August 25th, 2011
You want to take your first cruise and you are not sure what kind of cabin best meets your needs and your budget. How do you determine what kind of cabin to book? It really comes down to the concept deciding what your total budget is for the cruise and then weighing [...]
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August 24th, 2011
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. Aboard the Disney Dream, guests embark on a magical and innovative family cruise vacation with Disney Cruise Line. A first-of-its-kind water coaster sends guests racing above the upper decks of the ship. An animated sea turtle engages children in conversation about life in the ocean. Kids join Peter Pan on a [...]
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August 15th, 2011
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 2, 2011 In a move that will further strengthen its presence in Australia, Holland America Line officially opened its sales office in Sydney with a final transition date of 1 September. Focused on the Australian market, the independent sales, marketing and reservations team provides direct contact with agents and administrative support.
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August 10th, 2011
NCL has adopted a more restrictive smoking policy, now restricting passengers from smoking in their cabins. I have updated our smoking policies page to reflect the new policy. (I recently had to turn off the comments segment on this page, because, despite my please to our readers, the arguments on both sides of [...]
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August 8th, 2011
MIAMI, July 11, 2011 – Royal Caribbean International today announced that it will invest approximately $300 million to bring the latest innovations to the cruise line’s ships across the fleet and introduce the highest guest-rated programs from its award-winning Oasis-class ships. The revitalizations will offer guests a greater variety of new onboard dining and entertainment [...]
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August 5th, 2011
My husband and I have been disagreeing on the proper way to calculate the actual cost of a cruise or any vacation. I thought I would share with our readers our two different points of view and let our readers use the survey feature to settle our the difference of opinion. [...]
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July 26th, 2011
Once again, cruise ship and photography enthusiast, Andreas Depping, has done an amazing job of capturing the beauty of a brand new cruise ship. His latest subject? The new Celebrity Silhouette during its preview voyage. Mr. Depping first started photographing new ships as they made their way out of the [...]
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July 25th, 2011
Public spaces and the utilization of them on a cruise ship can enhance or detract from the overall cruise experience. As I was looking at cruise pictures, I started thinking about the form and function of my favorite public spaces. The following is my list of the most important public [...]
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June 27th, 2011
This summer I’ll be loading up the car, much like Clark Griswald and his family in the original Vacation movie, and headed off to Texas to visit family, friends. During the trip I’ll be equal parts tourist, family visitor, and even an amusement park enthusiast. Lets hope I don’t turn [...]
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June 22nd, 2011
As a subscriber to Travel and Leisure Magazine I have noticed that quite often their featured hotels and destinations are priced well over what my vacation budget would allow. Recently, in their “Ask T+L” segment, a reader wrote them looking for advice on cruising on budget. While I found most of [...]
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