Fielding's Worldwide Cruises, 1997

Shirley Slater

Fielding Worldwide, Jan 1, 1996 - Cruise ships - 1079 pages

"Recommended without reservation".--Philadelphia Enquirer. This totally new, encyclopedic volume is the definitive guide for choosing the perfect cruise. It's really two books in one, with ratings of 178 ships and profiles of 58 cruise lines, as well as the lowdown on the 220 most visited ports around the world. 312 photos. 23 maps.

Contents

• LOOK WHOS AFLOAT: 15
• CHOOSING A CRUISE: 39
• SPECIAL CASES: 51
• UPFRONT AND PERSONAL: 77
• Explorer: 84
• AMERICAN CANADIAN CARIBBEAN: 119
• AMERICAN HAWAII CRUISES: 127
• AMERICAN WEST STEAMBOAT: 139
• CANAVERAL CRUISE LINE INC: 145
• CELEBRITY CRUISES: 179
• CLASSICAL CRUISES TOURS: 201
• CLUB IVIED CRUISES: 213
• COMMODORE CRUISE LINE: 221
• COSTA CRUISES: 229
• CRYSTAL CRUISES: 267
• CUNARD LINE: 277
• DELPHIN SEEREISEN: 313
• DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY: 319
• DOLPHIN CRUISE LINE: 339
• EPIROTIKI CRUISES: 355
• ESPLANADE TOURS: 371
• EUROCRUISES INC: 381
• FANTASY CRUISES: 403
• GOLDEN BEAR TRAVEL: 409
• HOLLAND AMERICA LINE: 415
• IVARAN LINES: 445
• MAJESTY CRUISE LINE: 453
• NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE: 463
• OCEANIC CRUISES: 493
• ODESSA AMERICA CRUISE COMPANY: 499
• P O CRUISES: 511
• PREMIER CRUISE LINES INC: 527
• PRINCESS CRUISES: 541
• RADISSON SEVEN SEAS CRUISES: 583
• REGAL CRUISES: 601
• ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD: 621
• ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISES: 663
• SEA CLOUD CRUISES: 675
• SEAWIND CRUISE LINE: 681
• SILVERSEA CRUISES LTD: 689
• SOCIETY EXPEDITIONS INC: 699
• SPECIAL EXPEDITIONS: 709
• ST LAWRENCE CRUISE LINES INC: 721
• STAR CLIPPERS LTD: 729
• STAR CRUISE: 735
• SUN LINE CRUISES: 749
• TALL SHIP ADVENTURES: 765
• WINDJAMMER BAREFOOT CRUISES: 771
• WINDSTAR CRUISES: 787
• WORLD EXPLORER CRUISES: 795
• OTHER CRUISE COMPANIES: 801
• ALTERNATIVE CRUISES: 807
• WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: 819
• THE CARIBBEAN CRUISE: 825
• Rating the Ports of the Caribbean: 833
• THE ALASKA CRUISE: 865
• AlaskaBritish Columbia Inside Passage: 867
• CRUISES TO MEXICAN RIVIERA: 881
• South America: 885
• NEW ENGLAND CANADA AND EAST: 909
• CRUISING IN NORTHERN EUROPE: 921
• THE MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE: 945
• Western Mediterranean: 946
• Mediterranean: 969
• CRUISING IN AFRICA THE SOUTH: 989
• Indian Ocean: 990
• Rating the Ports of the Indian Ocean: 997
• CRUISING TO ASIA: 1005
• THE HAWAII CRUISE: 1021
• CRUISING THE SOUTH PACIFIC: 1029
• South Pacific: 1031
• NEW ZEALAND: 1045
• GETTING READY TO GO: 1053
• THE END OF THE CRUISE: 1069
• INDEX: 1075

About the author

Shirley Slater and Harry Basch are a husband-and-wife travel-writing team whose books, articles, and photographs have been published internationally over the past 25 years. Former stage, film, and television actors, they have written their syndicated column "Cruise Views" for the "Los Angeles Times" and other major newspapers for more than 20 years, produced six annual editions of "The North American Ski Guide" for Prodigy Computer Services, and written "Shirley and Harry's RV Adventures" (a monthly newsletter) plus four books on worldwide cruising.
In 1990, at the 60th World Travel Congress in Hamburg, Germany, the authors were only the third writers (and the first freelancers) to receive the prestigious Melva C. Pederson Award from the American Society of Travel Agents for "extraordinary journalistic achievement in the field of travel."
On assignment for publications as diverse as "Bon Appetit" and "Travel Weekly," they have covered 188 countries by barge, elephant back, hot-air balloon, luxury cruise ship, cross-country skis, paddle-wheel steamer, and supersonic aircraft, but their favorite method of transportation is by RV. In their first motor home, a 27-foot Winnebago Brave, and their current 36-foot Itasca Sunflyer, they have logged more than 100,000 miles traveling all over the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Aboard other RVs--from mini-motor homes to 36-foot wide bodies with slide-outs--they have traveled an additional 60,000 miles exploring the back roads and campgrounds of America. The journeys in this book are all based on the authors' personal experiences.

Shirley Slater and Harry Basch are a husband-and-wife travel-writing team whose books, articles, and photographs have been published internationally over the past 25 years. Former stage, film, and television actors, they have written their syndicated column "Cruise Views" for the "Los Angeles Times" and other major newspapers for more than 20 years, produced six annual editions of "The North American Ski Guide" for Prodigy Computer Services, and written "Shirley and Harry's RV Adventures" (a monthly newsletter) plus four books on worldwide cruising.
In 1990, at the 60th World Travel Congress in Hamburg, Germany, the authors were only the third writers (and the first freelancers) to receive the prestigious Melva C. Pederson Award from the American Society of Travel Agents for "extraordinary journalistic achievement in the field of travel."
On assignment for publications as diverse as "Bon Appetit" and "Travel Weekly," they have covered 188 countries by barge, elephant back, hot-air balloon, luxury cruise ship, cross-country skis, paddle-wheel steamer, and supersonic aircraft, but their favorite method of transportation is by RV. In their first motor home, a 27-foot Winnebago Brave, and their current 36-foot Itasca Sunflyer, they have logged more than 100,000 miles traveling all over the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Aboard other RVs--from mini-motor homes to 36-foot wide bodies with slide-outs--they have traveled an additional 60,000 miles exploring the back roads and campgrounds of America. The journeys in this book are all based on the authors' personal experiences.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fielding's Worldwide Cruises, 1997; Fielding travel guides; Fielding's Worldwide Cruises
• Author: Shirley Slater
• Contributor: Hary Basch
• Edition: 17, illustrated
• Publisher: Fielding Worldwide, 1996
• ISBN: 1569521158, 9781569521151
• Length: 1079 pages