Many Lines Offering Behind the Scenes Tours For a Fee

One of the new trends in cruising is the “Behind The Scenes Tour” for a fee.  Passengers on most cruise lines now have opportunity to book an excursion that never leaves the ship, but instead gives them an insiders view of many areas that are off limits to the ship’s guests.
History
In the “golden age of  [...]

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Celebrity Cruises’ award-winning culinary team to kick off new ‘Excite the Senses’ cruises with food and wine extravaganza

Miami – (December 13, 2011 ) – The visual feast that comes to life in the pages of Celebrity Cruises’ new lifestyle book, Excite the Senses, has inspired a new series of food-and-wine-themed cruises that will offer guests a unique, behind-the-scenes experience and a rare opportunity to get to know the Celebrity culinary team [...]

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Cruise Talk Not Yet Sold on the Concept of the Reflection and Signature Suites

Last week Celebrity Cruises announced a new class of suites starting with the Celebrity Reflection, the fifth ship in the Solstice class of ships.
Their press release provided the following details about the new suites:
“CELEBRITY’S ‘SIGNATURE SUITES’ MAKE THEIR MARK
Located in a private area of the ship’s 14th deck, Celebrity Reflection’s five Signature Suites [...]

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Is great service important to you? Tips for making sure you get the best service!

There are lots of different reason to take a cruise and one of my favorites is the great service that the cruise lines offer. I can honestly say with just a very few exceptions, we have received  fantastic customer service from nearly every single person we have encountered on our cruises. We have found the [...]

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Norwegian Announces Summer 2013/14 Deployment

Increased capacity and new Cruisetours in Alaska, four ships in Europe and continued commitment to Bermuda. Line also continues Hawaii and Bahamas year-round cruises
 
Miami   -    Dec 6, 2011   —   
Norwegian Cruise Line today announced its summer  deployment for the 2013/2014 season with the addition [...]

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Carnival Dream featured in new Chipmunk Movie “Chipwrecked”

The ship Carnival Dream is featured prominently in the new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie “Chipwrecked”. Much of the movie was filmed aboard the Carnival Dream. The Chipmunks and The Chipettes (three female counterparts to the Chipmunks) go on a cruise trip with the Chipmunks’ owner/manager/father figure, Dave Seville (Jason Lee). During [...]

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Master Photographers Aboard Crystal Cruises in 2012

LOS ANGELES, December 5, 2011 – Crystal Cruises is putting its trademark elegant spin on cruise vacation memories by featuring award-winning Master Photographers to shoot guest portraits on eleven 2012 sailings.  “The Master Collection” line-up consists of top-tier professional portrait photographers who have the distinction of being Fellows (highest certification possible) of the British Institute [...]

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Norwegian Names World Travel Holdings 2011 Elite Travel Partner of the Year

Miami   -    Dec 5, 2011   —   
Norwegian Cruise Line has named Wilmington, Massachusetts-based World Travel Holdings (WTH), which includes CruiseOne and Cruises Inc., its 2011 Elite Travel Partner of the Year. World Travel Holdings was chosen for their continued commitment to the success of Norwegian Cruise Line, their overall revenue, [...]

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MORE TOP PICKS FROM EDITORS, READERS’ POLLS FOR SEABOURN FLEET

2011 Awards and Honors Keep Accumulating
SEATTLE (Dec. 1, 2011)—-First-place awards and honors keep accumulating for Seabourn’s intimate all-suite ships in 2011. Recent announcements by the editors of the twin Cruise Critic websites in the U.S. and U.K. confirm the opinions resulting from earlier readers’ polls at both Travel + Leisure and [...]

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Celebrity Cruises rollsout of new ‘eXhale’ bedding program

Miami – (November 10, 2011 ) – There’s nothing sleepy about Celebrity Cruises’ “Solsticizing” program. One of the most ambitious revitalization initiatives in the history of the cruise industry, the $140-million program will add to the line’s Millennium Class ships a host of the venues and experiences guests love most on the Solstice Class [...]

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