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Carnival’s New Smoking Policy Takes Immediate Effect
June 15, 2011 – Carnival Cruise Lines has made changes to its smoking policy on board its entire fleet of 23 ships – and some changes take effect as early as today. Starting today, Carnival is restricting smoking to designated open-deck areas, the Jazz clubs (only certain ships), and certain areas of the casino and [...]
Continue reading...Cruise Ships and Ports: What Charleston can Learn from Mobile
15. June 2011
Local officials in Mobile, Alabama were “shocked” when Carnival Cruise Lines announced it was pulling the Elation from the port and moving it to New Orleans. Carnival at this point hasn’t made any plans to pull the Fantasy out of Charleston, but local groups are putting strain on the line and they may reconsider. The [...]
Continue reading...Carnival Magic: Three Reasons it’s Unlike any other Carnival Cruise
17. May 2011
The Carnival Magic is just getting its sea-legs and wrapping up its first few voyages. USA Today’s cruise log says it looks like Carnival Magic is a hit – and we take a look at three reasons why cruising on Magic is different from any other Carnival cruise. 1) RedFrog Pub: Carnival is billing this [...]
Continue reading...CruiseRadio.net Aboard Carnival Magic’s Inaugural Voyage
3. May 2011
There’s a handful of media and blogger types aboard Carnival Magic’s inaugural voyage, and among them is the crew from CruiseRadio.net – an entertaining group from Florida that puts out a weekly show on all-things cruise related. Magic’s first voyage is a 9-day itinerary between Venice and Barcelona, and it will continue to serve the [...]
Continue reading...Taxi Drivers Cause Port Troubles Again – Now in Victoria, British Columbia
18. April 2011
Taxi drivers are at it again – this time in Victoria, British Columbia. Upset about a $200 seasonal fee to pick passengers from the cruise terminal, taxi drivers have boycotted the first cruise ship docking of the summer season. Just weeks ago, taxi-drivers in Phuket, Thailand interrupted the normal operations by blocking all passengers in [...]
Continue reading...Carnival Cruises Adopt Plug-In Electric Plan for Ships Docking in Brooklyn
13. April 2011
You’ve heard about plug-in electric cars like the Chevy Volt, but what about a plug-in cruise ship? Carnival Cruise Line is going to retrofit two of its ships to run on electric power next year….kind of. Two ships, the Queen Mary 2 and the Caribbean Princess, currently dock at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal about 40 [...]
Continue reading...Buying Pictures on Cruise Ships – Do you do it?
12. April 2011
No matter what cruise line or destination, you can count on there being a photographer on board – and many times your first experience with said photographer will be before you even board the ship, as they start snapping pictures as you finish checking in and are walking to the ship! What are the pros [...]
Continue reading...Live Anti-Aircraft Ammo Found Beneath Seattle Cruise Ship Terminal
11. April 2011
In October 2010, divers doing homeland security safety checks beneath the cruise ship terminal made a startling discovery: Live ammunition between 20mm and 90mm in size. The port was used as a munitions depot during WWII up until 1971, and the investigators explain that it isn’t necessarily surprising. “Wherever munitions have been handled in the [...]
Continue reading...Crystal Cruises Going All-Inclusive in 2012
7. April 2011
Following the lead of other luxury cruise lines, Crystal Cruises will include wine, liquor, and staff gratuities in the price of its fares starting in 2012 – making it an all-inclusive line. Crystal Cruises only has two ships – the Symphony and Serenity, and the line’s president says the move is in response to “the [...]
Continue reading...Trouble in Phuket for Silversea’s Silver Spirit
6. April 2011
An 18 month dispute between taxi drivers and tour bus operators in Phuket, Thailand came to a head today when a group of 180 taxi drivers blocked the port entrance as Silversea’s Silver Spirit docked in the port for the first time. The Silver Spirit, Silversea’s newest ship, stopped in Phuket today as part of [...]
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