It’s like losing an old friend! The first cruise I took was on the Pacific Princess and launched an amazing cruise industry career that lasted over 35 years. Cruising certainly has changed since the days of Captain Steubing and the gang and we all owe a lot to the Love Boat for bringing the cruise [...]
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Representing Carnival Cruise Lines’ most ambitious refit and transformation project ever, Carnival Destiny will undergo a $155 million makeover next year that will incorporate all of the line’s “Fun Ship 2.0” dining, bar and entertainment features, as well as a variety of exciting innovations unique to this vessel. The refit will also include a reconfigured [...]
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Norwegian Cruise Line is enhancing dining options for guests by introducing its signature Brazilian-style steakhouse on board additional ships in its fleet. Moderno Churrascaria first debuted on board the line’s newest ship, Norwegian Epic, and was the first dining concept of its kind at sea. Because of positive guest feedback and popular demand, Norwegian is [...]
Read More →Update 6 am ET Tues 2/28/12: Costa has issued several statements overnight indicating the following: 1. The Allegra is being towed by a French fishing vessel to the island of Desroches, expected to arrive Wednesday a.m. 2. A helicopter is enroute to the ship with food and communication equipment (i.e. satellite phones and radios) 3. [...]
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It’s not a big secret or very mysterious but a lot of cruisers still don’t know that there is one guaranteed way to cruise almost for free: Simply put a group together. If you reach the required number of passengers, for a group (which is set by the cruise line) then your personal cruise berth is [...]
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Get ready to dig last years flip flops out from under your bed cause we just found another great reason to book your next cruise vacation. A recent survey conducted by Royal Caribbean International found that a cruise might just be the best place for couples to retreat. When polled, most people agreed that setting sail not [...]
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Ever live next door to neighbors that were always partying and making a racket? These people didn’t ever seem to sleep and eeeverrrybody just looooved them. Well this is how Bayonne, if not all of east New Jersey feels (allegedly.) Good thing for us that are just visiting: we don’t need to deal with the [...]
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I thought that in the 35 plus years that I have been in the cruise business I would have seen almost every kind of “Theme Cruise” that there was. Then last year along came the famous “Cougars Cruise” and my theory went right out the window. This particular cruise matched older women aka “cougars” with [...]
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Your ship docks in St. Maarten and you have just 8 hours (or less)! What do you do? There’s so much to do while in St. Maarten and your time is limited, so a little planning will go a long way towards making the most of your visit. And since you can count on us [...]
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Though the cruise line also announced itineraries for Alaska and Europe today, the headline from Disney Cruise Line‘s 2013 deployment today was clearly the Miami deployment for the Disney Wonder, beginning this December. The Disney Wonder will depart Los Angeles for a 14 night Panama Canal transit, arriving in Miami just in time for two [...]
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There will be many weeks of formal investigation as well as rampant media speculation as to what went wrong on the Costa Concordia. If you are planning a cruise in the future it might cause you to step back a moment and ask the question “Is cruising really as safe as I thought it was?” [...]
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Update Tuesday 8:05 am ET: Good morning. Here’s a summary of the latest developments on the Costa Concordia tragedy: One body was found in the wreckage on Sunday, two on Monday and one so far today, bringing the death toll to 16. At least 15 people are still missing Pumping operations have officially gotten underway [...]
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Here are a few tips for new (and old) cruisers to avoid spending land mines on your cruise: Avoid making calls from the ship. Wait til you get to port to make calls home. I know you will be excited and want to share, but ship to shore calls are EXPENSIVE. $6.99/min to US and [...]
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Not far behind Royal Caribbean’s ambitious fleet revitalization plan is Carnival Cruise Line’s commitment to invest $500 million in fleet upgrades. This includes all ships except but the eight Fantasy-class ships–between now and 2015. The first ship to undergo the changes is Carnival Liberty. Next up is Carnival Breeze, which debuts in June, 2012. The others [...]
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In an announcement this week that struck the travel industry by surprise, the STX France ship yard announced they had won a contract to build two ocean-going cruise ships for Viking Ocean Cruises, a new subsidiary of Viking River Cruises. The two 888-passenger ships, scheduled to be delivered in 2014 and 2015, will measure about [...]
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