The safety rule of thumb these days is to cruise as far as Istanbul<\/a>, Turkey and take a pass on the Black Sea, which is between Turkey and Ukraine, two countries currently involved in conflicts. <\/p>\n Where will it end?<\/p>\n The two most popular cruise ports in Turkey are Istanbul and Kusadasi<\/a>. Both are far from the Syrian border, where security concerns are magnified. Both are on the fringe of the Mediterranean cruise map. Both are relatively safe…for now.<\/p>\n As terrorism re-shapes the world, especially in the Europe-Asia corridor, so too does it re-shape the cruising world.<\/p>\n Fifty years from now…who knows?<\/p>\n Today at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: Scenic Cruises to Bordeaux<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas<\/a> There’s fighting going on a world away and you never think it will affect you…and then it does. Maybe you’re scheduled to cruise into the Black Sea, for instance. As a long-ago U.S. President would say: “Not gonna happen.” Cruising into the Black Sea is becoming more rare all the time. The latest cruise lines… Continue reading Black Sea Off Limits For Cruisers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,31,15],"tags":[143,1797,137,912,72,819,35,150,741,23,144,907,305,26,27,1119,33,642,358,1016],"class_list":["post-22408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ports","category-stories","tag-azamara","tag-black-sea","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-cunard","tag-freedom-of-the-seas","tag-holland-america","tag-msc-cruises","tag-oceania-cruises","tag-po","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-regent-seven-seas","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-security","tag-terrorism","tag-windstar-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22408","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=22408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22408\/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=22408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22408"}],"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\tDecember 7, 2014<\/span>
\n\tPort Canaveral<\/a> (return): <\/span>Labadee<\/a>, <\/span>Falmouth<\/a>, <\/span>George Town<\/a>, <\/span>Cozumel<\/a>
\n\tInside: $329<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $47<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.royalcaribbean.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"