Costa Concordia

2/13/20129:46:55 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Crews have begun efforts to extract the half million gallons of fuel still stored in tanks on the "Costa Concordia" (pictured) after the ship wrecked off the coast of Tuscany almost a month ago. While the fuel removal process should take about four weeks, it could take up to 10 months before the ship itself is removed.

Princess

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Celebrity Cruises

12/14/201110:45:46 AM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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TravelPulse.com reports that Celebrity Cruises  is designing eight new food-and-wine cruises for 2012 hosted by its own chefs and culinary experts. The first voyage will be the "Excite the Senses Culinary Theme Cruise" aboard the "Celebrity Eclipse" departing March 24, hosted by Celebrity's vice president of culinary operations.

Royal Caribbean

11/14/20116:18:23 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Royal Caribbean  shifted three vessels to ports in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend for new routes through next April. The "Mariner of the Seas" (pictured) will operate weeklong western Caribbean voyages from Galveston (from $549 ppdo) to Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Falmouth. The "Voyager of the Seas" will be based in New Orleans (the largest cruise ship ever homeported there) to run a similar seven-night western Caribbean route (from $499 ppdo). Finally, the "Jewel of the Seas" will offer four- and five-night western Caribbean sailings to Cozumel and Costa Maya (from $329 ppdo).

Cunard

10/27/20115:51:05 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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27 October 2011- Cunard Line has released details of the planned refit of the company’s flagship Queen Mary 2, in preparation for her eighth birthday in January 2012. With major refurbishments and redesigns of carpets, curtains, bedcovers and linens, and other enhancements, a luxury cruise vacation will be even more appealing aboard the grandest ocean liner at sea. 

Princess

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Princess

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Cunard

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Princess

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NCL

8/10/20115:05:48 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Norwegian Cruise Line  will introduce a new rule next January prohibiting smoking in cabins. Passengers will still be allowed to smoke cigarettes on their balconies, but not cigars or pipes. Also, they'll still be able to light up (cigarettes, pipes, and cigars) on open decks or in outdoor public spaces, based on signage in those areas. 

Costa

8/9/20119:20:22 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Costa Cruises will send its ship "Costa Romantica" (pictured) into drydock in Genoa in late October for a three-month, $127 million makeover. The vessel will receive 111 new cabins (bringing its capacity to 1,808 passengers), private balconies on 120 cabins, and new areas such as a show lounge bar with a dance floor, a cabaret, a nightclub, a wine car, and a coffee/dessert bar. The ship will be renamed "Costa NeoRomantica" after the refurbishments. Once it leaves drydock at the end of January, it will operate 11-day sailings in the Canary Islands from Savona (Italy) before moving to northern Europe next summer for two-week voyages.

Carnival

8/2/20116:05:55 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Carnival Cruise Lines  canceled the remaining seven-day cruise schedule for Jacksonville (July 23 and 30 and Sept. 17 and 24), opting instead to replace them with more of the four- and five-day sailings it's offering aboard the "Carnival Fascination" (pictured). The four-day itinerary includes Freeport and Nassau stops, while the five-day schedule features either Nassau and Key West or Nassau and Half Moon Cay

NCL

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Norwegian Cruise Line  will introduce a $3.95 room service fee for orders placed between 12 midnight and 5 a.m. The 24-hour diners on the ships (Blue Lagoon or O'Sheehan's) will remain free of surcharges. In other news, NCL is expanding its popular around-the-clock pizza delivery service from the "Norwegian Epic" to all of its ships ($5 per 16-inch pizza). These new policies take effect this month on NCL's eight ships sailing from U.S. ports and next month on NCL's two ships in Europe ("Norwegian Jade" and "Norwegian Sun").

Royal Caribbean

6/30/20119:39:06 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Royal Caribbean  posted new specials that range from "Bring a Friend" offers for its Crown & Anchor Society members ($25 onboard credits per cabin for traveling with friends who are new to the line) and ChoiceAir credits up to $2,000 per cabin for "Voyager of the Seas" seven-night cruises this summer to additional GAP points for new group bookings on winter 2011-2012 sailings aboard the "Jewel of the Seas," the "Mariner of the Seas," or the "Voyager of the Seas."

Costa

6/20/20115:28:01 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Costa Cruises named Italian actress Margaret Made as the godmother of its newest ship, the 3,800-passenger "Costa Favolosa." Made will christen the ship on July 2 in Trieste, Italy. The "Costa Favolosa" will operate seven-day voyages from Bari and Venice this summer before heading to Dubai for the 2011-2012 winter season.

Celebrity

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Celebrity Cruises  announced its new series of "webisodes" (short web-based videos focusing on what makes Celebrity unique and special. The first webisode is "Celebrity Silhouette Style," featuring Dan Hanrahan (the line's president and CEO) taking viewers on a tour of Celebrity's newest ship at its shipyard in Germany. New webisodes will be released twice a month. You'll find the videos at www.celebritycruiseschannel.com, and you can embed them into your own web site by starting the video, clicking "pause" and then "embed," and copying the HTML code that pops up for inserting into your own site.

In other news, Celebrity launched a sale through June 9 for October and November sailings aboard the "Celebrity Equinox" and the "Celebrity Solstice," with discounted fares and 50 percent reduced deposits (plus onboard credits and prepaid gratuities for suite bookings).

Norwegian Cruise Line

5/16/20119:53:05 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Norwegian Cruise Line  canceled the upcoming winter season for the "Norwegian Jade" in the eastern Mediterranean. The ship will go into drydock in November before moving to Barcelona to operate nine-night Canary Island voyages. Fifteen sailings on the ship will be canceled this fall as a result of this decision, which NCL attributes to concerns from cruisers about port calls such as Egypt (the site of recent uprisings). NCL says the ship will return to the Holy Land next year.

Norwegian Cruise Line

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Norwegian Cruise Line is adding a Beatles tribute band to the entertainment lineup aboard the "Norwegian Epic." It's also replacing the Second City Comedy Troupe with four different options, ranging from a Latin comedy show to a musical comedy marionette show.

Princess

5/9/20119:51:12 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Princess Cruises returned its ship "Grand Princess" (pictured) to service late last week after a 24-day drydock session. The ship received several new dining venues, the line's first specialty tea lounge, additional suites, a new martini lounge, and other upgrades. Plus, its famed Skywalkers stern lounge was removed (a new nightclub opens on the ship next week).

Royal Caribbean

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Carnival

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To take advantage of the “funtastic” rates listed below, bookings must be made between April 27th 2011 and April 29th, 2011.

Disney

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Disney will unveil new homeports in New York City and Seattle next year for Disney Cruise Line (along with Galveston, as previously announced). In 2012, the line will operate the "Disney Magic" from New York City and Galveston, the "Disney Wonder" from Seattle (instead of using Vancouver for Alaska sailings) and Los Angeles, and the "Disney Dream" and the "Disney Fantasy" (debuting next March) from Port Canaveral. It will also introduce its first-ever sailings to Canada, Hawaii, and the U.S. Pacific Coast. Next year means all Disney Cruise Line ships will sail in Caribbean or North American waters, with no Europe routes

Disney

4/6/201110:08:55 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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Disney  will base its ship "Disney Magic" (pictured) in Galveston starting Sept. 22, 2012. The 1,754-passenger vessel will operate 12 seven-night sailings to the western Caribbean, with stops in Grand Cayman, Costa Maya, and Cozumel (and fares from $840 ppdo).

Norwegian Cruise Line

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7-Day Western Caribbean round-trip New Orleans   Norwegian Spirit   Departures: April 10, 2011    Inside from    $399 Oceanview from $499 Balcony from $699 Suite from N/A 3rd & 4th guests in same stateroom starting from $299

Carnival

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Princess Cruises

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Princess Cruises  has canceled its scheduled port calls in Japan through May aboard the "Diamond Princess" (which will substitute Busan, South Korea, for Nagasaki) and the "Sun Princess" (which will now stop in Busan and Tianjin [China] and use days at sea instead of stops in Iwo Jima, Nagasaki, Osaka, and Yokohama). However, the "Ocean Princess" will keep its planned April 15 stop in Okinawa. CruiseCritic.com offers this helpful summary of the recent changes in Japan port call schedules for major cruise lines.

Princess Cruises

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Princess Cruises  announced its 2012 Europe plans. The line will send seven ships there (including the "Caribbean Princess," which will replace the "Star Princess"), with 57 different itineraries. Highlights include new 14-day Baltic routes and 16-day "Land of the Midnight Sun" cruises, plus two maiden ports: Korcula, Croatia; and Nessebar, Bulgaria