Feb 8th, 2012 at 4:00PM: A new National Geographic special coming up on Sunday, February 12 is promising to answer a whole lot of questions about the grounding of the Costa Concordia last month. Featuring first-hand accounts of American survivors who share their own home video, Nat Geo will present Italian Cruise Ship Disaster: The Untold Stories.
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National Geographic has untold cruise disaster stories
Feb 8th, 2012 at 4:00PM: A new National Geographic special coming up on Sunday, February 12 is promising to answer a whole lot of questions about the grounding of the Costa Concordia last month. Featuring first-hand accounts of American survivors who share their own home video, Nat Geo will present Italian Cruise Ship Disaster: The Untold Stories.
"How did the ship sink? Could it have been prevented? Why weren't the ...Passengers sick again, cruise line cancels sailing
Feb 7th, 2012 at 3:30PM: Last weekend nearly 700 passengers, on three different ships, contracted the flu-like Norovirus causing Princess and Royal Caribbean cruise lines to delay departure of this week's sailing for extensive cleaning. Now, another outbreak on one of the same ships has caused its cancellation, mid-sailing, and an early return to port for even more cleaning.
Princess Cruises Crown Princess was on a ...Cruise line makes offer, gets sued, waits
Jan 29th, 2012 at 2:00PM: The cruise line that owns Costa Concordia is trying to move forward, past recovery and initial assistance efforts to make an offer to non-injured passengers. Still without conclusive forensic reasons or blame placed for the tragic grounding of January 13, Costa Cruises faces legal action as it and the entire cruise industry review safety standards.
The families of those who died, passengers ...Cascading changes likely for cruise travelers
Jan 23rd, 2012 at 2:30PM:
Changes are coming for cruise travelers even though exactly what happened to force Costa Concordia to ground off the coast of Italy has yet to be defined by forensic evidence. Playing out as everything from rumors to accusations and first-hand reports from passengers actually on the ship, media outlets have been working overtime reporting the story. Some accounts seem reasonable, some ...Nat Geo presents five cruise ship disasters that changed travel
Jan 22nd, 2012 at 8:00AM: Over the past week, the Costa Concordia story has been a prominent one amongst both the mainstream media and travel outlets alike. The sinking of a cruise ship is not a common occurrence and ranks amongst the worst travel nightmares imaginable. While questions about exactly what happened aboard that ship remain, it is clear that the accident will likely have far reaching consequences and bring ...Cruise accident "like a scene from Titanic" says passenger
Jan 14th, 2012 at 6:00AM: (Updated 8:10AM EDT) After running aground off the coast of Italy Friday night, an unknown number of passengers are reported dead as a luxury cruise ship sinks and dawn reveals details of the tragic accident.
"It was like a scene from the Titanic,'' journalist Mara Parmegian on board for what was to be an 8 day Mediterranean sailing told the ANSA news agency.
Costa Cruises Costa Concordia ...Cruise line murder case back on TV this week
Jan 5th, 2012 at 3:30PM: Roll back the clock and set those VCR's, the 2005 cruise line murder case of George Smith who went missing while on a Royal Caribbean cruise is back on network television. In an update on Dateline NBC this Friday (10PM Eastern), the news hounds go to the well one more time for an update on the tragic industry-changing case.
"Dennis Murphy tells the story of an active, ongoing investigation ...Luxury Vacation Guide 2012: Caviar in the surf
Jan 5th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
No Luxury Vacation Guide would be complete without a nod to cruise vacations. But there are cruises and then there are luxury cruise vacations. Seabourn sails a fleet of small yacht-like ships to exotic destinations around the world. On board, passengers are pampered with fine cuisine, luxury suite accommodations and the highest crew to passenger ratio in the cruise business. That allows for ...Cruise ship prison? Not so fast say Scientology captors
Nov 30th, 2011 at 6:00PM: A cruise ship prison story has been floating around about an Australian woman who says she was held for years against her will aboard the cruise ship Freewinds, a floating Scientology cathedral of sorts. To many, the idea of living aboard a cruise ship might seem like a dream come true. To Valeska Paris, held on the ship starting in 1996 then spending the next twelve years there against her will, ...Mexican food in Mexico: surprisingly different
Nov 27th, 2011 at 12:00PM: Before sampling Mexican food on a recent trip to Mazatlan, Mexico, we shared some of the misconceptions commonly held by others who have not been there. Don't drink the water. Mexican food is not healthy. All Mexican food is spicy and all about tacos, burritos and enchiladas. What we found blew away pretty much all of that.
Mazatlan sits on the west coast of Mexico and boasts an abundance of ...Celebrities go to sea, some stay
Nov 20th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Celebrities go to sea all the time it seems. Martina McBride performed a short concert on Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas in New Orleans Saturday. Last weekend, Maroon 5 rocked Galveston with Carnival Cruise Line's new Carnival Magic as a backdrop. Other acts from Kid Rock to Dancing with the Stars contestants host themed cruises, allowing fans up-close-and-personal time like never before. ...Mazatlan is safe, just ask the dead people
Nov 9th, 2011 at 1:00PM: Crime in Mexico has had a big impact on tourism, causing everything from a US Department of State travel warning to major cruise lines canceling calls at Mexican ports. Gadling has been covering the story all along and readers have been quick to respond both for and against travel to Mexico. To make sense of it all, we went to Mazatlan, once a bustling Mexican cruise port, to see for ourselves.
...Interesting indoor spaces around the world
Oct 4th, 2011 at 5:00PM: I love the outdoors, to the extent that I tend to bypass or overlook exceptional indoor spaces when I'm traveling or recounting a great trip. Fortunately, Lonely Planet author/former Gadling contributor Leif Pettersen's recent list on LP's website has reminded me that---as many a grandmother has said---beauty is on the inside.
Pettersen says only in recent years has he developed a special ...On the road with Mauiva AirCruise: Part I
Oct 4th, 2011 at 3:00PM:
I'm a card-carrying frequent flyer, refer to airports by their three digit codes and know the exact ritual to go through before I can clear a TSA checkpoint and be allowed to put my shoes back on. The shine has worn off though, and the flying portion of travel is now a chore. But still enjoyable is the feeling I get when I am up in the air and looking down at the ground so rapidly passing ...Be sure your cruise travel agent is not a crook
Jul 31st, 2011 at 7:00AM:
Its becoming an all too familiar story: A group of friends or family members buy a group cruise through a friendly local travel agent who handles everything for them. The group makes payments on their cruise to that travel agent, paying in full, right on time. Then the group goes to the ship on embarkation day all excited about the cruise only to find out something is wrong. Some or all of them ...Live virtual cruise lectures to offer a variety of topics
Jul 30th, 2011 at 7:00AM: When travelers choose a cruise vacation its often because they get to visit several different destinations bundled into an itinerary they find attractive. They may have traveled to those destinations on land before or simply dreamed of going there one day. Cruise line web sites do a good job of describing various ports of call as do online sources like CruiseCritic.com. Now, a major seller of ...Woman cruise ship captain in the spotlight
Jul 29th, 2011 at 12:00PM: Back in December of last year, Inger Klein Olsen took the helm of Cunard Line's Queen Victoria and joined a small group of women in a male-dominated occupation. Now, P&O Cruises has made history with their first woman cruise ship captain sailing to Australia at the helm of Pacific Pearl. Captain Sarah Breton joins four other female senior officers on P&O Cruises Pacific Pearl along the ...Drug dealer on Worlds Largest Gay Cruise pleads guilty
Jul 26th, 2011 at 7:00AM: Not long ago we reported on a drug dealer busted on the Worlds Largest Gay Cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. The man pleaded guilty this week in a U.S. Virgin Islands court to dealing drugs on board a cruise ship.
Steven Barry Krumholz admitted selling ecstasy, methamphetamine and ketamine to fellow passengers on board the Allure of the Seas in February reports the Associated ...Cruise lines give back: Study to help protect coral reefs
Jul 25th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Understanding how the world's oceans are being affected by changes in climate is a global scientific priority. Now, in another example of how cruise lines give back, Royal Caribbean has joined with the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI), the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation and the Image Group to establish a unique reference site where the relationships between climate change and coral reef ...Beatles cruise promoter asks: "What if Paul or Ringo came along?"
Jul 24th, 2011 at 7:00AM: Lately, the focus of themed cruises has been on popular musicians like rock star musician and reality TV star Bret Michaels, Taylor Swift and Kid Rock among others. Themed cruises appeal to groups of people varying from broad interests like "motorcycles" and "rock music" in general to smaller, more specific interests like Harley-Davidson motorcycles or a specific band like KISS. Gaining in ...
