Those of us who live in North America may find this hard to believe, but there are people who would pass up going on a cruise because of soccer.
Football…baseball…basketball… even hockey…we'd get that.
But soccer?
It is known as the world's game, probably because it's played more than any other game world-wide, and every quadrennial along comes the World Cup. Other sports have World Cups but soccer fans will tell you there really is only one.
And it happens this year.
The people at Norwegian Cruise Line get it. That's why from June 12 to July 13 — the dates that mark the start and the finish of the World Cup in Brazil — "the 
biggest matches" will be televised on all 13 Norwegian ships. The telecasts will be in multiple venues on the ships and it's safe to assume that the entire playoff round games will be automatics.
Norwegian made a deal with SPORT 24, which obviously has the rights to farm out World Cup telecasts. The only thing nobody is saying about the venture is who will decide which World Cup games are "the biggest matches."
On the other hand, with soccer fans it doesn't really matter. At the World Cup, they all are.
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Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas
5 nights
April 26, 2014
Fort Lauderdale (return): Belize, Cozumel
Inside: $319
Cost per day: $63
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