I’ve been covering the cruise industry since 1993 and prior to that, worked at Cunard Line.  Over the years I’ve collected stories of events that have happened … all of them true.
*** Rosemary Roberts’ family decided it was time she enter a nursing home, but Roberts had a better idea of a future dwelling?on board [...]

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It’s a Good News, Bad News situation.
Bookings are so high in the first quarter, 2010, that most cruise lines will increase fares between ten and 15% starting today. The highest increases are expected to affect cruisers booking Caribbean, Alaska and Mexico itineraries.
But to counter that, the Cruise Ships International Association (CSIA) reports [...]

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“For a brief period (two years) of opportunistic curiosity, I worked on cruise ships, or, as I lovingly referred to them, three thousand drunks and a designated driver,” says DJ Hazard, a comedian who once worked aboard an unnamed ship, tells all in today’s San Francisco Examiner. 
Since most cruisers are curious about what it would be like [...]

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Those of us who think we can run a ship better than the cruise lines do now have the chance.  They’re on sale for low, low prices!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P79Pg2FzqsQ&feature=related
 
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Late this afternoon I came across a news item of interest, that a cruise ship carrying 1,200 passengers has been detained in New York by the U.S. Coast Guard for safety violations.  In fact they found 66 violations including damage to the hull.  And, none of the news organizations appeared to know the ship’s name or [...]

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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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While the Homeland Security folks have a tarnished reputation, they outdid themselves yesterday in Miami.  A little birdy told me the bizarre details.
This week the Seatrade Conference, an annual confab of cruise line executives, journalists and travel agents, is taking place in Miami.  Oceania Cruises’ Regatta paid one of her rare visits to Miami so that travel agents and travel writers [...]

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