Tag Archive | "Carnival Cruise Line"
Carnival’s Your Time Dining: A Review
On all of our past sailings with Carnival, we’ve always opted for dining in the late seating to ensure everyone in our group would be able to dine together – regardless of shore excursions, on-board activities, etc. that may run into the late afternoon making it difficult to herd everyone together for the early seating. [...]
Continue reading...Taking a Cruise During Hurricane Season: A First-Hand Look
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The cruise industry calls it “Wave Season” and the rest of us call it “Hurricane Season.” It’s the time of year in late summer and early fall when cruises in the Caribbean are available at bargain prices due to the higher probability of your vacation being interrupted by Mother Nature. Depending on how you look [...]
Continue reading...Cruise Ships and Ports: What Charleston can Learn from Mobile
Wednesday, June 15, 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
Tuesday, May 17, 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...Carnival Cruises Adopt Plug-In Electric Plan for Ships Docking in Brooklyn
Wednesday, April 13, 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...$26 Million Still Owed on Mobile Alabama Cruise Terminal
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Local officials in Mobile, Alabama were “shocked” when Carnival Cruise Lines announced it would be pulling the Elation from that port and moving it to New Orleans. Carnival explained that the port hadn’t been as profitable as expected, while locals say the ship was constantly filled. Dealing with a blow to your city’s ego is [...]
Continue reading...Cruise Ship Safety 101: Don’t Sail through Fog
Monday, February 28, 2011
Some strange weather patterns have been circulating around Texas the last few weeks, and its caused some disruption among those traveling by air, land and sea. Fog in the Port of Galveston has forced several Carnival and Royal Caribbean sailings to be delayed – both departing and arriving. Passengers need to realize that when piloting [...]
Continue reading...Carnival Cruise Ship Smoking Bans Ignite Fiery Debate
Friday, July 23, 2010
Carnival Cruise Line is drawing both criticism and praise this week as news about its smoking-area-experiment aboard three ships is making headlines. Well, at least cruise travel headlines. The trial-run on the cruise ships is over but the debate between smokers and non-smokers is raging on. Carnival took three ships – the Destiny, Freedom, and [...]
Continue reading...Alaska Cruise Dollars Decline after Tax Hike
Monday, July 19, 2010
While politicians are debating tax hikes in Washington D.C., the state of Alaska is learning firsthand what increased taxes can do to your local economy and the businesses that operate there. Preliminary results from the Alaska Department of Revenue show a 20% decline in cruise tourism in May from a year ago following tax increases [...]
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 map, most [...]
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