Cruise Buzz

Cruise Chat weekly Twitter party for cruise travelers theme cruise recap.

July 12th, 2011 CruiseChat Recap

So many theme cruises to tweet about, not enough time.

The Numbers

Top 10 by number of impressions

1. cruisebuzz: 820,902
2. vegasbill: 552,786
3. traveldesigned: 252,468
4. jkheaton: 238,080
5. luxurycruiseco: 209,097
6. shipsandtrips: 165,240
7. halcruises: 135,847
8. only398: 134,937
9. cruisesource: 102,612
10. isabellestravel: 83,320

Top 10 by number of tweets

1. cruisebuzz: 82
2. carevacations: 69
3. shipsandtrips: 60
4. holafernando: 45
5. cruisecoaches: 36
6. traveldesigned: 36
7. jkheaton: 31
8. american_cruise: 21
9. vikingriver: 21
10. luxurycruiseco: 21

Top 10 by number of followers

1. traveldudes: 55,061
2. vegasbill: 42,522
3. rickgriffin: 30,409
4. theplanetd: 20,611
5. only398: 14,993
6. shesconnected: 10,426
7. isabellestravel: 10,415
8. cruisebuzz: 10,011
9. luxurycruiseco: 9,957
10. eventsforwomen: 9,750

The Questions

Q1. Have you ever been on a theme cruise? When? Where? #Cruisechat

Q2. Which theme are you: cougar, quilter, Elvis or Harley. Why? #cruisechat

Q3. What would you do if you were the leader of a theme group on vacation?

Q4. Fill in the blank. My life would be complete if I cruised with _____. Why?

Q5. What special interest group cruise sounds fun to you and why? #cruisechat Scrapbooking, fundraising, voluncruise, baseball or what?

Q6. Guesstimate. What is the going rate for a full ship charter on a cruise ship that holds 2000 passengers.

Q7. Jazz, Shakespeare, Wine, or Poker: which theme cruise are you? Why?

Q8. Fill in the blank. The only thing better than a vacation is ____.

Wall of Fame – some of the tweets from the stream

• JonFlemingUK Jon Fleming  A8 – a bit late, but the one thing better than a holiday is planning the holiday – I love the anticipation!

• shipsandtrips ShipsAndTripsTravel  – @CruiseBuzz @CruiseGuy @HolaFernando #cruisechat Sure – if you are too cheap for veranda, just put up your pup tent …

• LuxuryCruiseCo Scott Anderson RT @vegasbill: Q8. Fill in the blank. The only thing better than a vacation is _________ @CruiseBuzz #CruiseChat BOOKING THE NEXT ONE!

• CruiseCoaches Barbara Hartman  A8 – ________ Planning your next one.

• TravelDesigned Stephanie Diehl  The only thing better than a vacation is HMMMMM…. not even going to touch that

• MagellanPR Sue Lowry  Booked! RT @MiddleSeatView: A7 how about jazz and wine? Drinking and dancing… and drinking some more!

• MiddleSeatView Christina Saull  A8 The only thing better than a vacation is a staycation! #cruisechat

• jkheaton Janet Kelly Heaton  @CruiseBuzz @LuxuryCruiseCo Oh yes, biggest “buzz” with crew is the Swinger charters, BudLight charter & Tahitian Noni charter

• VoiceShow Amadeus  @PortholeCruise sorry im late for #cruisechat. Happy hour ran a little longer than expected. What did i miss?

• CareVacations CareVacations @PortholeCruise: Still hoping to get on an @NKOTB cruise. There. I said it. #cruisechat” don’t be ashamed! We still luv you!

LuxuryCruiseCo Scott Anderson  Ok so anyone been on a Naked Theme Cruise? They do them! #cruisechat Cant imagine the rock climbing wall would be too popular!

• DiscCruisesCa Discount Cruises excellent pairing RT @LuxuryCruiseCo: A5 – Culinary & Camera theme – so me and the other half are both happy!

• CruiseSource Cruise Source  Go on any cruise out of #NOLA during football season and you’ll feel like you’re on a #Saints Cruise.

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• LuxuryCruiseCo Scott Anderson RT @crociereuk: A5: Would probably go on a Maritime/Nautical themed cruise! #cruisechat FIGHT THE PIRATES! ARGHHHHHH!!! Plenty of rum!!

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• WellnessTravel Anne Dimon  I like it! RT@TravelDesigned I 2nd that ! @shipsandtrips: A4: Life would be complete if I cruised w all #cruisechat peeps 4 a tweet up!

• shipsandtrips ShipsAndTripsTravel When I cruised w/ 80 Red Hatters, I tipped band $100 2 play their theme song once a day on pool deck so they could parade to tea

• LuxuryCruiseCo Scott Anderson  A1 – When I worked at sea we had a Jazz Theme Cruise – it was awesome! I wasnt even into jazz and it was great!

• CruiseSource Cruise Source  @CruiseBuzz Themed cruises r a great way to attract cruise rookies.. if they’re passionate about wine, they’ll do a wine cruise

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• VikingRiver Viking River Cruises A2 every Viking #cruise is a wino cruise!

• CruiseCoaches Barbara Hartman  I do like the wine themed cruises. Being able to sample different types is always something to look forward to.

• MiddleSeatView Christina Saull A2 I think my cruise theme would be “do as little as possible” #cruisechat