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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 [...]

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 [...]

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. Some, but not all, falls into the category of “urban legend”, but most of true stories.
*** Rosemary Roberts’ family decided it was time she enter a nursing home, [...]

 

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