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May 25, 2013

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Dining Choices Sizzle On The Blake Shelton Cruise

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By Nancy Schretter While next week’s Blake Shelton Cruise will feature exciting performances by Blake Shelton plus shows by Trace Adkins and over 20 other country music entertainers, the cruise experience itself is also a huge draw. The cruise is being held on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Pearl, a gem of a ship that features [...]

Holland America’s Canaletto Menu

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Recently Holland America changed their menu in Canaletto, the Italian restaurant located within the Lido dining venue. Canaletto serves classic Italian fare featuring seafood, grilled meats and pasta in a relaxed setting. This venue does have a $10 surcharge. Below you’ll find the Canaletto menu. Appetizers Insalata Canaletto: Colorful red and yellow wedges of tomato, [...]

Did You Gain Weight On Your Cruise? Tips For Next Time

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If you have tried all the normal suggestions; use the stairs instead of the elevators, stay away from the buffets, and continue exercising at sea as you would on land but still gained weight on a cruise (and had a problem with that, many people don’t), this post is for you.  Those commonly suggested ideas [...]

New Cruise Ship Pub A Great Dining Alternative

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On Carnival Cruise Line’s new Carnival Breeze, food is everywhere it seems. Boasting no-charge 24-hour room service, new branded venue’s Guy’s Burger Joint the Blue Iguana Cantina and others, there is no shortage of choices for dining around the clock.  But one venue that seems to be slipping under the radar but allows yet another [...]

Culinary Cruise Collection Offers Gourmet Cuisine, On The River

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American Cruise Lines has a Culinary Cruise Collection of themed river cruises designed to place special emphasis on the trademark cuisine of the regions they visit. Each will introduce the many hallmarks of American cuisine, while educating passengers about the rich culture and history of each destination they visit. Let’s take a look at some of the [...]

Cruise Dining Options A Glorious Answer To Prayers, Not A Bogus Extra Fee

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Surely, how much one enjoys the food on a cruise is a matter of personal taste and so very subjective by nature that we rarely mention it here in more than in grand sweeping gestures and generalities. For example, the price of every cruise available that we know of includes food.  Some sort of food.  Usually [...]

Festiva Sailing Vacations offers sailings in British Virgin Islands

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Festiva Sailing Vacations is offering the ideal family summer vacation — a seven-day all-inclusive sailboat package for a family of four in the British Virgin Islands. The offer is for two adults and two children under the age of 16 for $5,995. On select sailing dates this summer, two families of four will share an [...]

Carnival Breeze officially belongs to Carnival Cruise Line

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In an official maritime ceremony held today at Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, Carnival Cruise Lines officially took ownership of the 3,690-passenger Carnival Breeze. “Carnival Breeze represents the continued evolution of our product, offering a huge array of branded experiences for our guests and inviting public spaces each with its own personality and character, all [...]

Five For Fun In Grenada

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Five For Fun In Grenada By Nancy Schretter Grenada is an appealing destination for Caribbean cruise passengers. Once best known as the site of a U.S. troop intervention under President Reagan, this lush island paradise is laden with white sand beaches, mountainous rainforests, and spice plantations. Known as the “Isle of Spice,” Grenada produces crops including [...]

Carnival Breeze Preview: Branded Features For All

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Some of the features on new Carnival Breeze that debuts in a few days,  were first on Carnival Magic. On sister-ship Carnival Magic, those features proved so popular that they were included in Carnival’s FunShip 2.0 initiative, a $500 million upgrade to existing ships in the fleet.  That’s all part of a branding focus that [...]

Carnival to throw Twitter party for upcoming Carnival Breeze handover

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To celebrate the official handover of Carnival Cruise Line’s upcoming 3,690-passenger Carnival Breeze from the ship yard to the cruise line, Carnival is throwing a Twitter party on Thursday, May 31, at 2:00pm est. All are invited to talk about Carnival Breeze, its dining venues, entertainment and slew of other features. You can engage in [...]

Princess Cruises debuts design concepts on upcoming Royal Princess

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Princess Cruises released a video today that shows some design concepts that went into their upcoming Royal Princess. The video (below) gives a look at what guests can experience when Royal Princess debuts June 2013. The video features Vice President of Interior Design Teresa Anderson and Coordinating Architect Giacomo Mortola, the video takes viewers through [...]

Family Cruise on a Budget

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For many, the idea of a cruise and a budget family holiday do not traditionally go together, however there are ways of making a cruise into the perfect holiday for families without the need to break the bank. Taking the family on a short cruise, visiting places that are not too far from home, is [...]

Tips for cruising in 2012

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For those who have never cruised – cruising abounds with myths and hearsay. Over 50’s travel and review site, Silver Travel Advisor, has come up with its top 10 tips to make the transition from shore to ship and easy one, and a further ten tips to dispel some of the myths surrounding cruising. Top [...]

Royal Caribbean’s ‘Royal Advantage’ Upgrade Schedule

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Royal Caribbean is making fleet-wide upgrades to their existing ships giving them the Royal Advantage, Oasis-class upgrades over the next few years. Some of these upgrades will include dining, technology, stateroom enhancements and entertainment upgrades. Here are the Royal Advantage additions*: Pub Park Café Boardwalk Dog House Chefs Table Giovanni’s Table Izumi Asian Cuisine Rita’s Cantina Samba [...]

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