If it sells out, you might be bumped up to a better stateroom category. Port expenses: Wherever you sail, each port of call will levy a charge based on local taxes and fees. That fee is charged to the cruise company, which then in turn charges it back to you. Repositioning cruise: This is a one-way itinerary that effectively moves a cruise ship from one part of the world to another.
Look for repositioning cruises as the seasons change, as these itineraries are often well priced. Sea day: A day in which the cruise ship does not visit a port of call and stays on the open water. Single supplement: Cruise fares are based on double occupancy.
If you are traveling solo, you will likely be charged a single supplement. If you buy your airfare directly from the cruise line, it will usually include transfers to and from the ship.
If you are traveling independent, you can inquire about paying extra for the ship-sponsored transfers. Butler: A butler assists cruisers with everyday tasks like unpacking and packing laundry and making restaurant and spa reservations.
The butler also serves meals en-suite and can provide afternoon teatime snacks or cocktails before dinner. Cabin attendants: Cruise ship cabins are cleaned and serviced by cabin attendants, also known as stewards and stewardesses.
Some cabin categories also come with butler service. You can find him or her at the reception desk. Bridge: The navigational control center of the ship is called the bridge. Flightseeing is a form of sightseeing from the air, generally done in a small aircraft. Flightseeing in Alaska. An onboard surf pool on some Royal Caribbean ships where guests can try their hand at surfing or boogie-boarding.
A flyboard looks like a snowboard that you strap on to go flying over the water for sport. You mostly go straight up and down.
Also see: hoverboard and kiteboard, two other hydro-sports. Forward refers to a location or direction — the front section of a ship. The opposite of forward is aft. Freestyle Cruising. Norwegian Cruise Line's style of cruising, featuring casual dress and no set dinner times or assigned seating in restaurants. The idea is that you can dine when, where and with whomever you want. Other cruise lines offer this as well.
Norwegian Breakaway. French balcony. A French balcony is not really a balcony. It's a glass door or wall-to-wall window that opens to give you fresh air and the feel of a veranda, minus the veranda, tables and chairs.
Many river ships constrained by width limitations use them to give the feeling of turning your cabin into a veranda. A funicular is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope. Travelers use them to ascend and descend steep walkways or to get to the top of hills, especially in some European cities.
A gateway is a place or stop travelers use to reach their final destination. On an international trip from Miami to Rome, your gateway city might be Houston for the first leg of your journey to Miami. San Francisco International. GPS, or Global Positioning System, is a satellite navigation system that can be used to locate positions anywhere on the earth. It's widely used in mobile devices, vehicles, planes, ships — almost anything that moves these days.
A measurement of enclosed passenger space, including the space in cabins, lounges, showrooms and dining rooms. Although frequently misunderstood, GRT is a measure of volume, not weight. Holiday market, Vienna.
The port where passengers join a ship's cruises a majority of the time. Some ships make a home port out of Miami, Baltimore or Galveston, while other ships with more wide-ranging itineraries have no home port. Galveston, Texas. A hosted cruise, chiefly offered on certain sailings by luxury cruise ships, offers a personable expert who serves as a an onboard host and on-shore tour guide. It also comes with special perks such as a cocktail reception or shore excursion.
All of this comes as part of your base fare. On a hosted cruise you get a more personal, in-depth, intimate experience on board and in port because there are no crowds or lines.
Invitation-only party. As a water sport, a hoverboard lets you glide over the surface of the water. You'll often find them in tropical destinations. Also see: flyboard and kiteboard, two other hydro-sports.
Inside Passage. The Inside Passage is a seagoing route along the U. It's a popular route for cruise ships. The Inside Passage. International dateline. The International Dateline is an imaginary line running down the Pacific Ocean that separates one day from another.
When you travel from the United States to Australia, a day is "lost," but when you travel back, a day is "gained," and you'd set your watch back a day — so you get to relive the day again, like on "Groundhog Day. Kiteboarding, sometimes called kitesurfing or sailboarding, is a new extreme sport that combines windsurfing, paragliding and wakeboarding. It's especially popular in tropical climates. Sure looks fun! Kiteboard in Tulum.
The measurement of a ship's speed. The side of an island or ship that is sheltered from the wind. In Hawaii, the leeward side faces west or south and is hot, dry, sunny; it tends to have more beaches than the windward side. Kaena Point, Oahu. Loyalty program. Many cruise lines offer loyalty programs or past passenger programs that reward repeat customers.
Benefits increase with frequency and perks might include shipboard credit, free laundry, get-togethers, etc. Mbps refers to megabits per second, a measure of how fast your Internet connection is. Today anything below 3 to 5 Mbps is pretty sluggish. A megaship is one of the enormous cruise ships that are bigger than the biggest ships of just a few years ago.
Any ship that carries more than 4, passengers can be considered a megaship. Mexican Riviera. The "Michelin Star" is a hallmark of fine dining and top-tier restaurants based on the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest European hotel and restaurant reference guide, which awards Michelin stars for excellence to select establishments. Michelin star ratings. Mobile Passport. Mobile Passport is the first smartphone app authorized to expedite a traveler's entry process into the United States.
This free app, available for Android and iOS phones, will allow you to submit your passport and customs declaration via your smartphone or other mobile device instead of using the traditional paper method. Only U. It currently works at 24 airports and one cruise port , Port Everglades. To muster is to assemble the passengers and crew of a ship for a safety drill. A muster drill is typically done at the beginning of a cruise to instruct the guests about where to go to get into lifeboats in case of an emergency.
A muster station is where everyone meets. Cruise ship lifeboat. Norovirus is the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in humans, causing vomiting and diarrhea.
To avoid it, wash your hands often and use the antiseptic gel available around the ship. Norovirus gets wide coverage in the media when an outbreak occurs on a cruise ship, though the Centers for Disease Control points out that your chances of coming down with norovirus are much greater on land — it affects 20 million people a year in all age ranges. Hand sanitizer on Ruby Princess. A credit added to your onboard bill during your cruise.
Think of it as spending money, or as a credit on your credit card statement. You might get it as a discount at the time of booking — say, as a thank-you from Cruiseable for booking with us — or from the cruise line as compensation for an unforeseen event. In general, onboard credits may be used toward the bar, spa, gift shop or shore excursions from the cruise line, but not gratuities.
Also called a shipboard credit. Use onboard credits for a spa treatment. A dinner seating in which tables are not assigned — the opposite of assigned seating.
An Owners Suite is a marketing terms for a high-end class of stateroom on a cruise ship, typically marked by a large living area, large separate bedroom and extra amenities. By the way, you don't really get to own it. Owners Suite on Seabourn Spirit. On cruise excursions, stand-up paddleboarding refers to the water sport in which people stand on their boards and use a paddle to propel themselves through calm ocean waters.
Traditionally it referred to the practice of kneeling on a paddleboard or surfboard to propel yourself through the surf with a swimming motion. Stand-up paddleboarding. There are two ways to calculate the passenger capacity of a ship: 1 Double occupancy.
One way is to take the total number of rooms and multiply by two, with two people sharing one stateroom Cruiseable uses this method. For instance, Quantum of the Seas has 4, passengers at double occupancy and 4, passengers at maximum occupancy. Quantum of the Seas. Passenger to crew ratio indicates the number of crew members available to serve each passenger. The cruise industry is averaging a 2. See each ship's score. A crew member on Silversea. This term, which we also call the Roominess Index, refers to a ship's gross registered tonnage a measure of volume, not weight divided by the number of passengers, resulting in a blunt estimate of the total average square footage accorded each passenger in a ship's common areas, cabins, crew quarters, etc.
A score of below 20 is poor; average; good; very good; over 50 excellent. Small bite-sized confectionery or savory appetizer from the French for "small oven" , often found at resorts. Also see canape. Petit fours. Port can mean 1 the port cities you visit on a cruise also called ports of call ; 2 port is the left side of the ship when you're facing toward the front of the vessel.
Dubrovnik, Croatia. The ports visited during your cruise itinerary, not counting the port of embarkation and disembarkation. John's, Antigua. This is travel agent jargon for adding a few days to the beginning or end of your cruise for sightseeing, usually at the port of embarkation or disembarkation.
Most modern-day cruise liners have stem-to-stern wifi. You could also communicate via WhatsApp. Data is also expensive though, so it could be a good idea to get your family member a data package before their trip. For example, Carnival offers 3 different types of Wifi packages.
They all come with different speeds and access. The Social plan basically covers just social media like Instagram, Facebook, and Whatsapp. The more expensive plans offer faster speeds and also greater access to websites and making calls via Whatsapp for example. It is also easy to hook up to the ships Wifi.
You will be able to do it in the same manner that you do at home. If this is the case, you can then contact family members in this way via their social media accounts. I mentioned the data prices for Carnival Cruises above. Below are the packages for different cruise liners. However, the great thing about living in this century is that communication is so easy. There are so many ways that you can contact family members all over the world, in just a matter of seconds.
There is no need to fret, if there is an emergency, be assured that you will be able to contact your family easily. Related Posts.
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