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May 25, 2013

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Five Ways to Score Last Minute Cruise Deals

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It wasn’t that long ago when you could show up at the dock with your passport in hand and go on a sailing. These days post- 9/11 and with increased homeland security, it’s nearly impossible. Even industry people who want to go on a ship for the day need to submit their paperwork at least [...]

Carnival Scores Big Three at Cruise International Awards

Cruise International Awards

Congratulations to Carnival Cruise Lines for taking home three Cruise International Awards this year at an annual award ceremony put on by Cruise International Magazine in the UK. Carnival brought home: Best Cruise Line, they recently hyped up their European sailings for 2013 Best Innovation for Thrill Theater, a multidimensional theater launched on Carnival Breeze [...]

Video: Carnival’s ‘My Awesome Bar Program’

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Carnival’s “My Awesome Bar Program” Script INTRO How many drinks did you have last time you cruised? Or better yet – how high was your bill? If all goes well, Carnival Cruise Lines could be joining the ranks of other cruise lines like Celebrity Cruises and MSC Cruises,  that offer all-you-can-drink alcohol packages, eliminating those [...]

Video: Faster to the Fun, Carnival’s priority boarding program

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Video Script. Faster to the Fun – that’s what Carnival Cruise Lines is calling their new embarkation program being piloted on two Fun Ships this month. Designed to streamline the embarkation process: Faster to the Fun is designed to allow passengers to start their vacation a couple hours earlier. For $49.95 per stateroom guests can [...]

Video: Stamping Out Deck Chair Hogs on Cruise Ships

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Video Script — Chair Hogs Stand up They come in all shapes, ages, and sizes – Most people can’t stand them, those dreaded deck chair hogs. On July 30 Carnival Cruise Lines implemented a system on the Carnival Breeze with an attempt to stamp them out. Under the new policy guests are allowed forty minutes [...]

New Cruise Terminal Set to Service First Ship August 13

New Terminal 6 at Port Canaveral.

A year ago ground was broken on Port Canaveral’s $65 million then-upcoming cruise terminal, fast forward to current and that new terminal will soon be servicing her first cruise ship. The 2,056-guest Carnival Ecstasy is slated to use the brand new Terminal 6 on August 13, according to Seatrade Insider. The new cruise terminal will be [...]

Carnival says NO to chair hogs

photo: John Heald Facebook

Carnival Cruise Lines is now implementing a new system aboard Carnival Breeze that will eliminate chair hogs –hopefully for good! According to Senior Cruise Director John Heald, a sticker will now be placed on the chairs showing the time folks get up to leave their chair (see photo). Guests are allowed forty-minutes to return, if [...]

Miami Heat dignitaries visit Carnival Breeze

photo: Carnival

The 3,690-passenger Carnival Breeze welcomed special guests in the Mediterranean recently as Miami Heat President Pat Riley was aboard along with Carnival Corp. CEO and Miami Heat Managing Partner Micky Arison. Both guests and their wives enjoyed time aboard Carnival Breeze after Miami Heat’s 2012 NBA Championship run. Carnival Breeze will spend the summer sailing [...]

Cruise line cellular company boasts successful service with Carnival Breeze

MTN Satellites aboard a ship.

  MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), the global provider of communications, connectivity and content services to remote locations around the world and Wireless Maritime Services (WMS), the world leader in cellular service to the cruise line and ferry industry,today announced unprecedented services to Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest ship, Carnival Breeze, during her first month in service. Carnival [...]

Cruise ship trackers gets thumbs up

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By Stephanie Lee of Host Agency Reviews. So many cruise ships out there, so hard to keep track of.  There a lot of cruise ship tracker websites but one we found today we wanted to share, we especially like because it’s in real-time.  I’ve been using the airline real-time tracking sites for awhile, it’s nice [...]

Carnival extends cruise service another year in Jacksonville

Carnival Fascination. photo: wiki

Good news for cruisers that sail out of Jacksonville, Florida. Carnival Cruise Lines signed another year contract extending into 2013 with the Jacksonville Port Authority. The new contract will bring over $2-million dollars to the local economy. The future past 2013 is uncertain because of a planned cargo terminal where the current cruise port sits. [...]

Carnival Glory: Black Falcon Cruise Terminal + Embarkation

Balcony stateroom (8C) aboard Carnival Glory.

Today started out great. The Hyatt Regency Boston is a great pre-stay cruise hotel, located right next to the T and about a 20 minute walk from everything in either direction. The views aren’t too bad either. *Tip* Request a room on the 20th floor on check-in. The cab ride to the pier took six-minutes [...]

Carnival Breeze: Bow to Stern coverage

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We just returned from our 12-night cruise aboard the 3,690-passenger Carnival Breeze.  Through the trip we’ve brought continuous coverage for you through pictures, tweets, video, audio and SeaBlogs. Now that all the coverage is up, we wanted to make it easy for you to access what you need to know about Carnival’s brand new ship.  [...]

Carnival Breeze: Disembarkation in Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain sunrise.

Well it finally comes to an end. Carnival Breeze’s 12- night sailing through the Med is officially over and done. We had baggage tags put in our room last night and the bags had to be out by 10:30 if we wanted to check them and pick them up pierside. I carried mine off the [...]

Carnival Breeze: Palma de Mallorca + Punchliner Comedy Club

SportsSquare on Carnival Breeze.

When I woke up this morning we were pulling into Palma de Mallorca, Spain. I didn’t opt for an excursion on this island but chose to walk it by foot. There was a five euro shuttle bus available into downtown if you didn’t want to walk. The walk into town takes about thirty minutes and [...]

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