It’s a clear case of good news and bad news.
If you yearn to study Scientology while taking a cruise, here’s the perfect ship: the Freewinds.  The Church of Scientology decided to get into the passenger shipping business and formed Majestic Cruise Line to operate its sole ship.  Built in 1968, the Freewinds sails on Caribbean itineraries as [...]

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*** Azamara Cruises has announced that the 694-passenger Azamara Journey will sail on Caribbean and Panama Canal voyages from December, 2009 to mid-April, 20010.  Itineraries will range from  10- to 16- nights in duration.  On Panama Canal crossings, the ship will sail between Miami to San Diego while Caribbean cruises will depart from Miami. 
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Oceania Cruises bundles airfare into the price of its cruises and will continue to do so for the 2009 Europe seasons, including 120 cities in the U.S. and Canada.  Oceania will offer 56 European voyages that range in length from 10 to 30 days and call at more than 80 ports and increase the number of overnight stays in port.  
Oceania operates [...]

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Last weekend, Wendy Perrin, Conde Nast Traveler’s consumer news editor, wrote an interesting article on her blog: “Cruises Are NOT the Best Way to Stretch Your Dollar in Europe”.   Wendy is one of the most highly respected travel  journalists in the industry so her opinion matters.  I suggest clicking on the title and reading her comments.
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Many cruisers wonder why cruise lines keep building bigger and bigger ships.   Last week Royal Caribbean released the first details of the next “biggest ship in the world”, the 220,000-ton Genesis-class with a passenger compliment of 5,400 people.  
At present, Royal Caribbean’s Freedom-class ships are the largest cruise ships afloat. The Genesis vessels will be 69 feet longer, [...]

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During the 2009/10 Caribbean season, you’ll have the chance to sail on two of Celebrity Cruises’ new Solstice-class ships.  And, the cruise line plans to introduce three new Caribbean ports including Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe; St. Croix and Scarborough, Tobago.
Celebrity Solstice, entering service in December, 2008, will sail seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruises round-trip from San Juan.  Celebrity [...]

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Royal Caribbean has announced that it will increase its fuel supplement to $8 
 (U.S.D.) per-person, per-day, and no more than $112 (U.S.D.) per-person, per-cruise.  Additional guests in a stateroom will be charged $3 (U.S.D.) per-person, per day, and no more than $42 (U.S.D.) per-person, per-cruise.
The revised fuel supplement will apply to bookings made throughout the world on [...]

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Royal Caribbean has announced its 2009/10 Caribbean season with year-round sailings from Miami, Port Canaveral, Cape Liberty (Bayonne, NJ) and San Juan plus the redeployment of several Freedom- and Voyager-class ships.  Among the highlights of next year’s schedule:
* Freedom of the Seas debuts in Port Canaveral in May, 2009 sailing on alternating Eastern and Western [...]

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Norwegian Cruise Line announced Thursday that it is increasing its fuel surcharge from $7 to $9 per person, per day, which will make it the highest in the cruise industry.  Last week Carnival Corp raised the fuel supplement from $5 to $7 per person, per day for all its cruise lines, including Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess [...]

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As editor of Cruising From New York , I’m astonished at the rapid resurgence New York as a hub of passenger shipping.  In fact, over one million people sailed from New York’s three ports (Manhattan, Brooklyn and Cape Liberty, Bayonne, NJ) in 2007, according to the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and that number is [...]

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