The Naughty Room
May 18, 2012 by Cruise Arizona
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The Naughty Room is the frequent cruiser’s nickname for the room where the cruise line security sends suit cases that might have forbidden item tucked away in side them. These types of items can range from something as seemingly innocuous as a power strip or something more serious like a diving knife or a bottle [...]
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Thanks to Cruise Line Flexibility, We’ve Changed our Plans for 2013
May 9, 2012 by Cruise Arizona
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(Photo Courtesy of Andreas Depping at Cruiseship-Gallery.de)
About 10 months ago we booked our cruise for 2013. It was to be a dream 20th anniversary cruise for my husband and I featuring a spectacular itinerary from Sydney, Au, to French Polynesia ending in Hawaii. However, we had been looking for a way [...]
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Norwegian Breakaway Reaches New Heights With Three-Story Sports Complex
May 3, 2012 by Cruise Arizona
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Top Decks to Feature First Five-Slide Aqua Park, Kids’ Aqua Park, Largest Ropes Course at Sea and New Mini-Golf
Miami - Apr 27, 2012 —
Norwegian Breakaway will take recreation and outdoor fun to new heights when it launches in April 2013. The ship’s top decks will [...]
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Results in from our Concordia Survey
May 2, 2012 by Cruise Arizona
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It seems that the Concordia disaster will have little impact on the future cruise plans of most of our readers with a clear majority, 76%, saying that it will not affect their choice of a cruise for their vacation plans. Only a small percentage will change their plans and not cruise again, 7%, and 2% [...]
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Titanic II to Sail in 2016
May 1, 2012 by Cruise Arizona
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Just past the 100 year anniversary of the sinking of the original Titanic, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has announced that he will builda life size sailing replica of the famed, but doomed, ship. Other news outlets have questioned if it is retro? genius? or just another bad remake?
Palmer says that the ship [...]
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Choosing Between Two Cruise Lines: Gather Facts Not Just Opinions
April 26, 2012 by Cruise Arizona
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No matter what cruise review site you visit you will find both negative and positive reviews of the same cruise line. I have always said that when reading cruise reviews, you have to do a little “reading between the lines” to fully understand how the information in a particular review would apply [...]
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CRUISE INDUSTRY ANNOUNCES THREE NEW SAFETY POLICIES AT EU CONFERENCE
April 25, 2012 by Cruise Arizona
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(Costa “Sprit” Class Ship: Costa Mediterranea pictured)
Latest Best Practice Identified Through Cruise Industry Operational Safety Review
— April 24, 2012 —
WASHINGTON, DC – On behalf of the global cruise industry, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and the European Cruise Council today announced that the cruise industry has adopted three new safety policies which are to be [...]
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Pick Pocket Proof Pants, P^cubed, are here from Clothing Arts
March 20, 2012 by Cruise Arizona
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Here at Cruise Talk, we are always on the lookout for products that would be of interest to our cruising or traveling readers. Anyone who has ever traveled to Barcelona or Rome knows that pick-pockets can make life miserable for tourists. Professional pick-pockets and Gypsy children look for easy targets in the busy tourist [...]
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What To Wear For A Cruise To Alaska
Deciding what you should wear while being on board a cruise to Alaska will very much depend on the area to which you are planning to visit. With some knowledge about climate, you may take some really good decisions on your choice of apparel.
Different Zones
What you should wear in Alaska will depend on the visited [...]
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Chronicling the Saga of the Costa Allegra after it Looses Power in the Indian Ocean Near the Seychelles
March 6, 2012 by Cruise Arizona
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Last week the Costa Allegra lost power after a fire and went adrift in the Indian Ocean off the Seychelles in an area where Somali Pirates have taken control of vessels and held them for ransom or worse. The situation on the Allegra eerily resembled a similar situation on the Carnival Ship, The Splendor, in [...]
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