Walking, the easiest way around Rome and Makes your pasta guilt free!

We just finished our second full day of touring in Rome. Again, I can’t express how much I love this city. We find the people very friendly and every day we see something more beautiful than we did the day before. We also have chosen walking as our way around town. [...]

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Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day and Can’t Be Seen in a Day

Rome is a fantastic city with so much art, history, architecture, and culture that I feel sorry for many cruisers who come here just as cruise ship passengers and only have a day or two to see the city. Because the city is so vast and so far from the port area of Civitivecchia, [...]

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Jet Lag and Airline Food, the worst part of a Trans-Atlantic Cruise

Unless you are doing back to back Trans Atlantic cruises, you obviously have to fly over the Atlantic to get to or return from your cruise. Fortunately, the worst part of that experience with which we had to deal was jet lag and airplane food.
Our long flight across the Atlantic [...]

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Royal Caribbean Appoints Seven Godmothers for Oasis of the Seas

MIAMI, Nov. 18: When Royal Caribbean Intl officially names its newest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, the global cruise line will continue its tradition of innovation by putting a new twist on one of maritime’s longest standing traditions. While normally bestowing the honor of godmother on one special person, [...]

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Silversea’s 2011 Worldwide Cruise Schedule Opens For Sale Today

Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Nov 23: Ultra-luxury Silversea Cruises is pleased to announce all voyages for 2011 are now open for sale and complete day-by-day itineraries are available at www.silversea.com. In the next few weeks, reservations will also open for the expedition ship Prince Albert II.
In 2011, the company’s quintet of elegant all-suite ships, Silver [...]

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Cunard’s Newest Queen Receives Her Legendary Name

23 November 2009 – For more than 70 years, Cunard ships graced with the name Queen Elizabeth have been a significant part of maritime history, British heritage and an unparalleled cruise liner experience. And now, with less than a year to go until her maiden voyage, the legendary letters that will identify the newest addition [...]

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Cunard Named “Top Overall” Large Cruise Line in Zagat Survey

23 November 2009 – ZAGAT Survey, the world’s most trusted source for information about where to eat, drink, stay and play around the globe, released results of its first cruise line survey naming Cunard top overall large cruise line, taking highest honours in Cabins, Service, Dining and Facilities. Cunard, operator of the luxury ocean liners [...]

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Holland America Line Wins Nine Porthole Readers’ Choice Awards

Seattle, Wash., November 19, 2009 – Among the nine 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards that Holland America Line has received from Porthole Cruise Magazine are five that recognize the line’s varied and port-intensive cruise itineraries. Readers of Porthole conferred awards for Best Central America/Panama Canal, Best Northern Europe, Best Alaska, and Best Australia/New Zealand Itineraries, and [...]

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Princess Cruises Takes Viewers Behind the Scenes as Tahitian Princess is Transformed into Ocean Princess

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (November 23, 2009) — Capping a year of taking viewers behind the scenes as ships go through drydock, Princess Cruises is again offering an opportunity to follow a vessel through the renovation process. In the newest installment of the Princess online drydock journal, the current Tahitian Princess will not only undergo a [...]

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The Yachts Of Seabourn Receives Three Readers’ Choice Awards From Porthole Cruise Magazine

MIAMI, November 20, 2009—-The Yachts of Seabourn has again been honored by readers of Porthole Cruise Magazine, winning three categories in the magazine’s 11th Annual Porthole Readers’ Choice Awards. The ultra luxury cruise line was recognized as the ”Best Luxury Line,” and for having the “Best Small Ship (Seabourn Legend),” and “Best Accommodations.” Porthole’s readers [...]

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