your sites to assist in cruising

As Crusie critic poster, you have shared information as well as benefit from information posted. What web sites have you found that you use for your cruising experience? Please share some of your favorite sites. Of course I always use www.cruisecritic.com as a source of valuable information.

I just found out about www.porttime.com. from a cc poster. This site will tell you what ships are in port. This is helpful to us as we will know before we leave if the port will have a lot of visitors from cruise ships while we are there.

We use Travel Document Systems http://www.traveldocs.com/ when planning a cruise to a country that might require a Visa.

I like http://www.cruisestateroom.com to check out ships and cabins.

:D Well..this is an obscure one for movies that MIGHT be on your cruise. It generally seems to be accurate for a few that are showing....

http://www.seamovies.com/

And of course we always visit CC Member TP Keller's Cruise Tip Calculator and great website! :)

http://cruisetip.tpkeller.com/

:)

I always use: http://www.weatherbase.com to check avg temps in the ports on my cruise.

Martha

Great information. Thank you.

Kathy:)

Well, since I have to fly to get to a cruise port of departure, I like http://www.seatguru.com

I like looking on webshots for pictures of specific cabins and parts of ships. (also for ports of call)

Since I often use Southwest to get to my cruises, I have http://www.southwest.com bookmarked.

This is a new one for those of you who are _really_ into weather/ocean data.

http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports

A brand new series (the 16th was recently activated) of real-time data stations and bouys, accessable over the web. The first page at the above web site explains.

Among other places, stations are at Tampa, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and various parts of the New York harbor complex. In that regard, for you Explorer of the Seas fans, there is an interesting screen showing the actual 'air gap' clearance at both the Bayonne and Veranzano Narrows bridges - as it changes!

Lots of good stuff... check it out!

RAE

This is a new one for those of you who are _really_ into weather/ocean data.

 

http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports

 

A brand new series (the 16th was recently activated) of real-time data stations and bouys, accessable over the web. The first page at the above web site explains.

 

Among other places, stations are at Tampa, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and various parts of the New York harbor complex. In that regard, for you Explorer of the Seas fans, there is an interesting screen showing the actual 'air gap' clearance at both the Bayonne and Veranzano Narrows bridges - as it changes!

 

Lots of good stuff... check it out!

 

RAE

Very cool website, thanks.

Laura

I usually check weather.com for average temps and rainfall. I also like The Cruise Guys (aside from having a ton of helpful hints, they have great reviews).

http://web.mac.com/thecruiseguys/The_Cruise_Guys/Welcome.html

If you are going on a Voyager Class ship, this site has a lot of interesting info and pics on the different ships.

http://www.romain-moisescot.com/voyagerclass/index.html

Here are some of my favorites:

http://www.shipparade.com/indx.htm

*****/reederei.php?reederei=17 (has a really cool ship tracker plus you can see the entire deck plan on one page)

http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=2&subs=0&did=826 (so I can watch Solstice being built)

Here's another good one:

http://www.nauticalcities.com/cruiseships.php?operator=All%20Operators

Here's a useful site to see what airlines charge for checked baggage:

http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/AirfareWatchBlog/tabid/54/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/868/Checked-bag-fees-airline-by-airline.aspx

Love that spring break one above...lol.

OK, I HAVE to mention the site that stores the collection of kid compasses. So for families who cruise, it's a easy way to see the activities for the kids. And since it's put together by the parents of the family cc board...it's constantly updated.

http://photobucket.com/cruisekidpages

What great information. Thanks!

Any more?

Thanks, everyone for these are great source of information, The time is getting exciting for me as the cruise actually seems to be in sight, What are some easy sight to see the ship in port. as the cruise get closer I like to go on line and see the ship in port. I forget what the web site address is, when I find out, I visited that website, somehow I get lost on the site and do not get to see the ship in port.

As Crusie critic poster, you have shared information as well as benefit from information posted. What web sites have you found that you use for your cruising experience? Please share some of your favorite sites. Of course I always use www.cruisecritic.com as a source of valuable information.

 

I just found out about www.porttime.com. from a cc poster. This site will tell you what ships are in port. This is helpful to us as we will know before we leave if the port will have a lot of visitors from cruise ships while we are there.

What a great thread!!!! Thanks.

You may not want to look at this one if you are one to get nervous about whether a hurricane or tropical storm might affect your upcoming cruise:eek:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Great thread:)

We now use insuremytrip.com to pick our insurance.

Happy Sails to You

OOOEEE:D :D Bob and Phyl

Lots of information and trivia here.

http://www.italyguides.it/us/italy_travel.htm is a wonderful site for people who are going to visit Italy.You can load audio guide to your ipod too.

burny

My son ask me to look for a cruise for him, he told me the port he would like to stop at. Is there a web site where I can pick out an itinernary and that will list all the ships that stops there. I usually go to each cruise line web site and check each site. Is there an easier way to do this? Then I will need to find the least expensive one. Thanks

Great Site! Been clicking in & out of these sites and loving all the information.