Meet Dan & Molly, they operate the Dockside Cafe down by the harbor in St.Pierre on the French Island of Nautique.  This local watering hole is the central gathering place for travelers from around the world who are looking for lively conversation, want to spin a yarn or two and share their cruising experiences.

( See note at bottom of page for details about the Island) 

The Dockside Cafe' News is flown in daily from the small French island of Nautique. Located halfway between your dreams and reality. Partway between here and there, and right now, just where you'd rather be.

See the latest news brief below.

Cruise Line and Cruise Ship-Specific Review Site Offers, First-Ever Social Network  

The Dockside Cafe' News, a service of Cruise Reviews Online, brings you the latest cruise news, last minute specials and hot deals... and now the "Island" even has it's own social network that mirrors the experience one finds on other social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter.  Guests can create a personal profile and  meet and interact with others, send and receive private messages, create groups based on interests, and invite friends to attend cruises or events. Guests can also create their own private or public discussion group, inviting others in their traveling party or friends to meet them on board.

Cruise Reviews Online, provides new content, hundreds of new cruise reviews and social networking tools focused on information about cruise travel and services to further assist cruise travelers in planning their perfect cruise vacation.  Guests can even become an official Cruise Reviewer and win a neat looking t-shirt!

The new Cruise Reviews Online website focuses on providing unparalleled information about the most popular cruise ships and lines and detailed information of the world’s best-traveled destinations. With detailed descriptions of hundreds of destinations, and in-depth cruise reviews, travelers can find the cruise vacation that best fits their needs. Whether a guest is planning a singles, couples, honeymoon, senior or group cruise, cruise and land tour, cultural or theme cruise vacation, Cruise Reviews Online has the information, expertise and experience to help guests successfully migrate through the planning process.

New forums allow travelers to post any question or comment related to cruising. Discuss cruises, cruise ships, cruise lines, cruise reviews, cruising and ports of call. Here they will find.. cruise message boards, cruising info, cruise ship forums, cruise discussion boards, cruise chat, cruise line forums, a cruise message board, a cruise bulletin board, and cruise reviews.

Each registered Cruise Reviews Online, member can have their own personal cruise page (PCP). This is sort of like a cruise-oriented "home page" where cruise enthusiasts can network with their friends, family and other cruise buddies. The interface should be familiar to anyone who has used Facebook or Twitter. Members can enter messages on their PCP and on their friend's PCPs. The message area can also be used as a "cruise blog" area where they can document the day-to-day experiences when on their cruise.

Members can also upload their cruise photos and create photo albums that their friends and family can enjoy as well as maintain a Cruise History and, of course, enter their Cruise Reviews.

Members can join any number of "Fan Clubs". A Fan Club is a group of members uniquely interested in something they find on Cruise Reviews Online. For example, a member might join the Carnival Cruises Fan Club, or the Celebrity Equinox Fan Club. By joining a Fan Club, links to these items will appear in the member's My Favorites section on the personal cruise page. One of the blogs updates regularly with destination insights from around the globe. Written by travel specialists, each blog shares firsthand accounts of premier travel destinations.

According to "Dan", "The Internet isn't just about cruise deals. It also is about getting rock-solid travel advice, not just from the experts but from fellow travelers. On the Island, We want to provide innovative content and services that will help guide those travelers through the planning process, from the beginning of an idea through the reservation process, all the way to when they board their ship and beyond.”
 

To get the full details, just visit Cruise Reviews Online or call 800.365.1445.   

About Dan & Molly

Dan's an adventurous sort, kind a rough around the edges with many a tale to tell.

Spent 20 years in the Navy.

Last served on the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt. You know, that big aircraft carrier with over 6000 sailors on board. How'd you like to sail on a cruise ship that big?

Legend has it...he was the last master of the SS France, now known as the Norway. If you believe it, Molly says he has skippered everything from schooners to super liners.

In addition to his avid love of the sea, he's a part time pilot for Island Airways, the cargo handling sea plane that puddle jumps between the islands.  The plane is just like the "Hemisphere Dancer" owned by Jimmy Buffett.

You see, Dan is a big fan of Jimmy Buffett and the Beach Boys. Lots of their pictures and other memorabilia hang on the walls of the Dockside Cafe.

Molly's an artist of sorts. Drop by any day and you can peek over her shoulder as she completes pencil sketches and watercolors of her patrons. 

Molly loves to sail. She owns a 40 ft. Beauteau. Dan hates it. Says it's too small, prefers something the size of the Oasis of the Seas. Her drawings are displayed behind the bar along with a quote or two from the subjects of her paintings.  A cruise critique in ten words or less, just like Twitter. Sort of a momento of their visit left behind for everyone to enjoy.  She's also a great mixologist. Serves the best Margarita's and tropical concoctions around.

Spend some time with Dan and he's likely to tell you of the time he got caught at sea during a hurricane and drifted way off course.

Got blown from Kokomo to Margaritaville in less than an hour! Of course, we know that couldn't happened.  You can't get from Kokomo to  Margaritaville in an hour. They're a thousand miles apart!

Both Dan and Molly have sailed on a number of cruise ships, large and small. From the Wind Song to the Wonder and everything in between. They've met thousands of people, just like you and me. Those that have a love for the ocean and the spirit of the sea. Dan's been known to have an answer for every question, even that too often asked question  " What time is the midnight buffet ?

You can sachet over to the bar or grab a vacant table at the Dockside Cafe, order your favorite libation and chat up a storm with Dan and Molly and their fellow travelers. You don't need a plane ticket or passage on the QE2...cause, right beside the bar there's an old IBM PS/2, as ancient and weather worn as Dan, hooked up to the Internet. Go on Facebook. Send a Twit on Twitter. Inter-Island Communications and Wireless guarantee's a connection every time or you get a cool rum swizzle at Dockside with their compliments.  User's have been known to intentionally pull the plug sort of speak, just to get a free drink!

You can travel on down to the Dockside Cafe and join your fellow travelers as they gaze out into the harbor, that today is full of fancy yachts, four mastered vessels, dozens of dinghies, a charter fishing boat and at last count, six cruise ships in port.

About Nautique

Nautique was named for a shipwreck that happened off the leeward side of the Island back in 1489. That's how the Island was discovered, by accident. ...and that's how many people have come to live there as well. They just happen to stumble upon the place and shall we say, were awe struck by the islands beautiful green hills, pristine beaches, private coves, and idyllic year-round temperatures.

The tranquility and calm that surrounds Nautique is what lure's us to it.  Visitors don't come here to be "seen". On the contrary they dress anonymously in jeans, shorts and T-shirts, or whatever they want to wear while on their computer. Everyone has an e-mail address. No one will know who you really are.  They share with their fellow travelers the belief that a great cruise vacation means doing everything, or nothing -- but doing it up in style.

Stop by the Dockside cafe, chat for a while and take in the breathtaking panorama of the harbor, with its views of a turquoise bay full of visiting cruise ships surrounded by coconut palms, hibiscus and just beyond, a great blue sea.

Nautique is located halfway between your dreams and reality.

Partway between here and there, and right now, just where you'd rather be.

Nautique is a ficticious Island. A figment of our imagination. If you haven't figured it out yet, Dan and Molly are ficticious characters, the alter ego's of some of our staff. Check back with us often as we introduce new characters and even a few of our real customers,  incognito of course, who's storied life and love for the sea makes for great conversation.

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