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Ralph Grizzle The Avid Cruiser

Through surveys, I know that 70 percent of you came to avidcruiser.com today looking for cruise reviews. You’re trying to make decisions about ships and cruise lines that you’re considering.

Our Cruise Line Profiles are designed to help you make informed vacation decisions, featuring reviews of Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, the often mis-labeled Holland American (it’s Holland America Line) and many other cruise lines.

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I know that any vacation is a big investment, both financially and emotionally, although financially, cruising offers some of the best value vacations.

My mission is to help you in any way that I can. The Avid Cruiser’s objective is to act as forum to help you make informed cruise vacation decisions. In addition to my own commentary, I welcome and encourage other points of view through the comments form at the bottom of each review. I rarely, if ever, filter comments, so this is freedom of speech in action.

You can trust my reviews.

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I have made cruising a lifestyle. When I am not cruising, I am in destinations that cruise ships visit.

So you know not only that you’re getting knowledge from someone who has personally sailed on most of the ships you’re here to learn about but also that you’re getting advice from someone who has personally spent time ashore in the destinations you’ll visit.

Unlike you, however, I’m not on ships and in destinations to vacation. I’m there to gather information, photos and videos that will help you make informed decisions about your cruise vacation.

I can certainly be biased. For example, I like small ships better than large ships, and I prefer the Mediterranean over the Caribbean. I realize that my preferences may not be in sync with yours. That’s fine. We can agree to disagree. My goal is to help you determine what’s best for you.

You can read more about me at Read more about Ralph Grizzle. If you just want the basics with regard to my reviews: I am a journalism graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, a journalistic code of ethics was pounded into me. Plus, I am someone who genuinely enjoys helping and informing others. I’ve cruised for nearly 20 years and have won awards for my cruise writing. I’m a natural-born traveler, and I enjoy helping others get the most from their travel experiences.

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I hope I can help you with your big decision! Bon Voyage, Ralph Grizzle

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  • http://www.facebook.com/matteo.fabbi1 Matteo Fabbi

    If any of you wish to know more about the cruise industry, check my papers at http://www.grin.com/en/e-book/180656/royal-caribbean-cruise-line-rccl-a-brand-portfolio-analysis

    ….an examination of the nature, the typology and the management of a well known corporate brand operating in the Tourism industry: Royal Caribbean Cruises Line Ltd (RCCL).Adam Weaver in his article Complexity at sea: Managing brands within the cruise industry(2008), stresses how in the late eighties, corporate consolidation within the cruise industry, had as a result many cruise brands to be a part of a brand portfolio. In the complexity of the cruise industry, culture, languages and country of origins represent a major challenge for managers when adapting their brands across an international environment and portfolios are always bigger (Weaver, 2008).Originally Royal Caribbean Cruise LTD’s strategy to overcome the complexity of this issue has been to opt for a Global brand strategy instead of a multiple decentralized local brands strategy, which on the other hand, has been Carnival Corporation’s main strategy, also main RCCL competitor, as well as market leader for the global cruise industry (Weaver, 2008).

  • Norneee

    Hello:

    We are cruising on the Grand Princess Oct 21,  29 days from Southampton to Ft. Lauderdale.  We will be stopping at:  Cadiz, Alghero, Rome, Florence, Cannes, Brcelona, Gibraltar, Zeebrugge, Paris, Vigo, Lisbon, Ponta delgada and Bermuda.  Any suggestions on any of these ports for tours we should take.

    Thank you for your help 

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