Grenada cruise excursion makes National Geographic ‘Most Awesome Places’ list

Grenada’s Underwater Sculpture Park and the statues created by Jason deCaires Taylor were featured in a special edition National Geographic magazine entitled “Wonders of the World – Earth’s most awesome places.” Compiling photographs in the categories of air, earth and sea, Grenada’s underwater statues are in good company appearing amongst household names such as the […]

Two more ships join Un-Cruise fleet

Two more boats officially joined InnerSea/American Safari Cruises last Friday, just in time for summer adventures in southeast Alaska. Friends, family, employees, travel industry and other business partners gathered dockside outside the company’s Seattle office at Fishermen’s Terminal on Friday, May 18 to welcome the Safari Endeavour and Wilderness Explorer into the UN-CRUISE fleet. CEO […]

Cruise Line Honored By Travel Agency Consortium

Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas was the site of  Vacation.com’s 14th Annual National Conference and Trade Show last week.  During the event, Royal Caribbean was recognized with its seventh consecutive Power of Partnership Award in the Contemporary Cruise Line category from the largest travel services marketing organization in North America. “Royal Caribbean is […]

Princess Cruises debuts design concepts on upcoming Royal Princess

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 […]

Disney Cruise Line to auto-apply gratuities on Disney Dream

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Effective May 24, 2012, Disney Cruise Line will launch the auto-application of gratuities on Disney Dream. This service is already available on Disney Magic, Disney Wonder and Disney Fantasy. The process creates a more seamless experience by automatically charging folios on embarkation day with the suggested gratuity amounts for the Server, Assistant Server, Head Server […]

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, or visiting places that are not too far from home […]

Norwegian Cruise Line offering limited time ‘Freestyle Dash’ sale

Norwegian Cruise Line is launching a “Freestyle Dash” limited time offer today, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Available fleet-wide, this offer provides guests the opportunity to save on any of Norwegian’s cruise vacations to popular destinations around the world, including Europe, Alaska, Bermuda, Hawaii, Bahamas & Florida, the Caribbean, and Canada & New England. Guests who […]

Celebrity Reflection gets final building block

The $750-million Celebrity Reflection completed another milestone today as she received her final building block at Meyer Werft ship yard in Papenburg, Germany. Celebrity Reflection is the fifth and final build in the Solstice-class and offers a wide array of amenities to let guests live the “Celebrity Life.”  New Signature Suites, a Reflection Suite and […]