Eighth in a series of new ships for 2016 Seabourn is an ultra-luxury cruise line that has been around for 30 years but effectively became a player in 2009 when the revolutionary Seabourn Odyssey arrived. With selling older ships Pride, Spirit and Legend to Windstar, the Encore is now Seabourn’s fourth ship and will be followed… Continue reading New ship No. 8 — Seabourn Encore
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If Sick, May It Be On A Cruise Ship
Over the past couple of weeks, there have been at least three reports of airlifting cruise passengers from ships for medical reasons…obviously emergencies. A week ago, on the Carnival Triumph, an eight-month-old baby was having seizures and had to be airlifted to Houston. Earlier in the month, a 51-year-old woman on the Carnival Magic was… Continue reading If Sick, May It Be On A Cruise Ship
Island Competition for Pride of America?
Perhaps like you, one day we'd like to cruise around the Hawaiian Islands. In our world, it's like cruising in paradise. Typically, this means booking passage on Norwegian's Pride of America, which for seven years now has been in the rather unique position of being able to navigate a couple of old laws that almost… Continue reading Island Competition for Pride of America?
New Ships: MSC Divina
There will be eight new cruise ships launched this year, two of them refurbished ships that have been given new names. As 2012 gets underway, we’re giving you a snapshot of all of them… Launch date: May 26 Capacity: 3,959 Staterooms: 1,739 Sister ships: Splendida, Fantasia Maiden Voyage: Marseille Home Port: Venice Ships now in… Continue reading New Ships: MSC Divina
Carnival's Spirit of Australia
Photo by Jean-Philippe Boulet When you take something and give it an authentic Australian flavor, are you “Aussifying” it…or “Australizing” it…or just putting it on the barbie? Whatever it is, that’s what Carnival is doing to the good ship Spirit, in preparation for its winter Down Under in 2012. So what exactly is Aussifying? In… Continue reading Carnival's Spirit of Australia