Cruise industry growth continues to be astounding. The number of passengers has increased four-fold since the early 1980s -- just between December 1996 and spring 1997, seven new ships sailed the Caribbean for the first time.Frommer's makes it easy to find the cruise that's right for you and scout out the best deals -- it's all here in this candid, easy-to-use guide, which comes complete with line drawings of each ship, an all-new appendix of daily activity calendars and menus, and the results of the annual passenger satisfaction survey given by Cruises, Inc. Every ship is rated and ranked for cabins, cuisine, service, shore excursions, entertainment, facilities, and more, and readers also get complete coverage of ports of call and ports of embarkation.
Now with an earlier pub month to fully catch the winter getaway season.
