A cruise ship slipped out of a port quietly this week, or as quietly as a cruise ship can slip away from anywhere, and the reactions ranged from "Good riddance" to "Sorry you're leaving." The ship was the Carnival Triumph. That's the much-maligned Carnival Triumph. More than any cruise ship this side of the Costa… Continue reading Triumph (or Tragedy) Ship Returns
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Show Goes on for Quantum of the Seas
NEW YORK — It was sunny yesterday in Lower Manhattan, just like it was on that fateful Tuesday more than 11 years ago, when the landscape of not just Manhattan but the world changed. Yesterday was another sunny Tuesday when nobody in America had much to cheer about, and Royal Caribbean had little choice but… Continue reading Show Goes on for Quantum of the Seas
Cruise Suits, Sickness and Singapore
Headline: Costa settles for $1.31 million The first reaction to this was something like "Who bought off the Italian judge?" However, on digging deeper (it's called reading further), the settlement over the Costa Concordia accident last year is really a fine that means no criminal charges against the cruise line, ending potential liability with the… Continue reading Cruise Suits, Sickness and Singapore
The Cruise Line Known for Tragedy
Bobby Orr turned 65 this year. Also born the same year (1948) were the World Health Organization, Terry Bradshaw, South Korea, Billy Crystal and LP records. Also…Costa Cruises. For almost 64 years, Costa was a cruise line known mostly to Italians, somewhat to other Europeans and hardly at all to North Americans. Then came —… Continue reading The Cruise Line Known for Tragedy
Stunning Announcements for Cruisers
You don't want to miss these announcements from cruise lines… Carnival announced that if any passengers are on a ship that's disabled at sea, for whatever reason, they will be entitled to lifetime passes on all Carnival ships for every member of their families, including in-laws and spouses and ex-spouses. The new policy goes into… Continue reading Stunning Announcements for Cruisers