The right price………………..$349 January 14, 2011: 7 nights Ship: Costa Atlantica Departure: Miami return Bonus: Balconies just $549, Suite for $999 Contact: iCruise.com or 1-800-427-8473 * * * In the latest issue of her monthly magazine, O, TV super star Oprah Winfrey named her favorite things, and one of them — first identified on… Continue reading Cruising Notes from the Boats
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Shanghai Surprise This is Not
An article that crossed our desktop the other day revealed the following about cruising in China: 1. There are more people from China cruising than ever. 2. Cruise lines like Royal Caribbean and Costa are showing signs of shifting their emphasis, not to mention their ships. 3. In Shanghai, traffic has grown from 80,000 passengers… Continue reading Shanghai Surprise This is Not
Costa the Apple of One Cruiser's i
There’s gotta be a connection here. We just spent the weekend with our three grown children (and families) and one of the topics of conversation was some in-house trading of cel phones so that their mother, O Travel Queen, would wind up with an iPhone instead of a Blackberry. Yesterday, we read that Costa Cruises… Continue reading Costa the Apple of One Cruiser's i
Costa Calls 'Fore' More Golf
It’s getting so you can do virtually everything on a cruise ship, and some of it virtually. Take golf, which this couple has been studying for more years than you want to know. Take Costa Cruises, the company that’s mixing golf and cruising in a big way. On two ships, the Costa Deliziosa and the… Continue reading Costa Calls 'Fore' More Golf
Dubba-dubba-dubba…Dubai!
If you’ve ever received one of those emails with a series of photos detailing the opulence of Dubai (aka, where our gas profits have gone), as we have, then the thought of going there on a cruise probably isn’t as far-fetched as it was. How? Costa Cruise Lines has two ships in the area, and… Continue reading Dubba-dubba-dubba…Dubai!