http://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/http://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/the-holland-america-ryndamhttp://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/the-holland-america-ryndamAs agents, My wife and I were anxious to see the Holland America Ship the "Ryndam" once she returned from being recently upgraded and improved during her recent dry dock. We understand there are still some other items that will be done during another dry dock at a later time.  First of all you must understand the crew was a bit rusty and not on their "A" game on the first day and evening of the...Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:10:47 -0500http://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/a-floating-city-oasis-of-the-seashttp://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/a-floating-city-oasis-of-the-seasWell, what can we say. As agents my wife and I had the absolute pleasure of being invited aboard the Oasis of the Seas for two days at sea. At first glance this ship is part of the Ft. Lauderdale skyline, she is behemoth.  We thought to ourselves that even on a 7 day cruise you would not be able to see this entire ship.  Actually we were wrong.  She is beautifully laid out and getting lost is h...Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:36:38 -0500http://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/cruisitude-what-is-ithttp://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/cruisitude-what-is-it  We’ve got it in spades. And for the last 15 years, we’ve built our travel business combining a positive outlook with our love of cruise vacations. In a word: cruisitude.CruisitudeSM defined.cruisitude [krooz-i-tood, -tyood]–noun 1. manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a cruising and cruise vacations; tendency, orientation or state, esp. of the mind: a positive cruisitu...Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:09:24 -0400http://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/cabin-upgradeshttp://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/cabin-upgradesHow many of you actually know what a cabin upgrade is and what they mean by upgrade?Well, lets say the cruise add states buy now and get a 2 catagory cabin upgrade.. This does not mean that you will go from and inside cabin to an outside cabin, or an outside to a balcony.  This may happen on rare occations but the rule is that if you booked an inside  cabin the upgrade would move you to another...Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:34:26 -0400http://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/why-use-a-travel-agenthttp://www.cruiseplannersofflorida.com/blogPosts/view/why-use-a-travel-agentToo Many Sites Make Sore Eyes, What do you Think?Another “cutting edge” travel website was just announced.  It leads to the question of “how many websites does a person need to visit to get information about travel offers?”, The answer is .   Since we focus on the cruise business, let’s take a look at this particular segment to see if we can shed some light on the question.The first thing to un...Sat, 16 May 2009 09:05:04 -0400