As Hawaii prepares for a tsunami following the 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile early this morning,  it’s natural to wonder about the safety of cruise ships sailing in the region.   According to CNN, boat owners are moving their vessels out to sea where they’ll be safe and I’m sure the same is true of cruise [...]

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Recently a reader posted a complaint about a cruise deal that quickly vanished –
“I was going to sail with Royal Caribbean but since I very rudely got the shaft by their sales department, I will be looking elsewhere. I called last night to check the availability of 2 cabins but needed to verify with [...]

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and why do all his friends go on cruises?”  
This was a question asked by a cruiser who had sailed on many ships and noticed that, in every instance, the ship’s daily program had the same event listed:  Friends of Bill W.  
Bill W is Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, the 12 Step program for recovering alcoholics.  [...]

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Cruise West will chart a course that circumnavigates the earth when the 120-passenger Spirit of Oceanus makes her 2011/12  “Voyages of the Great Explorers” World Cruise. Commencing February 22, 2011 in Singapore, the ship will visit six continents, 254 ports of call in 61 countries while crossing 14 seas and oceans before arriving in the [...]

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Until the early 1990’s,  part of the fun of taking a cruise was the traditional bon voyage party,  when family and friends joined you aboard ship to toast your departure.   Cruise lines banned bon voyage parties because , they said, of security concerns.
Princess Cruises has announced that it will bring back — sort of [...]

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A month ago Carnival Cruise Lines said it won’t take cougars but it turns out swingers are ok. HUH? Click here to see ShipCritic’s previous post about the cruise line’s decision to nix future cougar cruises.
According to The Australian, the swingers group Yolo has booked a full-ship charter for its [...]

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Royal Caribbean International announced that the 6300-passenger Allure of the Seas, identical sister ship to Oasis of the Seas, will debut a week early in the home port of Fort Lauderdale. The cruise line is adding an additional revenue cruise, a seven-night Western Caribbean itinerary, sailing December 5, 2010.
The addition of a [...]

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When Norwegian Cruise Line first announced it would commence year-round cruises from New York a decade ago I thought they were crazy.  Who in their right mind, I thought, would plunk down money to board a cruise ship during the dark days of winter to cruise to the Caribbean or the Bahamas and Florida [...]

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I’m not sure if Princess Cruises still calls February 14 “Love Boat National Holiday” but the cruise line really does try to fulfill your fantasies, especially during Valentine’s Week.
If the TV show Love Boat was before your time, click here to get in the mood. I don’t know what it is about the [...]

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