Home Ports: Greatest Cruise Line Innovation Since Baked Alaska
August 3, 2009 by Cruise Arizona
Filed under Cruise Lines, Features, Planning
I just got back from my two week “Clark Griswold” style cross country vacation that included driving about 3000 miles mostly on US I-10. It occurred to me what a great innovation the cruise industry made when they started “home porting” their ships in various locations throughout the US. That has meant for many [...]
Read full story »Postcards From the Nation of Why Not
July 14, 2009 by Cruise Arizona
Filed under Cruise Lines, Features
Royal Caribbean has announced their latest promotion, “Postcards from the Nation of Why Not.” Beginning July 13, the cruise line will film and debut an unprecedented series of television spots starring real guests enjoying a variety of “Why Not” experiences onboard Liberty of the Seas during a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise, sailing July 11-18. This [...]
Read full story »Celebrity Announces Enhanced Captains Club Benefits
July 8, 2009 by Cruise Arizona
Filed under Cruise Lines, Features
Today, Celebrity announced enhancements to their Captains Club. The new enhancements offer a few significant improvements to the program, mostly in the way of laundry service, internet packages, and an exclusive lounge. The Captains Club is Celebrity’s passenger loyalty program with three levels: Classic with 1-4 Celebrity Cruises, Select with 5-9 cruises, and [...]
Read full story »Windstar Cruises Takes Over Shipboard Management of Its Luxury Yachts
July 7, 2009 by Mr Papa
Filed under Cruise Lines
Seattle, July 7, 2009 — Windstar Cruises, which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts that explore hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world’s most sought-after destinations, announced that it will take over its shipboard management starting this September, ending its management agreement with V. Ships Leisure.
Windstar will take complete control of managing its [...]
Celebrity Cruises’ New Celebrity Equinox Emerges From Shipyard
June 13, 2009 by Mr Papa
Filed under Cruise Lines
June 9, 2009 – Celebrity Equinox saw daylight for the first time Saturday, June 6, during her official “docking out” from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The 122,000 tonne cruise ship officially enters service on July 31.
elebrity Equinox will sail from Papenburg down the River Ems June 19 or 20, depending on the winds [...]
Celebrity Rumored to be Experimenting With Flexible Dining
May 15, 2009 by Cruise Arizona
Filed under Cruise Lines, Features
Celebrity Cruise line is rumored to be experimenting with what they are calling “Celebrity Select Dining” on one or two of their ships. Rumors abounded when apparently verbiage indicating that the program was being fully implemented fleet wide was apparently posted in error on the Celebrity Website. Subsequent information posted in [...]
Read full story »Cruise Lines Cancel Stops in Mexican Ports in Response to Swine Flu
April 29, 2009 by Cruise Arizona
Filed under Cruise Lines, Features
In light of the recent CDC Travel Advisory to Mexico because of the Swine Flu outbreak, some cruise lines are canceling their port stops in Mexico. The advisory states that travelers should avoid all unnecessary travel to Mexico. The following is summary of announcements made by each cruise lines in light the recent [...]
Read full story »Celebrity Solstice Makes Its Debut
November 21, 2008 by Cruise Arizona
Filed under Cruise Lines, Features
Celebrity Cruises debuted its new ship the Solstice this week with a Naming Ceremony on November 14th. I have to admit I have had a bit of apprehension about this ship. While I still may prefer a smaller vessel, pictures of this ship took my breath away. She [...]
Read full story »Carnival Cruises Launches New Marketing Campaign
October 26, 2008 by Cruise Arizona
Filed under Cruise Lines, Features
With the idea that nearly half of all Americans don’t use their vacation days, Carnival Cruise line is reaching out to their customer base with a brand new marketing campaign. According to Michael Braun of marketing firm Icedmedia, more than 438 million vacation days a year go unused.
Hoping to get the message out to [...]
Celebrity Solstice Goes Green in More Ways Than One
September 12, 2008 by Cruise Arizona
Filed under Cruise Lines, Features
Celebrity will debut its latest ship the Solstice in late November of 2008. In addition to its many typical cruise ship features like specialty dining and evening venues, the ship will have to innovative “green” features.
Months ago Celebrity announced that the ship will feature a top deck covered with living [...]
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