The Unofficial Guide to Cruises

Front Cover
Wiley, Sep 9, 2005 - Travel - 684 pages
From the publishers of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World

"A Tourist's Best Friend!"
Chicago Sun-Times

"Indispensable"
The New York Times

Five Great Features and Benefits offered ONLY by The Unofficial Guide:

  1. More than 100 cruise lines and 500 ships reviewed and ranked for value and quality
  2. Complete details on cruise lines, ships, and itineraries around the world
  3. Industry secrets for getting the lowest possible fare, plus extras like free vacation days
  4. Everything you need to know to make planning your cruise vacation fun and easy
  5. Helpful hints for getting the best cabin—without breaking your bank account

Contents

PART ONE Planning Your Cruise Vacation
15
PART TWO Cruise Lines and Their Ships
139
European and Smaller Cruise Lines
493
PART THREE Cruising Alternatives
529
Adventure and Cultural Cruises
557
Norwegian Coastal Cruises and Other Cruise Ferries
574
Freighters
595
Cruise Ship Index
657
Subject Index
675
Copyright

About the author (2005)

Kay Showker has been a travel writer/photographer/lecturer for more than two decades. Following a ten year tenure at Travel Weekly, she became a freelance writer, authoring 13 guidebooks, appearing as a travel expert on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and The Travel Channel, and writing America On Line's "Cruise Critic/Caribbean Ports of Call."

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