Discovery Cruise Line is fed up with the economy, and believes cruisers are too. The Fort Lauderdale based cruise line, which offers transfers with cruise line amenities between South Florida and Grand Bahama Island every day of the week except Wednesdays, is offering greatly reduced fares for January and February, as well as eliminating [...]

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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is taking some necessary steps to make sure they remain stable during the current economic atmosphere. The cruise line and STX France Cruise SA, STX Europe’s French shipyard, announced today that they have reached an agreement and are moving forward with the construction of the F3 cruise ship project. [...]

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Windstar Cruises, owners of luxury sailing yachts, is giving cruise guests an rare opportunity to cruise with OlympicGold medal winner Rafer Johnson aboard a Barcelona to Rome cruise on Wind Surf, departing April 26, 2009. The 1960 Gold Medal winner will be sailing, lecturing, entertaining and getting up close and personal with guests aboard [...]

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Princess Cruises’ won yet another award in 2008, and this time it came as a result of their famed dining event, the Chef’s Table. The Princess culinary experience has been honored as the winner of the Food & Beverage/Hotel Operations Award in the Second Annual Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards. The award was presented today [...]

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Princess Cruises is not willing to sit back on their laurels as they announce a host of new cruise features, as well as some new and exciting cruise itineraries for 2009. The enhancements will cover everything from quality quiet time, to giant, outdoor movies, cafes and new places to dine, breakfast in bed, some [...]

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Windstar Cruises feels so strongly that cruise travelers should book their vacations through a travel professional that they are sending past and prospective cruisers a $100 per person shipboard credit certificate to redeem with their favorite travel professional for any 2009 Windstar sailing when booked by Jan. 31, 2009. The certificates are good on [...]

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Peter Deilmann Cruises are first class all the way, and have now added classical music cruises to their itineraries. It conjures up visions of Europe during the time when music was the main source of entertainment inb Europe. Classical music aficionados can choose between three distinct music voyages — one aboard the deluxe [...]

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For the first time since I can remember, NCL wasn’t first at something in the cruise industry. The good news is they have suspended their fuel supplements on future cruises. In response to the current continued decline of fuel prices, and I’m sure because Carnival started the ball rolling, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) [...]

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Windstar Cruises, normally a cruise line for romantics and adventurers, is offering special family rates on summer European sailings aboard Wind Surf. This is an attempt to make family vacations more affordable in these tough economic times. Families who book one full-fare stateroom on Wind Surf sailings departing June 7 through August 30, [...]

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RSVP Vacations has released itineraries for 5 new 2009 all gay cruises. RSVP originated the gay and lesbian cruise concept, which is designed to give gay travelers more variety and choice than ever before. With three major U.S. city departures — Ft. Lauderdale, Los Angeles and Seattle — RSVP’s 2009 cruises also offer unprecedented [...]

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An era has officially ended some forty years after it began as the QE2 docked for the last time. It wasn’t the usual fanfare that accompanies the Queen when she comes into a port. It was a simple, unheralded arrival for a monarch that had ruled the seas for four decades. According [...]

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Princess Cruises has been in the cruise news with new cruise ships, weddings onboard and now awards for itineraries and onboard boutiques. Princess definitely can give you your cruise, your way. Princess Cruises has received top honors in three categories of Porthole Cruise Magazine’s 2008 Annual Readers’ Choice Awards. The line won Best [...]

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As I was catching up on my cruise reading last night, I came across this article on Telegraph.co.uk all the wonderful things on a Rhine river cruise from companies like Viking River Cruises. The article was written by an independent writer from the UK, Sara Macefield, and is an excellent article about the markets [...]

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Carnival Cruise Lines’ has brought its newest showcase in cruising, and what it calls the most innovative ship afloat, the 113,300-ton Carnival Splendor, the line’s newest and largest “Fun Ship”, to Fort Lauderdale on Friday for its U.S. debut. It arrived at Port Everglades Friday morning following a 16-day trans-Atlantic crossing from Europe. [...]

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Windstar Cruises, normally know for giving cruisers the ability to get away from it all, in out of the way places, is bringing cell phone service to two of its three luxury sailing yachts. Windstar is now offering cell phone service at sea on Wind Star and Wind Spirit. Wind Surf already offers this [...]

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