Big Red Boat
www.bigredboat.com
Site Features:
Ports of Call,
Fleet,
Package Vacations
Site Report:
Premier Cruise Line’s
website for its Big Red Boat family cruise ship is well organized and extremely
easy to follow.
Just click on the
red carpet leading up to the boat and you are led into the ship’s lobby.
Click on “Guided Tour” and you can find out about the boat, ports of call
and cruise packages.
Click on “Cool Stuff”
and kids can enter a coloring contest or do a puzzle while adults learn
about cruise activities for them – dancing, shows, gambling and, of course,
what’s a cruise without an Elvis impersonator or two?
The flashing icon
at the center of the first screen that screams “Last-minute, unadvertised
super bargains” is a little misleading. A click reveals
short descriptions of the packages offered without any prices – let alone
rock-bottom ones.
Package prices are
actually accessed through the second screen under “Last minute Specials.”
Still, the site has
a few cool features – you can actually view the ship’s 30-second television
commercial and get up-to the minute weather forecasts for the Bahamas under
the “Cool Stuff” icon.
But getting a good
deal isn’t as easy as The Big Red Boat’s site makes it seem -- you still
have to reserve through an outside travel agent – an extra step many cruise
line web sites are beginning to avoid by featuring their own online reservation
services.
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