Apr 2nd, 2011 at 7:00AM:
When a new cruise ship comes out, it has all the latest features and what cruise ship designers hope will provide the best, most relevant experience for today's cruise passenger. Later, after those new features turn out to be of an enduring nature, cruise lines often add them to older ships. Sometimes this process adds value to older ships that would otherwise be lacking in features by ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Old cruise ships get new features
Apr 2nd, 2011 at 7:00AM:
When a new cruise ship comes out, it has all the latest features and what cruise ship designers hope will provide the best, most relevant experience for today's cruise passenger. Later, after those new features turn out to be of an enduring nature, cruise lines often add them to older ships. Sometimes this process adds value to older ships that would otherwise be lacking in features by ...Cruise ship hits whale off Alaska
Aug 1st, 2010 at 11:30AM: For the third time in the past decade a Princess Cruises luxury ship has struck and killed a whale in the waters off the coast of Alaska. That latest incident occurred last Tuesday evening just south of Juneau, where the ship the Sapphire Princess apparently hit the creature, whose corpse was discovered attached to the hull on Wednesday morning. Last year, the same ship arrived in Vancouver ...Carnival cruise passengers spend weekend in Antigua ... in jail
Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:30AM: It looks like Carnival could use some new passengers. Not even a week after banning a family for life – and then reversing the ban – six passengers on one of its ships have been detained in Antigua. Now, if you're going to get stuck someplace, Antigua isn't bad, but I'd rather be in a resort than involved with the criminal justice system – it just seems more fun.
Dolores Lalanne, ...Cruise line trends to look out for
Dec 22nd, 2008 at 5:30PM: There are some trends in the cruise industry that might make you pleased or disgruntled, depending on if the trends tip in your favor.
Non-smokers may feel more pleased to find out that one growing trend is to restrict smoking to fewer and fewer places on a ship. Smokers, of course, may not be thrilled.
Another trend is for bigger ships. Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas is the biggest of ...Cruise Ship Work: It's Possible
Apr 16th, 2007 at 11:15PM: One place where I caught the travel bug was from my uncle, my mother's younger brother. When I was 12 years-old or so, he started working on cruise ships; thus, began the postcards arriving from far off places. On his visits, he brought gifts and gave us his loose change. I have no idea what he did on the ship, (steward maybe?) since I was like most 12 year-olds and was fairly oblivious to job ...
