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<\/a><\/p>\nPerhaps the only beach in the world where you get this close to an airplane in flight, and a regular tourist attraction when cruisers visit Philipsburg, St. Martin\u200b.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This beach is often empty, like this, but 70 years ago on the northern coast of France Juno Beach was populated with thousands of soldiers in World War II.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n When Carnival sends its Fantasy to sail out of Mobile next year, one of its three ports of call will be a pretty place called Progeso on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n At Grand Turk, there’s an uncommon shady spot close to the water for cruisers who like going to the beach without being obsessed with getting a suntan..<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Cruisers going to Alaska from Vancouver, like the ones this Holland America ship, always pass Ambleside Beach after crossing under the Lions Gate Bridge.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n • Cunard offering free balcony upgrade on Transatlantic crossings starting October 29 Today at <\/span>portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/span><\/strong><\/em>The return of Carnival to Mobile, Alabama<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n So many places visited by cruise ships have beaches, or beaches nearby, because — let’s face it — everybody’s thinking about finding somewhere warm with the coming months of winter. But beaches are more than just silk sand and warm water, as you will see from a few that we’ve discovered from cruising… Perhaps the… Continue reading Friday File: Beaches With A Difference<\/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":[16,32,1893,31],"tags":[45,2100,137,564,154,200,387,912,72,819,35,1657,23,2101,1243,26,1718,1949,27,957,386,1952,765],"class_list":["post-25589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-photos","category-ports","tag-alaska","tag-ambleside-beach","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-caribbean-princess","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-fantasy","tag-cozumel","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-grand-turk","tag-holland-america","tag-juno-beach","tag-mobile","tag-phil-reimer","tag-philipsburg","tag-playa-del-carmen","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-princess-cruises","tag-progreso","tag-riviera-maya","tag-vancouver","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25589","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=25589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n\tPlaya del Carmen heads the growing popularity of Riviera Maya's beach properties on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, a short ferry ride from Cozumel.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\n\t• P&O's first alcholic beverage package on Pacific Pearl may extend to fleet of five ships<\/p>\n
\n\tCaribbean Princess<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tJanuary 17, 2016
\n\tHouston<\/a> (return): Cozumel<\/a>, Roatan<\/a>, Belize<\/a>
\n\tInside: $499
\n\tCost per day: $71<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"