Some 58 Passengers aboard Celebrity Cruises Mercury came down with Norovirus (formerly called a Norwalk-like virus) only a week after more than 400 cruisers suffered the gastrointestinal illness aboard the same ship.  This is despite extensive cleaning of the ship between cruises.  The Post and Courier reports that, prior to the most recent outbreak,  the [...]

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Azamara Cruises has announced sweeping upgrades and enhancements to its on-board program plus the addition of more overnight stays in port and unique shore excursions.  And to launch the upgrades, the cruise line also has a new name: Azamara Club Cruises.
Starting April, 2010, passengers sailing aboard the 694-passenger Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest will find gratuities, house wine [...]

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After Royal Caribbean announced a flexible dining option for ships in its fleet, it was only a matter of time that its subsidiary, Celebrity Cruises, would follow suit. Today Celebrity introduced a flex dining option that allows passengers to choose when they dine — in open, single seating or the traditional assigned seating — [...]

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Celebrity Cruises has announced plans to resume New York/Bermuda cruises in 2010 when Celebrity Summitrepositions from San Juan to Cape Liberty (Bayonne), NJ.  Beginning April 17, 2010, the ship will sail on seven day cruises from New York docking in King’s Wharf where passengers board water taxis to visit Hamilton and other popular destinations in [...]

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Celebrity Cruises, which just launched the 2,850-passenger Celebrity Solstice in the Caribbean, has announced that Solstice’s sister ship, Celebrity Equinox, will home port in Southampton, England, when she enters service in the summer of 2010.   Bookings for Equinox will open in March 2009 when specific itineraries will be announced.
Like Solstice, Celebrity’s Equinox will have the [...]

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The pace of cruise lines’ increasing “Homeland Cruising” options intensifies with Celebrity Cruises’ announcement of revised itineraries for Millennium and Mercury that include departures from Baltimore and Charleston. At the same time, Celebrity has cancelled late-2009 and 2010 Australia and New Zealand itineraries on Millennium
CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM TAKES ON CELEBRITY MERCURY’S ROUTE

The 2,038-passenger Millennium will cap [...]

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Anne Kalosh got a first peek at Celebrity Cruises’ next ship, Celebrity Solstice, as she nears completion in Germany’s Meyer Werft shipyard.  Reporting in Seatrade Insider News, Kalosh reports that one feature sure to please passengers is significantly larger staterooms and bathrooms.  “The bathrooms are 50% larger than those in Millennium-class accommodations and standard veranda [...]

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Celebrity Cruises has announced that its newest ship, the 2,850-passenger Celebrity Solstice, will enter service three weeks early with three additional cruise departures.  The ship’s inaugural voyage will now be a one-week Nov. 23, 2008 Thanksgiving cruise followed by Nov. 30 and Dec. 7 departures. 
Celebrity Solstice will sail on her planned itinerary round-trip from Fort Lauderdale visiting [...]

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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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Celebrity Cruises has just announced it’s 2009 Alaska season with innovative itineraries, including the cruise industry’s first round-trip Alaska cruise out of Los Angeles.
Highlights of the season include:
*  Three Celebrity ships, Infinity, Mercury and Millennium, sailing from five ports, will offer passengers an upclose encounter with Hubbard Glacier, the only advancing glacier in the state.
*  Celebrity Mercury will make a 14-night [...]

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