Ship site

[Sea and Me]

Does anyone know where the site is to track where a particular cruise ship is?? Thanks for the info.

[Shanafan]

Does anyone know where the site is to track where a particular cruise ship is?? Thanks for the info.

Is this the one you are looking for?

 

http://www.cruisecal.com/portal/

[reallyitsmema]

Is this the one you are looking for?

 

http://www.cruisecal.com/portal/

Unfortunately that site is no longer a free site and there is no way I am paying $24.95 a year.

[Sea and Me]

That is it Lisa. When did they start the registration and paying for it? I use to be able to go on with no problem. Thanks for the info. Wonder if there is another site??

[Sea and Me]

Unfortunately that site is no longer a free site and there is no way I am paying $24.95 a year.

 

My thoughts exactly:mad:

 

Carol

[cruiserbryce]

I dodnt believe it at first but looked at cruisecal and the above post is correct...you cant do anything without being a subscriber...I will just get all my info from here and cruise line websites...no need to pay that much for an occasional look at which ships will be with us in port

[Sky616]

That is it Lisa. When did they start the registration and paying for it? I use to be able to go on with no problem. Thanks for the info. Wonder if there is another site??

I believe it just changed this week to a pay site. As little as I cruise that is not worth it for us. Is anybody really going to pay that?

[reallyitsmema]

My thoughts exactly:mad:

 

Carol

There was a thread over on the Carnival board about the charge a few days ago. Brian, the owner of the site, had posted on it a few times saying it was a lot of work for no money. Others had commented on how they sent him information for cruise dailies and got no compensation either and it kind of went down hill from there.

 

He did say he was getting some registrations but most on that thread said they were deleting it from their favorites list.

[Aprille]

Here's a link someone posted on another thread a couple of days ago. I really haven't played around with it much but it looks like it will do the job and it's free. :cool:

 

http://www.cruisereport.com/PortsOfCallList.aspx

[TPKeller]

I was reading the thread over on the Carnival board, and learned that some updated info has been placed on the Cruisecal subscription page:

 

New Pricing Structure!!!! –

 

Due to overwhelming response we have a new pricing structure

 

- A Month to Month subscription is $3 per month.

 

- A Yearly subscription is $24.99

 

- A 2 Year subscription is $49.98

 

These subscriptions automatically renewed but can be cancelled at any time.

 

Sounds like that may be a little bit better for some folks.

 

Theron

[packedandready]

I just went to cruisecal.com and found that they now charge a fee. Am I missing something there or is this something new? Is there anywhere else I can find out about the number of ships in port? Thanks

[Aprille]

Yes, it's new as of a few days ago. There are a couple of other threads already discussing it here on the RCCL boards:

 

ship site

 

CruiseCal is down - know any other site?

[debshomespun]

You are right, they do have a fee now. Guess nothing is free anymore. They must need to pay whoever it is that is maintaining the website. They are a lot of work.

 

Have you looked at http://www.kroooz-cams.com to at least get some views from their webcams? Some of them tell you where they are, some don't.

[cruiserbryce]

cruisecal was a nice convinience but certainly not worth the subscription fee

[packedandready]

Thanks....I remember seeing the "cruisecal is down" thread but didn't click on it and thought it was just technical issues. It was a nice convience, but don't know why anyone would pay for it.

[Aprille]

Thanks....I remember seeing the "cruisecal is down" thread but didn't click on it and thought it was just technical issues.

That how that thread started out and why my link to it in my previous reply sends you to post#14 as that is when talk of the subscription came up.

 

Someone posted a link to an alternative site there and I bookmarked it: CruiseReport.com - haven't really had time to check it out but looks like it gives similar information. And it's free! :cool:

[QTMichele]

That's disappointing, but I'd consider paying $3 for a peek versus an annual fee that I don't need. Thanks for posting, Theron.

[Gunga Jim]

There's this website, which is fascinating, although for whatever reason, some ships are not being tracked.

 

The site also features some really interesting information, i.e. world-wide tides, currents, wave heights, wind direction and speed, etc.

 

MAIN PAGE

http://www.sailwx.info/

 

CRUISE SHIP TRACKING PAGE

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/cruiseships.phtml

[Gunga Jim]

There's this website, which is fascinating, although for whatever reason, some ships are not being tracked.

 

The site also features some really interesting information, i.e. world-wide tides, currents, wave heights, wind direction and speed, etc.

 

MAIN PAGE

http://www.sailwx.info/

 

CRUISE SHIP TRACKING PAGE

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/cruiseships.phtml

 

 

...also, someone suggested this site a week or two ago on a similar post...

 

*****

 

By way of example, the link below takes you to a map of the current postion of Celebrity's Galaxy:

 

*****/schiffspos...?schiff=Galaxy

[Jay Bee]

 

Someone posted a link to an alternative site there and I bookmarked it: CruiseReport.com - haven't really had time to check it out but looks like it gives similar information. And it's free! :cool:

 

I just took a look at it. It showed me what I wanted to see AND it was much easier to use and less cluttered than cruisecal (at least the old version - obviously, haven't seen the new).

 

It's both annoying and bad strategy for cruisecal to lock nonpaying visitors out of all content. Most sites will offer basic free content, then give you extra if you subscribe. That, in combination with making your subscription automatically renew itself, is very unappealing. Goodbye, cruisecal.

[bigeagle12]

http://www.cruisereport.com/PortsOfCallList.aspx

[pmfan]

Thanks for the link.