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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May 26th, 2011
The ropes course on the new Carnival Magic has been a huge hit with guests of all ages, including the ships godmother Lindsey Wilkerson who is shown here testing out one of the SkyCourse tracks during the inaugural voyage from Venice, Italy, earlier this month.
Wilkerson a former patient at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital [...]
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May 24th, 2011
Miami, May 12, 2011 Oceania Cruises has announced unprecedented savings on select 2011 and 2012 departures. Travelers can save up to 75 percent on 18 cruises, all of which include free airfare from 22 North American cities.
The high-value promotion includes eight Mediterranean cruises from September through November as well as longer fall voyages that [...]
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May 23rd, 2011
Last year, on of the biggest items in travel news was the eruption of the Eyjafjallajkull volcano. The clouds of volcanic ash and dust cause huge chunk of European air space to be close for weeks. Some cruise ships even pick up British travelers who were stranded in mainland Europe by the resulting [...]
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May 5th, 2011
Cruise Talk ran a quick poll to see if our readers would be interested in watching the Royal Wedding of William and Kate while on a cruise. This poll ran in conjunction with our article about P&O’s plans to hold Royal Wedding celebrations on board all of their ships. P&O ran live broadcasts [...]
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