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Sailing across the Atlantic has all the makings of a remarkable travel tale, and when you have the opportunity to experience such a spectacular journey aboard an historic luxury cruise liner, amidst an opulence you can scarce dream up, you may never want to see land again! If sailing from South Hampton to New York [...]
So, you’re thinking about planning a cruise? If you’ve never sailed before, you’re absolutely going to love it (I’ve been smitten for 6 years now). If you’ve sailed before, you’re absolutely going to love it and you already know it. It’s a tough job choosing your next cruise, so here are 5 Glorious reasons why [...]
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 [...]
Recently we took a cruise on the 110,000-ton Carnival Glory from Boston to Saint Johns, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia. During the sailing it was evident why passengers chose a Canada-New England sailing verses other destinations. After spending five-days talking to guest after guests, here’s why folks chose this sailing: Proximity of the ports. [...]
On this show we talk to Paul Motter, editor-in-chief of CruiseMates.com on a recent article on Cruise Secrets Revealed. Scott is down in South Florida with Kevin Sheehan, ceo of Norwegian Cruise Lines, we’ll touch base with him about the upcoming Norwegian Breakaway. Marcy Bucy reviews Holland America’s recent sailing out out of NYC aboard [...]
A poll announced this week by Cruise Critic, the world’s largest cruise reviews site and cruise community, reveals that 58 percent of cruisers say the threat of hurricanes won’t stop them from cruising, and a further 19 percent haven’t ruled it out entirely. Cruise Critic asked cruisers if they will sail during hurricane season, and [...]
This week we are joined by Mike Watts, VP of Marine Development with Cochran Marine. Mike talks to us about shore-side power and how it’s making cruise ports greener, one port at a time. TripInsurance.com is giving away $5,000 for a vacation of your choice — no strings attached. Enter to win here! Listener James [...]
The idea of a Sustainable Seafood Program is focused on helping consumers understand and recognize unsustainable and environmentally destructive seafood harvesting, and to encourage people to purchase sustainable seafoods in restaurants and markets. Now, cruise lines are joining in with programs of their own. About a year ago, Holland America Line announced its Sustainable Seafood [...]
San Francisco based excursion company Viator, Inc. recently expanded into the cruise market. Viator expects their prices to be up to 60% cheaper than the cruise lines excursion rates. What makes this most appealing is their worry-free guarantee, if you miss the ship through one of their tours, they will pay your transfer to the [...]
Paul Gauguin Cruises, operator of the highest-rated and longest continually sailing luxury cruise ship in the South Pacific, the m/s Paul Gauguin, received accolades from Cruise Critic, the critically acclaimed website with an interactive community comprised of avid and first-time cruisers, in its “2012 Cruisers’ Choice Awards.” The Gauguin garnered high rankings for shore excursions, [...]
Carnival Cruise Lines announced on Tuesday morning that Carnival Destiny will undergo a 49-day $155-million dollar refit in April 2013, a refit so dramatic that it’ll change the ships name from Carnival Destiny to Carnival Sunshine. Along with adding the lines current Fun Ship 2.0 enhancements, the line will also add even more food, entertainment, staterooms, [...]
This week we check in with Doug aboard MSC Cruises’ MSC Poesia on a 7-night Western Caribbean itinerary. He will have a couple of passenger reviews and get all the details on the sailing. You can hear our previous show aboard MSC Poesia here. Stewart Chiron the Cruise Guy stops by to catch us up [...]
I’ll have to admit that when I pulled up to the pier in Miami to board Costa Atlantica I thought it was going to be a nightmare. The reviews on the ship on Cruise Critic were all over the map. What I thought was going to be an interesting start to my cruise wound up [...]
Let’s face that fact that when we cruise the last thing we think about is wanting to lose weight, but what we should worry about is gaining weight. Having been on quite a few cruises this year I’ve found some (obvious) ways to maintain your weight while having the time of your life. This worked [...]
Cozumel has thousands of cruise passengers a day and offers a variety of things to do off the Yucatan Peninsula. Over the past year of visiting Cozumel, I found the following things exciting and worth doing: Day pass at El Cid resort: This resort is located to the left-hand side of the International Cruise Pier [...]
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