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<\/a><\/p>\nThis was when <\/i><\/b>Allure of the Seas<\/i><\/b><\/a> was showing its pool deck to North Americans for the first time, in Fort Lauderdale.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n You’d probably never use “Italian” to describe this rather modest pool area, but it’s the <\/i><\/b>Costa Diadema<\/i><\/b><\/a> and very Italian.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n “Unique” has always applied to the <\/i><\/b>Norwegian Epic<\/i><\/b><\/a>, and you won’t likely see this kind of artwork in another cruise deck pool.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n On river ships, the pool area is usually secondary and frequently unpopulated, as it usually is on AmaWaterways’ new <\/i><\/b>AmaDara<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n “Busy” is always a good descriptor for a Carnival ship’s pool deck, and that was certainly the case on the <\/i><\/b>Carnival Ecstasy<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n A “peaceful” area on the <\/i><\/b>Celebrity Reflection<\/i><\/b><\/a> enhanced by huge artwork on the walls of a ship know for its artistic impressions.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n • Mobile, Alabama negotiating to be Carnival homeport for first time since 2011 Today at <\/span>portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: Bermuda more popular with Carnival<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In case you think a pool deck is a pool deck is a pool deck…well, it’s not true. Cruise aficionados who spend a lot of time soaking up the rays or jumping into pools large and small — or both — believe part of the appeal of a cruise ship is its pool deck. While… Continue reading Friday File: All Cruisers On Deck<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,1893,19],"tags":[203,2081,137,154,390,798,809,1213,912,72,819,1888,86,35,29,811,26,27,868],"class_list":["post-25363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-photos","category-ships","tag-allure-of-the-seas","tag-amadara","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-ecstasy","tag-carnival-sensation","tag-celebrity-reflection","tag-costa-diadema","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-photos","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-epic","tag-oceania-riviera","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-river-cruise-ships","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25363","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=25363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n\tOn the <\/i><\/b>Oceania Riviera<\/i><\/b><\/a>, the upper deck is tasteful and understated, with a pool meant for dipping more than swimming.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\n\t• Amber Cove port on schedule to open October 6 in Dominican Republic
\n\t• Danube, Elbe low water levels still a challenge for river cruisers in Europe<\/p>\n
\n\tCarnival Sensation<\/a>
\n\t4 nights
\n\tNovember 1, 2015
\n\tPort Canaveral<\/a> (return): Freeport<\/a>, Nassau<\/a>
\n\tInside: $229
\n\tCost per day: $57<\/span><\/strong>
\n\twww.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"