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Virtual Tours Are Great, But They Don’t Always Show You Everthing You Need To Know
I know this is really nitpicking, but I really wish that the virtual tours of cruise ships cabins provided by cruise lines provided more detailed information. Specifically, many ships have several rooms within a category or class that have different configurations or lay outs from the standard rooms in that category. [...]
Now I Just Need A Ballroom Dance Partner
Royal Caribbean announced today that they are launching a new show on Explorer of the Seas that will feature a winning ball room dance couple selected from passengers. Fox News features the complete details.
This new production show will prominently feature ballroom dancing and one talented couple selected from the passengers will be [...]
Remember That Your Cruise Cost Is Not “All Inclusive”
I was browsing the net today and I saw a scathing review of Carnival Cruise cruise line. The poster said that he couldn’t believe that he would be charged an extra $50 for dining room service and room cleaning. He felt that is was an exorbitant charge, especially since he was [...]
Thanksgiving At Sea? Well, Not This Year
3 out out the last 4 years we have spent our Thanksgiving holiday on a cruise ship. It is such a wonderful time to cruise. There were some families but the kids center isn’t as overloaded as it can get at Christmas. There might be some families, but not the large gatherings [...]
New Dining Preference Poll
After so many responses to our Cruise Planning poll, we have just set up a new poll about dining preferences. You can view the results of the cruise planning poll, or any of our previous polls, in our polls archive. The latest poll results show that Ports of Call, Price and [...]
Were the 70’s the Golden Age of Cruising?
I look back so fondly on my first cruise experiences as a kid in the 70’s and it makes me wonder, were the cruises really that great, or did the wonder of traveling in such an elegant way at such a young age color my memories. We cruised on the BonVivant, Costa’s World Renaissance, [...]
Celebrity Cruises Ships Retain Roles as World Best
Miami - January 16, 2007 - While organizers of last night’s Golden Globe Awards roll up the red carpet, Celebrity Cruises today feels ready to roll it out. For the fifth consecutive year, the line has dominated the prestigious Condé Nast Traveler annual readers’ survey ranking [...]
Celebrity Names Third Solstice Class Ship Eclipse
Miami - (January 09, 2007 ) - Celebrity Cruises is kicking off the new year by announcing the name of the third “celestial” ship in its 118,000 gross-registered-ton Solstice-class fleet. Celebrity Eclipse will make its maiden voyage in 2010, following sister ships Celebrity Solstice in 2008 and Celebrity Equinox in 2009, [...]
Princess Cruises to Christen Two New Ships at Once
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (November 14, 2006) - In a historic first for Princess Cruises, the 3,100-passenger Emerald Princess and 710-passenger Royal Princess will formally join the fleet in an unprecedented dual christening ceremony, set against the brilliant blue waters of the Greek island of Santorini. The simultaneous namings will take place on May 12, [...]
Seabourn Orders Two New Ships
MIAMI, October 19, 2006”Seabourn Cruise Line announced today that it will build two new, ultra luxury ships, for delivery in spring 2009 and 2010. Seabourn, a division of Miami-based Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), has signed a letter of intent for the project with shipbuilder T. Mariotti S.p.A. of Genoa, Italy. The [...]
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