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Regal Princess Sea Trials [PHOTOS]
Regal Princess has accomplished another major milestone in preparation for her May 20 debut, with the completion of her sea trials. The new cruise ship set out to sea from her construction dock at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, Read More …
Crystal Targets Increasingly Athletic Cruise Travelers
Crystal Cruises has been creating the exclusive, eye-opening luxury shore-side experiences of its Crystal Adventures program for two decades. Now, Crystal Cruises is expanding that program with 16 bicycle-focused Crystal Adventures. Priced from $89 to $249 per person, all the details of the Read More …
Marine-Themed Camp Ocean For Young Cruisers Educational, Fun
Carnival Cruise Lines new Camp Ocean, a new marine-themed children’s program, is coming to its fleet of 24 Fun Ships and set to debut on Carnival Freedom on May 24. The totally new program will immerse children ages 2-11 in Read More …
Freeport, Bahamas: Not The Boring Place We Thought It Was
Many years ago, we decided Freeport in the Bahamas was not worth getting off the cruise ship to see. There was very little to do and fewer things to see. A recent sailing on Carnival Cruise Lines newly rebuilt Carnival Read More …
Pre Cruise Hotels: Embassy Suites Orlando A Hit With Families
Sailing from Florida‘s Port Canaveral, an easy 45 minute drive/transfer from Orlando International Airport (MCO), there are a number of excellent pre-cruise hotel choices available. One we like as a best value for family travel is Embassy Suites, specifically the Read More …
Carnival Sunshine Stats Add Up To One Fun Ship
The end result of transforming 1996’s Carnival Destiny into flagship-quality Carnival Sunshine has us throwing around a lot of numbers. 25 branded elements of Funship 2.0, all in one place after a $155 million dry dock, Carnival’s most ambitious to date, have created Read More …
Carnival Sunshine: The FunShip That Has It All
Carnival Sunshine began sailing from Port Canaveral this week on a series of Caribbean cruises and is the first ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet to have all elements of their FunShip 2.0 initiative in place. It may also be the only ship Read More …
World Ocean Cruise Domination: The Race Begins
To those who have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas, we have some bad news: When the ship launches, she will not be in North America for very long. In a surprising turn of Read More …
Carnival Dream, Elation A Great Fit For A Smart City
Positioning Carnival Dream to sail from New Orleans, Carnival Cruise Lines becomes the port’s largest cruise operator with two ships carrying more than 400,000 passengers annually. That’s good reason for the Fun Ship cruise line to be excited about the deployment. Read More …