Posted by Brian Hall on Apr 20, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on CRUISE SHIP TRAVEL
Introduction to cruise ships:
Sailing on cruise ships is a means of transport with substantial benefits, but also some drawbacks. Most people love them, but some people hate them. Cruising makes it easy to visit several places in one trip, without the need to re-pack their belongings and sit in a car / train / bus / plane to travel to each; also, hotel rooms come along with you and even provide transportation. Now one can visit every continent that is present on Earth, including Antarctica, by cruise ship. More exotic itineraries, such as the Galapagos Islands, are the most visited by small vessels of the expedition. While these cruises are expensive, you are traveling with expert guides, and tours are usually included.
Famous cruise ships:
Carnival Corporation is the industry giant ocean cruise. It owns Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Holland America, Cunard Line, Costa Cruises and Sea bourn Cruises. Further, there are cruise lines called as Royal Caribbean International, owner of Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Cruises, Oceania Cruises and P & O, which supplies the UK market, and Norwegian Cruise Lines, which primarily serves passengers on the East Coast United States Year departures from New York City and Miami. Many cruising regions have “high” and “low,” “shoulder” seasons. These usually follow up with the most and least desirable time to visit the region, and the times in between, for example, winter fjords, late summer / autumn for the Caribbean (tropical storms) is considered undesirable. Expect to pay premium prices for high season, much less in “low”, and maybe you’ll find some bargains “shoulder,” for example, to “re-positioning”. Many ships moving between distant regions having opposite high seasons … under repositioning cruises, for example, between the Mediterranean, the Baltic and Alaska and the Caribbean, South America, Australia, New Zealand. Long distances require many days at sea, often at attractive prices per day for those who like.
Each cruise is included in many segments of cruises, for example, 1-2 weeks “round tripper” will be a segment, during his visit to two or more regions may involve … sometimes 2-3 segments of a lathe - the world cruise. Thus, the cruise lines can sell affordable “pieces” of long passages that otherwise few can consider. It is not uncommon cruises will buy two or three back-to-back / sequential segments to build a longer cruise, for example, 7-10 days from Florida to the
Western Caribbean, return, after 7 -10 days for the East, or two or more regions of the world when they are away.
Cruise ship traveling are very much expensive it takes days to reach the destination so traveling responsible companies have the responsibility to make the passenger travel facilities and affordable so that they cannot feel bored or frustrated while traveling on seas. They provide health and sanitation facilities too especially if a woman is pregnant they had a hospitalization facility over there. Cruise ships bring together a large number of people from diverse communities and backgrounds.
The crowded, semi cruise environment can facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases from person to person or from contaminated food, water, air or environmental surfaces. Moreover, they have special combine and semi combine cabins, gym arena, saloons, and shopping areas in a ship to feel like paradise world to the passengers. Although h they have small, large and mega boats and ships to make their passengers feel equally better or safe in any condition.