1 day ago by Phil Reimer

The Sapphire Princess is out of dry-dock in Victoria and is now sailing on a round-trip Los Angeles- Hawaii cruise after a three-week makeover. ...( read more)

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1 day ago by John Cairns

Where I am these days, a lot of folks have been heading off for winter getaways to these sunnier, warmer destinations. I have been looking over these possible travel deals and have been thinking of a winter getaway myself. But I have cold feet about the whole thing because of these horror stories ma ...

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4 days ago by hickeywriter

Just a quick update on the story we brought a couple of days ago, about the 30 year old British man who went missing on Royal Caribbean´s Allure of the Seas last Friday. Authorities are investgating the disappearance as a suicide. According to the online news source The Tribune – Superintendent Paul ...

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5 days ago by hickeywriter

A total of 3 US based ships have now been stricken with outbreaks of Norovirus lately, adding additional pressure to the cruise industry to get its act together. Norovirus is a nasty gastrointestinal virus which is easily spread from person to person through contact and through the air. According to ...

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5 days ago by Bob & Nancy

It’s entirely possible that Princess now holds the norovirus record. This weekend, the cruise line admitted the number of cases on two of its ships had grown to 499. Saturday, the Crown Princess returned to Fort Lauderdale from the Caribbean with 12% of the people on board suffering from the disease ...

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6 days ago by weeboopiper

I went down to the harbor yesterday to watch Costa Deliziosa leave. I was early, so I took a leisurely walk. I saw the cowries again. This time they were on the rock, providing a better view. I was still early when I arrived at Pier 5. As the time of the ship’s departure drew near, other people show ...

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6 days ago by News12

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Two cruise ships making their way back to Ft. Lauderdale are infected with the Norovirus. 140 passengers (4.51% of 3,103) and 18 crew members (1.54% of 1,168) onboard the Crown Princess have been struck with the highly… Link to Source

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7 days ago by ausman

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The sophisticated readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine have chosen Crystal Cruises’ fleet as 2012′s top mid-sized cruise ships. The February issue’s list of “Top 100 Cruise Ships in the World”—up from 80 last year—ranks the…

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9 days ago by hickeywriter

After the disaster aboard the Concordia last month, the cruise industry is finally getting some much needed scruntity. We have been saying for years that the industry has a top-notch public relations program, which serves to help the industry avoid much of the criticism which is rightly deserved in ...

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9 days ago by World Maritime News

Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the maritime government entity charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising the maritime sector in Dubai, has announced the establishment of a cruise ship task force in line with its continued efforts to ensure the safety of cruise ships arriving in Dub ...

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