Do you love going on cruises, or love to travel and see new places? Now you have the chance to share your cruise vacation stories, or learn from others' experiences, on the numerous cruise message boards on the internet. People love to share their opinions and now you can too.

On these cruise message boards you will find a variety of cruisers; some people make a lifestyle out of going on cruises, spending all the time they can on cruise ships, others just go on short three or four day cruises, and still others go on around the world journeys lasting anything from three to ten years!

Before telling you about specific cruise forums, we need to discuss some general online forum rules. Most message boards have restrictions in place for people who visit only as guests, for example you will probably not be allowed to post messages or reply to messages, and you might even be restricted to which parts of the forum you can access. That being said, it should be clear that there are many advantages to registering and once you are a member, you will be free to chat, share and make friends with other cruise lovers. Now on to the good stuff:

Cruise-Addicts.com Cruise Forum

Cruise Addicts is a large online community of cruise vacation lovers with more than 20,000 members. Once you register for your free account on the cruise message board, you will be able to participate in discussions on more than a hundred different cruise topics and get access to more than one million messages others have posted. The website also has a section for sharing photos from your cruises and another section where you can track information about any upcoming cruise with their Cruise Tracker feature. All this is available to you for free.

CruiseMates.com Cruise Message Boards

Cruise Mates is an independently owned website that offers impartial articles and advice about all matters related to cruising. They also provide cruise message boards where cruisers can meet. On this website you can discover information about cruise lines , destinations and practical advice. As with the other site you need to create a free account to make use of all the features they offer.