So many cruises, so little time...

On our recent FANTASY cruise we sailed a new 5-night itinerary from Port Canaveral to Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay, and Nassau to share our findings with our readers. While docked in Grand Turk, we explored the island by using the on-and-off 'Guana Tourist Bus and discovered a charming and unspoiled port of call. 

There were many teens and younger children on board for the Easter holiday cruise and we took a look at the problems of possible overcrowding as well as underage drinking. We also checked out the improvements and upgrades Fantasy received during her last drydock in order to dispel rumors that the first of Carnival's Fantasy-class ships is, ahem, "old"... here's what we found during our Fantasy Cruise.

Sailing, really sailing with the wind powering the world's largest full-rigged ship through the water is a spine-tingling thrill. It's matched only by the unfurling of her 56,000 square yards of sail. 

My first sight of Royal Clipper was breathtaking. Come along and bring your inner pirate for a real adventure, take a Royal Clipper Cruise through the Grenadines.

Explore Ashore: Join Georgina Cruz on Tours that Multi-Task and learn how to enjoy both the cultural and natural attractions in your ports of call as she tours in Australia and New Zealand during a Diamond Princess cruise.

What's Happening on Land & Sea: Cruise News... New itinerary announcements, including what's on tap for 2007, and other industry news are in Cruise Diva's Cruise News. April highlights include details about new ship launches (NCL America's Pride of Hawaii and RCI's Freedom of the Seas), a second vessel for easyCruise (and updates to easyCruiseOne), a Star Clippers ship redeployment to Tahiti, and much more.

Where's Cruise Diva? The next couple months promise to be busy with two new ship introductions in May. Cruise Diva will be in Los Angeles for the christening of NCL America's Pride of Hawaii and a preview cruise. Then it's off to Miami for a short preview cruise on Royal Caribbean's new Freedom of the Seas. Watch for reports and first-hand impressions of each in late-May. Coming up in June is a transatlantic crossing on the fabulous liner, Queen Mary 2 from Southampton, and another new ship introduction, Crown Princess in New York (actually, make that the new cruise terminal in Brooklyn!).

Writing a guidebook from scratch was a daunting task. However, it was personally rewarding to share all the tips and tricks from CruiseDiva.com with readers beyond the Internet. And there's much more... inside the book is all the planning information you need, plus cruise line profiles and ship reviews—everything you should know to make the right choices so your cruise will live up to your personal expectations.

  Fodor's Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises, A Cruise Lover's Guide to Selecting the Right Trip, With All the Best Ports of Call, by Linda Coffman, is available now on the shelves of your local book stores and listed by Internet book sellers

Get even more advice from the Cruise Diva. Fodor's Caribbean Ports of Call 2006 is the only guidebook you need to plan days ashore and contains a brand-new cruise primer section and cruise line profiles and and ship reviews by Cruise Diva, Linda Coffman. A bonus is the inside scoop about cruise lines' Private Islands... what they are, where they are, and all the best things to do when you get there.

* Brilliance of the Seas
* Silver Whisper
* Costa Fortuna
* Costa Mediterranea
* MSC Lirica
* Norwegian Sun
* Costa Allegra
* Carnival Pride
* Star Clipper