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\"\"<\/a>The right price\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026………………………………….\u2026\u2026$459
\nFebruary 27, 2011: <\/strong>7 nights return to the Bahamas
\nShip:<\/strong> Carnival Pride<\/a>
\nDeparture:<\/strong> <\/strong>Baltimore<\/a> Ports: <\/strong>Port Canaveral<\/a>, Nassau<\/a>, Freeport<\/a>
\nBonus:<\/strong> Oceanview $529; Balcony $599 (all less $50 for 55+)
\nContact:<\/strong> cruisestogo.com<\/a> (fast deal #12815)<\/p>\n

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It’s uncertain what makes you a casino company that specializes in services for upscale cruise ships, but whatever it is Century Casinos<\/a> must know\u2026When the Oceania Marina<\/a> \"\"<\/a>begins its “inaugural” voyage on Tuesday, from Miami<\/a> to San Francisco<\/a> \u2014 not to be confused with its “maiden” voyage (Barcelona<\/a> to Miami) that ended this week \u2014 it becomes the line’s fourth ship\u2026All of them have casinos operated by Century, which has a contract through 2016 with Oceania<\/a>\u2026By then there will be a fifth ship, the Riviera, due in the spring of 2012\u2026That will give the company 13 casinos on cruise ships, all of them upscale.<\/p>\n

A long-standing “bible” about cruising, the Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships<\/a>, has become an app \u2014 at half the price and to mixed reviews so far\u2026The 2011 book is 700 pages and the app, at half the price ($12) is a pared-down version and a review of ships\u2026Among the bugs to be fixed is the ability to search the sub-sections as well as the entire database\u2026It doesn’t tell you where a ship is sailing nor allow a side-by-side comparison with another ship, yet has tons of trivia about cruise ships\u2026The book has been published annually for 26 years.<\/p>\n

A little strange that part of a downtown would complain because a cruise company was no longer dropping off its passengers for lunch, but that’s what Fairbanks, Alaska businesses are doing\u2026Princess<\/a> opted to take passengers to the Riverboat Discovery<\/a> at lunch time, and the downtown business are worried about losing their “bread-and-butter” customers, who will now dine on the banks of the Chena River \u2014 or take a $5 shuttle downtown if they wish\u2026Something about free enterprise here?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mazatlan’s demise as a cruise port is not going to happen without a fight \u2026Last week, state and local government and law enforcement\u00a0 officials, tourism executives and people from the port authority all met with cruise industry leaders to plead the case of safety\u2026”Mazatlan<\/a> plays host to nearly two million visitors per year from all over the world and the number has increased steadily for the past five years,” says Julio Birrueta of the Mazatlan Tourism Trust. “Mazatlan has hosted nearly 1.5 million cruise passengers since 2008 and is widely regarded as one of the safest destinations in Mexico”\u2026Now that’s a tough sell these days.<\/p>\n

We read this one online\u2026Lorri Hafer, who with her husband worked as a musician on cruises for 10 years, has faced “norovirus, missed ports, mechanical trouble, political turmoil and rough seas.” Her advice on how to cope is philosophical: “In bad situations that you cannot control, as a wise captain once said to us, ‘You row with the oars you are given'”\u2026Blogger Steve Read, who writes I Love Cruises<\/a>, says a new cruise terminal will be built with private money in London, a half hour from the theatre district \u2014 the West End \u2014 and possibly in time for the 2012 Olympics\u2026Until then cruise ships passing through the Thames Barrier will continue to tie up to a pontoon and passengers will continue to be taken ashore by tender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The right price\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026………………………………….\u2026\u2026$459 February 27, 2011: 7 nights return to the Bahamas Ship: Carnival Pride Departure: Baltimore Ports: Port Canaveral, Nassau, Freeport Bonus: Oceanview $529; Balcony $599 (all less $50 for 55+) Contact: cruisestogo.com (fast deal #12815) * * * It’s uncertain what makes you a casino company that specializes in services for upscale cruise… Continue reading Cruising Notes on the Boats<\/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":[16,32,25,19,15],"tags":[45,511,72,51,86,35,496,102,336,64],"class_list":["post-6684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ships","category-stories","tag-alaska","tag-cruise-books","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ports","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-mazatlan","tag-mexico","tag-oceania","tag-princess-cruise","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684","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=6684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}