Arthur Frommer Calls For Strong Action Against Piracy

The navies of the world's maritime nations could easily stop piracy off the east coast of Africa, writes Arthur Frommer, ... pirates away from a German cruise ship in the Gulf of Aden, and two days later a luxury cruise ship outran two pirate skiffs that were firing on it. Other cruise lines are rerouting ships or even [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 03:53:14

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Steaming Northbound Toward Jacksonville

Our ship left Half Moon Cay under cloudy skies. No sunset pictures for me. It was windy--meaning choppy seas ... for the line. The real money is made in ancillary sales. This ship--all cruise ships exist to be stores ... of this against the cruise line. This is their business and they are entitled to make money [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 22:12:33

Travelling to Caribbean using Cruise

There are lots of people in United State love to travelling to spend their holiday ... up the online form available on this site. The kinds of forms are: cruise line, cruise ship, departure date ... . To go there, they may use cruise as their transportation. However, what is the place where they can get tickets [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 07:42:39

Finding Enough Activity On A Cruise Ship

by Ray Walberg If you are interested in taking a cruise, you have many options these days. Because these types of vacations have become so popular over the years, cruise ship companies ... or somewhere else in the world. Cruise lines are very accommodating by providing very large ships [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 07:20:18

Finding Enough Activity On A Cruise Ship

by Ray Walberg If you are interested in taking a cruise, you have many options these days. Because these types of vacations have become so popular over the years, cruise ship companies ... or somewhere else in the world. Cruise lines are very accommodating by providing very large ships [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 07:21:30

Windstar awarded Favorite Small-Ship Cruise Line

Windstar awarded Favorite Small-Ship Cruise LineBy eTN SEATTLE (September 9, 2008) — Windstar Cruises, which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts that explore hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world’s most treasured destinations, has b [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 00:50:02

The Exchange

title: The Exchange author: Inga Ellzey pages: 401 published: 2008 genre: romance, mystery first line: It was 6:35pm, ... our ship, on behalf of Royal Oceanic Cruise Lines, I would like to welcome you to the Emerald ... to take a 4 week Mediterranean cruise on a luxury cruise ship called the 'Emerald of the Seas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 02:26:00

OPEN LETTER TO CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES

I am writing this letter to inform you that the practice of removing cruise directors from your individual cruise ships to other ships in the fleet has upset us very much.  Having had recently booked this cruise for our grand-children’s spring break, we had expected to be enjoying yet another cruise with John Heald .  Now our 26th cruise [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 23:52:43

Alaska Cruise Ships Compared

For a first-time cruiser, the number of options when it comes to choosing your Alaska cruise ship can be seem pretty overwhelming.  Sure, once you’ve been on a few cruises, you get a feel for which lines and ship sizes you like, but what about someone planning their very first Alaska cruise vacation?  An article [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 14:04:48

Taking A Cruise: Make It A Family Affair

This past year, more than one million youngsters under the age of 18 years old sailed on Cruise Lines International Association ships. Young people make up a large portion of your fellow passengers when you take a cruise ship ... for your fellow passengers/cruisers, as well as the ship’s crew, to keep your children under control. Easier [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 08:29:53

New cruise trend: "Disegalitarianism"

While some cruise lines, such as Cunard, have long catered to the rich, it now seems that every cruise line is wooing them. Royal Caribbean and NCL (Norwegian Cruise Line) are at the forefront of this trend, says WSJ magazine. Royal Caribbean's ... . Each ship will have a bar made of ice; guests will receive fur coats to wear while sipping [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 23:35:08

Enjoy Your Honeymoon On The Carnival Cruise Lines Ship - Destiny

Mike and Gina want to have a memorable honeymoon. They live on a budget but they can’t think of any extraordinary place where they can have the ... membership club for only $1300. He is hesitant at first. Yet, upon seeing that discount travel on Carnival Cruise Lines is included in the package, he immediately signed up for the membership. Seven weeks [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 10:07:09

A Perspective on World Events [#21]

I recorded this video aboard the Crown Princess, a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruise Lines ... . You can probably tell since I’m obviously out over the water. :) When you take a cruise ... in the world. When you are out at sea sitting on a balcony, you experience calmness. There isn’t much noise [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:34:34

Myth: Cruse Holidays are Boring

Myth: Cruse Holidays are Boring By Kurt Schefken | December 23, ... or as much as you want. You may be thinking that a cruise ship is a “floating hotel” but they are much ... lines offer day care so you have time to enjoy the ships entertainment. Visit a cruise line’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 13:43:52

Norwegian Cruise Line's MAJESTY Cast

The cast of the Majesty has been rehearsing and working hard over the last few weeks in preparation for their six month contract on board ... of our performers. They do such a great job and are a big part of the reason that "Cruise Critic" named Norwegian Cruise Line the "Best in Entertainment". Life on a ship isn't as glamorous as one might [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 22:19:00

Central Park, Coney Island Set Sail on $1.4B Boat

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Folks have tried to recreate parts of New York City elsewhere ( ... . Royal Caribbean is currently building a massive new cruise ship called Oasis of the Seas in Finland ... for the originals in a line-up. The cruise ship versions do have their advantages, however: buffets and slot [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 14:47:46

AVIOM PRO64® DIGITAL SNAKE SIMPLIFIES PRODUCTION FOR CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES’ PERFORMANCES

Cat-5 Connectivity and Robust Monitoring Performance Key for Ship-Board Duty MIAMI, Fl, FEBRUARY 24, 2009 – Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest and largest “Fun Ship,” the Carnival Splendor, which can host more than 3,000 guests and offers high-energy entertainment options galore, made its maiden voyage [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 22:10:30

AVIOM PRO64® DIGITAL SNAKE SIMPLIFIES PRODUCTION FOR CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES’ PERFORMANCES

Cat-5 Connectivity and Robust Monitoring Performance Key for Ship-Board Duty MIAMI, Fl, FEBRUARY 24, 2009 – Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest and largest “Fun Ship,” the Carnival Splendor, which can host more than 3,000 guests and offers high-energy entertainment options galore, made its maiden voyage [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 22:09:33

Carnival Corp Rallies After Earnings Report (CCL)

Carnival Corp (CCL) just announced its fourth quarter profits climbed 4% to $371 million, or 47 cents per share, from $358 million, or 44 cents, ... 6 percent to $3.3 billion, on better cost controls and higher prices on some cruise lines ... on the world’s largest cruise-ship operator. Carnival Corp (CCL) does not currently pay a dividend. Be sure [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 17:29:07

Windstar Offers Romance Package to Guests and Free Cruise Drawing to Travel Professionals

Seattle, January 15, 2009 — Windstar Cruises, which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts that explore hidden harbors and secluded coves of ... -Ship Cruise Line” in the U.K.’s Condé Nast Traveller’s 2008 Readers’ Travel Awards. Windstar ... cruise for two on Windstar’s Wind Surf in 2009. Windstar’s Romance Package includes an in-room delivery [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:31:18

Reasons To Take A Carnival Cruise Line Vacation

Sailing away on a cruise is an event that everyone should undertake at least once in their life ... to relax.  There are many cruise lines that sail to the Caribbean and one of the best ways to see ... .  There is live music performed poolside nightly and some of the Carnival cruise ship pools are overlooked [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 08:36:52

for all you john mayer fans out there ...

the mayercraft carrier 2 cruise!!! * * * * ticket sales extended to february 15, ... carrier 2” concert cruise special promotion pricing and added exclusive benefits for carnival cruise ... aboard carnival cruise lines’ newest and biggest ship, the carnival splendor. music fans will enjoy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-27 18:50:00

Cruise line talent agency seeking musicians

I just wanted to make CCSM and MW readers aware of this post I found on NYC’s Craigslist from Landau Music (a talent agency for cruise musicians) ... Cruise Line: string quartets pianist/vocalists guitarist/vocalists party bands ball room bands ... on board a 5-Star Cruise Ship: *Guitar *Keys *Trombone *Trumpet *Bass *Drums *Saxophone [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 18:57:58

Bad Carnival Cruise

Okay, I’m home two months and am already itching to plan the next cruise.  That won’t be happening anytime soon, but it’s still fun to read and dream ... t like rave parties and I don’t want to pay my hard-earned money to be stuck on a cruise ship ... elegant cruise vacation and you end up on the S.S. Animal House. Not all cruise lines are alike (to say [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 00:55:52

Cruises - Choosing the One that’s Right for You

These days, cruises are getting to be like everything else ... buff, take a European cruise. The destinations are what differentiate cruises; each ship is really ... can be almost as harrowing as where to take it. Most cruise lines offer cruises year around. Some times [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 11:08:45

While I've been away at sea . . .

Looks like there's been plenty going on in the cruise world while I've been relaxing in the Caribbean on board Eurodam ... . Following the scare, Italian cruise line MSC sent its ship Rhapsody on a 500 mile diversion to keep ... when the gangway to MSC Fantasia collapsed in high winds. The ship's lines appear to have pulled [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 23:16:41

Terror for 1,200 Britons as Somali pirates with rocket launchers attack cruise ship

Mar 5, 2009Piracy, SomaliaThe Daily Mail OnlineMore than 1, ... calls, holiday firm Fred Olsen Cruise Lines said today.They also sent up distress flares and the ship’ ... , a crew member said.The 43,000-ton cruise ship was forced to zigzag violently to evade its pursuers [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 16:23:55

Cruise Lines Urged to Shrink Their Footprints

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or daily email newsletter ... on a cruise ship is more eco-friendly than jetting through the earth’s atmosphere on a plane.Not ... that cruise ships emit nearly twice as much carbon dioxide as airplanes. “We now know they are far [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 21:58:30

Carnival’s cruise ships returning to Galveston, Texas

Carnival Cruise Lines next week will return to sailing from Galveston, Texas, just seven weeks after Hurricane Ike devastated the city ... for their Caribbean cruises after the hurricane. In a news release Tuesday, Galveston’s port director, Steven Cernak, said Cruise Terminal 1, ... [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 19:00:58

Epic name, impressive ship?

My dictionary gives one definition of the word "epic" as meaning "of heroic or impressive proportions." Whether that applies to Norwegian Epic, the giant of a cruise ship now being built in France for Norwegian Cruise Lines, I'll leave for you to decide. Anyway, here she is, in all her glory [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 23:31:54

What do you think about HAL compared to Carnival?

I returned home Sat. night from a 7 night Canada/New England cruise on Carnival Victory which I took with my sister. This was my 17th cruise and the seventh cruise line. The cruise price was great. Portland, Maine ... , I was very disappointed in the ship and many of the staff were actually rude. I am glad DH [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 05:48:15

New Promotion from Carnival Provides Cash Back Up to $240 Per Stateroom on Variety of Summer 2009 Cruises

            Carnival Cruise Lines is launching a new promotion offering “cash back” of up to $240 per stateroom for a wide range of “Fun Ship” ... , 2009, to qualify for the promotion, which is valid with the line’s “Fun Select” advance purchase ... their cruise and can be redeemed toward shore excursions, spa treatments, supper club reservations, gift shop [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:43:29

Royal Caribbean (RCL) to $1?

One group I've missed as I've railed against consumer discretionary are the cruise lines; ... in this type of market. I assume cruise ships are not too big too fail, but who knows anymore. Barclays ... cruise operator, to $1 from $20 and its rating on the stock to "underweight" from "equal-weight [more...]

Date: 2009-01-28 17:15:50

Book Review - Travia: The Ultimate Book of Travel Trivia

I was given the opportunity from Mom Fuse to review a book of my choice from Intrepid Traveler .  They have a list of great informational books ... to the little pieces of chocolate on your pillow. The Carnival Cruise Lines’ largest ships which ... but I think you will find these facts very interesting. I mean when you go on a Cruise do you really [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 17:25:08

How to Save Money by Cruising

Not that kind of cruising… but I’m glad I got your attention! ... to how things are run on cruise ships! I just got back from a 7 day cruise on the Carnival Triumph ... been on 3 cruises, all on Carnival Cruise Lines and enjoyed myself every time… at least based [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 19:18:14

Have Wasilla Experience, Will Travel (As Will Sarah Palin, Apparently)

I lived in Anchorage, Alaska, for the summer season ten years ago. 1998. Working as a "host-guide" for Princess Cruise Lines, for their interior cruise train that brought the cruise-ship people along for another two days of highly-sought tourist money [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 05:59:51

Norwegian Cruise Lines Made Our Honeymoon Unpleasant

My Wife and I chose NCl because we heard that the staff was friendly and the dinning was care free and leasurly. Boy were we wrong ... in a beutiful city like British Columbia but we would up spending upwards to 300$ on the cruise ship because there was nothing else to do. I would like Norwegian Cruise Lines to write My wife [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 13:05:34

Carnival defends Hurricane Ike actions, shifts cruises to Houston

Carnival Cruise Lines today defended its handling of passengers on two ships that it diverted to New Orleans after Hurricane Ike struck Galveston, Texas.  It also said it will move the Carnival Conquest and Carnival Ecstasy to Houston this week, subject to ship channel conditions,  and sail from there until Galveston’s port reopens [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 00:04:34

Hard times for Carnival

Seems the reason Carnival Cruise Lines pulled their ship from Dover this summer was nothing to do with the high cost of flights from the US to Europe at all but rather because they needed the ship for boat rides around Cochin. Guess these days you have to make your money where you can. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 13:18:10

Getaways - How to Cash in on Fall Cruise Bargains

Getaways - How to Cash in on Fall Cruise Bargains oct10homespunweb.jpg By Tom Parsons RISMEDIA, Oct. 10, 2008-If you want to get away at bargain rates, consider a repositioning cruise. Every fall, cruise lines need to move their ships across the Atlantic Ocean Full Story [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 20:28:11

Deals Last Minute Cruises

royal-caribbean-pool.jpg If you have sailed the Caribbean Seas at any point during the past few years, you have likely seen many a cruise ship ... for the best chair around the swimming pool. Many cruise lines balances size with cost fairly well ... . They are everywhere. In fact, with so may different cruise companies offering up trips [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 05:00:31

Cruise savings: The time is now

This deal from Travel Leaders that recently landed in my inbox underlines what Dan Hanrahan, ... last week: The time to go on a cruise is now. In reaction to the economic crisis, cruise lines ... its newest ship, the Celebrity Solstice, and it's rolling out the second of its Solstice-class [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 20:31:48

Carnival Cruise Lines Treats Baltimoreans to a Full Day of Fun

Looking for a fun time?   The Inner Harbor is the place to be on April 25th from 10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. when Fun City:   Baltimore, sails into town.   The event is compliments of Carnival Cruise Lines and will raise funds for Maryland Special ... , “Fun Ship” Freddy and Fun Decoder cards which lead to several chances to win a free cruise [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 19:07:26

Gun Control Works–for Pirates

A Common Sense Solution to the Piracy Problem by Bill Levinson The recent terrorist rampage by Islamic supremacists in Mumbai shows that India’s ... the same lesson for the world’s merchant marines and passenger cruise lines: gun control works ... merchant ship; the pirates needed a sloop or even a frigate to take, for example, an East Indiaman [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 21:45:48

Repositioning Cruises Offer Good Value

Twice a year, cruise lines reposition many of their ships. What does that mean? Why should you care? Repositioning takes a cruise ship from one part of the world (let's... [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 15:45:28

Second Life Cruise

Have you ever thought about taking a vacation with some of your friends from Second Life ... trip to the Caribbean with low monthly payment plans. The Carnival Cruise Lines ship Liberty will be your real world getaway for this event. So gather your friends and let them know about this RL [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:22:16

Carnival may divert cruise ships to Houston

Any port in a storm? You bet. With the cruise terminals shut down in Galveston, Texas, after Hurricane Ike, and no reopening set, ... Carnival Cruise Lines is hunting for another port, possibly Houston, to berth the two ships that it diverted to New Orleans, spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz said today. “We would like ... [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 21:10:38

Grab Bag: Alaskan Cruise

(I worked briefly in one of the regional offices for a cruise line ... 4. “I couldn’t swim in the outside pool on the cruise ship because it was raining the entire trip ... . One of my jobs was to read all customer comment cards from the end of their tours and cruises [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 08:05:34

Legislation aimed at cruise safety proposed

Just days after the FBI boarded the Coral Princess cruise ship docked in Los Angeles and arrested a crew member on charges that he raped a passenger, ... who reporting being raped while aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise, said she feels the legislation is needed ... passengers and sexual assault, but cruise lines have largely skirted federal oversight. Most [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 23:48:44

Seabourn Announces One-Week ‘Stimulate Your Summer’ Sale

MIAMI, March 5, 2009—-The Yachts of Seabourn, the world’s premier small-ship cruise line, ... fares for 12 voyages of seven to 14 days aboard the award winning Seabourn Pride, Spirit and Legend ... , Seabourn Odyssey, which sails her maiden voyage June 24th from Venice. The new yacht features four [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 04:05:54

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