http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress With Cruise Specialists Cruise Reporter Ralph Grizzle Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:54:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the great advantages of cruise ships is that experts frequently travel with you to help explain what you are seeing and visiting. When cruising in culturally significant places like Europe or in natural wonderlands like Alaska, the cruise lines will schedule sessions with experts who can add meaning ... http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/take-a-cruise-learn-life-lessons/ AMA Waterways' Amacello departs Budapest tonight at 10 p.m. for a seven-night cruise that ends in Nuremberg, Germany. Posted are links to photos of Budapest taken on December 28. Click here to launch a Flickr slideshow. http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/river-cruising-from-budapest-hungary/ Chris, a young contractor who did some work on my home last summer, told me about his most memorable cruise. It came as a result of a question he had asked his wife: "What's your dream?" "A Caribbean cruise," she replied. It was a dream that Chris was determined to make ... http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/can-a-cruise-change-your-life/ New photos posted from early December's Danube river cruise on AMA Waterways. Amalegro is currently sailing Christmas Market cruises. Click AMA Waterways Danube river cruise . http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/ama-waterways-danube-river-cruise-photos-posted/ The headline above could lead you to believe that this story was posted a few months late. After all, the last cruise ships that sailed the Baltic this past season threw off their bowlines and sailed away in September and October, right? Wrong. Two ships were in port in Copenhagen ... http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/baltic-cruise-season-comes-to-an-end/ New Celebrity Solstice photographs posted. Click on the Celebrity Solstice slideshow or click photos below. [flickr album=72157610596626454 num=20 size=Thumbnail] http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/celebrity-solstice-photos/ Spend an evening at Matsuhisa Restaurant in Beverly Hills, and you can easily rack up a tab totaling a few hundred dollars. Sushi of this quality does not come cheap. But at the famed chef’s restaurants on the two ships operated by Crystal Cruises, you’ll need to pony up only ... http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/sushi-at-sea/ Junior suites are spacious on AMA Waterways, which boasts Europe's youngest fleet of river cruise vessels. I'm currently cruising the Danube River on Amalegro in Junior Suite 303, which measures a generous 255 square feet. The queen-sized bed is oh-so-cozy, and the bathroom has a deep tub and separate shower, with ... http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/11/danube-river-cruises-living-the-suite-life-on-ama-waterways/ When people learn that I am a travel writer specializing in cruise vacations, one question never fails to surface: "What's your favorite cruise line?" It's a difficult question to answer, like asking which of your children do you love most. As with my children, when it comes to cruises, there is ... http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/11/celebrity-solstice-celebritys-newest-ship-breaks-the-mold/ Over the next few weeks, I invite you to read articles, view photos and videos, and learn more about a cruise ship that breaks the mold. In fact, during my short time on board Celebrity's newest ship, I felt as though I were in a small city as opposed to a ... http://www.cruisespecialists.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/11/celebrity-solstice-a-ship-to-celebrate/