virtually unanimous raves for its architecture, décor and design. Its nearly-identical-in-every-way sister, Celebrity Equinox, was launched this summer.  With the introduction of these new ships... [More]

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Silversea Cruises - Silver Cloud: Three Days in St. Petersburg, Russia

By: Ralph Grizzle Silver Cloud spends three full days in St. Petersburg, which allows enough time to get to see and experience this beautiful city. Silver Cloud offers a number of tours, ranging from Splendid St. Petersburg, a 3.5-hour overview of the city for US$79 to a... [More]

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Regent Seven Seas: Signature Dishes

Signature Dishes By: Ralph Grizzle When Mariner launched in March 2001, she introduced a new dining concept, Signatures, which was upgraded during the January 2009 drydock. Signatures is the only restaurant at sea to operate under the auspices of “Le Cordon Bleu,&rdq... [More]

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Awesome Alaskan Explorer Cruise on Holland America Line

‘Awesome’ Alaska  By: Ralph Grizzle A Kid’s View Of The Great Land: Seeing Alaska through the eyes of my 10-year-old son. ‘Dude! Alaska is soooooooo awesome!’ These were the words uttered by my 10-year-old son on our first morni... [More]

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