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Crown Princess Back in Service
The Princess Cruise Lines ship Crown Princess is in New York today picking up passengers for its next cruise. It has been cleared to sail, but there is no official word on the cause of the accident yet. This unconfirmed story says the cause of the accident may be human error.
Here is the [...]
Holland America New Pillows Enhance Stateroom Experience
Seattle, July 17, 2006 - Creature comfort is the mantra of today’s leisure traveler. Holland America Line is answering that call by enhancing their Mariners Dream„¢ stateroom experience with a variety of pillows. The new pillows will come in three comfort levels and will be available in all suites aboard the fleet of [...]
Celebrity Mercury Hit By Norovirus in Alaska
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — For the second time this summer, a wave of illness believed to be from norovirus has hit a Celebrity Cruise ship along the Alaska coastal route, health officials said.
Kevin Carlisle, a Health Canada environmental health officer, said nausea, vomiting and diarrhea afflicted 105 of the 2,282 passengers and 20 of the [...]
Princess Announces 2007 - 2008 Caribbean Line-up
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (July 17, 2006) - The luxurious warm waters and sunny beaches of the Caribbean will once again welcome Princess passengers in the 2007-08 season, as seven of the line’s amenity-filled ships present a tempting array of ways to experience the spice and color of this favorite cruise region.
Options abound as vacationers can [...]
Crown Princess Back To Port After Hard Roll
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — A steering problem caused a cruise ship to roll abruptly to the left Tuesday, injuring some passengers and terrifying many, Coast Guard officials and passengers said.
The Crown Princess, which can accommodate 3,000 passengers, had just departed Port Canaveral en route to New York when it listed badly to its port side, [...]
My First Cruise
Bon Vivant Cruise to Bahamas
The hardest part of writing this review is remembering exactly when the cuise was. I have now narrowed it down to either Christmas 1975 or just after New Years 1976. I know that we went down to the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area to stay with extended family before the [...]
Celebrity Orders Third Solstice Class Ship
MIAMI, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Celebrity Cruises today announced it has ordered a third 118,000 gross-registered-ton Solstice-class ship, significantly reinforcing the company’s commitment to the growth and innovative development of the Celebrity brand.
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft will build the new tonnage, with delivery of Celebrity Solstice planned for Fall 2008, Celebrity Equinox in Summer 2009, [...]
Cruise Ship Hired for US Evacuation
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) — The State Department has hired the cruise ship Orient Queen to evacuate U.S. citizens from Beirut starting Tuesday, according to the Pentagon.
An American Navy destroyer, the USS Gonzales will escort the ship for security reasons.
The Orient Queen can carry about 750 passengers for the approximate five-hour crossing from Beirut to [...]
World Renaissance Cruise 1978
How do you write a cruise review on a cruise that you took almost 30 years ago. Well it can be a little daunting, but luckily I have pretty good memory of the 70s and the help of about 6 reels of home movies.
Itinerary:
This was our one and only cruise that we took out of [...]
Holland America Offers More Panama Canal Cruises
Seattle, July 10, 2006 - With 28 cruises, 12 different itineraries and five ships, Holland America Line will lead premium lines with an extensive collection of Panama Canal cruises in 2007, featuring more New York departures, new February full transit crossings and a new port of call, Puerto Chiapas, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. [...]
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