Resources
This page consists of links to various cruise-related sites that I have found useful in the time since I have been interested in cruising.
First, I am active on a couple of cruise forums. The largest of these is CruiseCritic, where I post with the user name ‘tom_uk’. Next, and the place where I first starting enquiring about cruises and got a lot of advice and information before our first cruise, is CruiseTalk. This is also where I have posted a lot of my images from cruises: here is a typical page (pictures of Santorini), and from there you can find others of mine. Finally, I have found Europe Port Reviews very useful for information about ports of call.
Next, there are on-line travel agents that I have used or consulted.The most significant of these is Ideal Cruising. Here’s also 1st4Cruising.
A few webcams that I like: Mykonos, Santorini and Palma (this one isn’t as good as it used to be; I think they’ve moved the camera a bit). Note these are live so if you’re in the USA and looking at them during the day, it’s probably night where the cameras are!
Cruisecal is a key resource for working out how much congestion there will be in the ports you’re visiting on the days you’re there.
Finally, there are many ‘enthusiast’ websites out there, but Ship Parade is one of my favourites.
