Last Friday, the sometimes-beleaguered cruise line reported record sales figures. It was the biggest month in Carnival's<\/a> history for "net bookings" — new reservations minus cancellations. The figure, 565,000-plus, was 17 per cent higher than the previous January.<\/span><\/p>\n Before you say that's like comparing apples and tomatoes because the engine-room fire on the Triumph<\/a> took Carnival's rankings to a new low, the incident wasn't until February.<\/span><\/p>\n So Carnival's 23 ships appear to have completed the comeback…from the Triumph, from the generator-room fire on the Splendor<\/a>…from the generator failure on the Dream<\/a> that shortened a cruise…from the propulsion-pod problem on the Legend that sent it home at reduced speed…even from the horrid disaster of the Costa Concordia, which was linked to Carnival because Costa<\/a> is a member of the corporate family.<\/span><\/p>\n So no matter what the pundits say, no matter what network news reports about a string of Carnival incidents in particular and about cruising in general, the people who cruise aren't buying it.<\/span><\/p>\n Instead, they're buying cruises. Carnival cruises.<\/span><\/p>\n Cunard Queen Elizabeth<\/a> It is now official. Carnival is no longer a four-letter word in the cruise industry. At least, not with the customers, the people who count the most. Last Friday, the sometimes-beleaguered cruise line reported record sales figures. It was the biggest month in Carnival's history for "net bookings" — new reservations minus cancellations. The… Continue reading Different Kind Of Month For Carnival!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,36,19,15],"tags":[154,50,478,647,912,72,1492,819,35,150,30,241],"class_list":["post-19977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-reviews","category-ships","category-stories","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-dream","tag-carnival-splendor","tag-carnival-triumph","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-figures","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-cunard","tag-mediterranean-cruise","tag-queen-elizabeth","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
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\n\t7 nights<\/span>
\n\tNovember 28, 2014<\/span>
\n\tVenice<\/a>, <\/span>Korcula<\/a>, <\/span>Valletta<\/a>, <\/span>Messina<\/a>, <\/span>Naples<\/a>, <\/span>Rome<\/a>
\n\tInside: $986<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $140<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.cunard.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"