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Top 4 Last Minute Cruise Deals to Alaska
Alaska has long been a destination we’d love to visit – and with all the news lately, we decided to compile a few last minute deals from the major lines. We are not a travel agency nor affiliated with one – and all links on this post go directly to the cruise line’s website. Below [...]
Continue reading...How Cruise Lines Can Help St. Thomas Reduce Crime
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Today we’re learning about the death of a 14-year old cruise ship passenger on St. Thomas, an Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She was allegedly caught between two gangs in the midst of a shootout while on a tourist bus en route to Coki Point Beach – one of the island’s most popular [...]
Continue reading...Frommer Says Travel Bloggers Are Industry Shills
Friday, July 9, 2010
While doing research for another post, I came across an article called “Are travel writers shills for the cruise lines?” – an article published on tnooz.com just a few days ago. As a blogger covering cruise news I decided to check it out and found a gross mischaracterization from some unlikely places. The author of [...]
Continue reading...Will Norwegian Epic Entertainment Model Go Industry Wide?
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Norwegian Cruise Line describes their newest entertainment lineup as “revolutionary,” a surprisingly true statement. We’re surprised that it’s taken anyone in the industry this long to ask themselves “could our entertainment stack up against acts in New York City and Vegas?” NCL asked that question, and booked headlining act Blue Man Group [...]
Continue reading...Carnival Sending Newest, Largest of Ships to Texas Port
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Hurricanes have wreaked havoc on cruise ship ports in the last few years. Hurricane Ike demolished Galveston, TX to the tune of 3 Billion dollars in 2008, and New Orleans is still recovering from Katrina in 2005. However, Carnival Cruise Lines is sending the message that these two ports are back on the [...]
Continue reading...Cruiser’s Attempt to Capitalize on BP Gulf Oil Spill Blocked
Monday, June 14, 2010
Brian Diamond of Omaha Nebraska was very upset when oil started gushing from out of the gulf. He had planned an “elaborate tour” of the gulf as his “once-in-a-lifetime” vacation, and said “everything changed” after the BP oil disaster. But had it really? Diamond purchased trip insurance for $90 when he put down a [...]
Continue reading...Mechanical Problems Cause Carnival Cruise Headaches
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Mechanical difficulties are causing grief for thousands of Carnival Legend passengers, after the problems caused the 2,124 passenger vessel to arrive late and therefore depart late on this week’s voyage. The Carnival Legend is the same ship that collided with a Royal Caribbean ship a few months ago, but the problems are unrelated. [...]
Continue reading...New Orleans Welcomes Largest Cruise Ship Since Katrina
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Carnival Triumph is in New Orleans this week, but isn’t just stopping by. The Triumph will now call the Crescent City its home port, making it the largest ship to be based in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Carnival is replacing the Fantasy, which will be moving to a new home port [...]
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
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