Now imagine it getting hit by waves that reach up to the fifth deck!
I love cruising, its one of the best vacation experience on earth! From its five star dining, to premium entertainment, to the brisk air on the open seas…but sometimes things don’t go as planned and the ship gets hit by waves that reach up as high as the fifth deck. When that happens, people go flying about and get squashed by cabinets…and hit in the face with chairs…and that’s bad… continue reading...
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas, unveiled in Fort Lauderdale, is nearly 50% larger than the largest cruise ships now at sea. But it’s not just the ship’s size that has people talking. Built at a record cost of $1.4 billion, the 225,282-ton vessel is chock-full of industry firsts housed within seven themed neighborhoods. The 6,296-passenger vessel’s first cruise with paying passengers is set for Dec. 1. Click HERE for more details. continue reading...
New York, NY (PRWEB) April 29, 2008 — New York’s best ships and itineraries for 2008/09 were named by the editorial staff of Cruising From New York, a web site devoted to passenger shipping from the three ports, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Cape Liberty (Bayonne), NJ.
According to Anne Campbell, editor of Cruising From New York, “Today every major cruise line has several ships that home port in New York for extended seasons of voyages ranging from a one-day party cruise to a 100-plus-day circumnavigation of the globe.” continue reading...
MIAMI, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Carnival Cruise Lines — a relative newcomer in European cruising, entering the market just three years ago — is well represented in the recently published Fodor’s Complete Guide to European Cruises, garnering nine “Best of Cruising” designations, more than double the number of any other cruise line.
Fodor’s Complete Guide to European Cruises is an annual publication providing comprehensive overviews of all major cruise lines operating within the region, along with travel tips, detailed port-of-call information and other helpful content aimed at experienced and first-time cruisers alike. continue reading...
Yonkers, NY (PRWEB) April 24, 2008 — Pleasure cruising is a nearly 200-year-old concept. Since its inception, the idea of customer comfort has evolved from having a cow on board to provide fresh milk in 1840 to an industry filled with extravagant “floating” hotels, equipped with every imaginable amenity and luxury.
While in the 1800’s there may not have been much choice, today choices are so limitless they can be overwhelming. continue reading...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 /PRNewswire/ — Wine and travel buffs will not want to miss this exclusive opportunity. Cruise Holidays has teamed with Virginia’s favorite award-winning winery, Pearmund Cellars (www.PearmundCellars.com), and Oceania Cruises to offer a one-of-a-kind wine cruise to the heart of Mediterranean wine country. This wine-cruise spectacular will feature a port-intensive itinerary to some of the Mediterranean’s most desirable ports of call coupled with exclusive onboard wine tastings, an anticipated private onboard wine-and-food pairing dinner and cocktail reception. Sprinkled throughout the cruise will be optional shore excursions available exclusively to Cruise Holidays clients to some of the most intimate and less public wineries in Italy and France. Along the way, wine expert and owner of Pearmund Cellars, Chris Pearmund and his wife Lisa, will offer guests insight into the burgeoning Virginia wine business and the fine art of wine making.
The 10-night cruise, aboard Oceania Cruises’ Nautica, departs Rome, Italy on June 17, 2009. It visits a different port each day to include Sorrento, Amalfi, Portofino, Monte Carlo, Saint-Tropez, and Marseille, before debarking in Barcelona, Spain on June 27, 2009. Rates begin at just $2,999 per guest, plus taxes and fuel surcharge. The rate includes roundtrip airfare from Washington, Dulles and other select gateway cities across North America. Clients who book by May 15, 2008, also will enjoy a $150 per stateroom shipboard amenity credit to further enhance their experience. continue reading...
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire - March 31, 2008) - As sophisticated travelers seek more active and enriching vacations for themselves and their families, Burgess, the global superyacht experts, now offer a one-of-a-kind experience aboard Seafaris, a 134.5-ft yacht located in Australia’s the Great Barrier Reef. The vessel was designed and built exclusively for authentic “reef sea-fari” adventures, including fishing, SCUBA, snorkeling, wakeboarding and kayaking, which are enhanced by the priceless amenity of the local crew’s knowledge and expertise on all matters in and out of the water. Week-long “sea-faris” are priced at roughly $160,000 per week inclusive.
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MIAMI, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Carnival Cruise Lines’ 2,974- passenger Carnival Conquest will offer a new seven-day itinerary from Galveston, Texas, that will include port calls to Key West, Fla., and Freeport and Nassau, The Bahamas.
The new weeklong cruise option will be offered approximately once a month from February 2009 through April 2010 and will complement the ship’s existing Western Caribbean cruise schedule featuring stops at Montego Bay, Jamaica; George Town, Grand Cayman; and Cozumel, Mexico. continue reading...
MIAMI, March 5 /PRNewswire/ — Celebrity Cruises, known for providing “star treatment” to its guests, plans to offer star treatment to one of its ships. Celebrity Galaxy will undergo an approximately $4-million makeover during its scheduled drydock in Freeport, Bahamas, from April 18 through May 2. During that time:
— The ship’s two-level main dining room will be completely refurbished,
with new, contemporary carpeting, reupholstered and newly varnished
chairs, new waiter stations, and entirely new floor-to-ceiling
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1- Norwegian Gem 
Debuted Oct. 2007, 93,000 tons, 2,380 passengers in double occupancy, sails in Europe, Bahamas, Florida and the Caribbean.
The ship’s full-size, four-lane bowling alley is a good place to test your sea legs, while foodies can sample the fare at 10 dining spots, whose cuisine ranges from Italian to steakhouse, French bistro to Asian restaurant; there’s even a teppanyaki room and a sushi bar. Spend time in one of the three 450-square-foot Garden Villas, complete with private outdoor garden, and you’ll forget you’re on a ship. continue reading...
