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Ocean Cruising
World's biggest cruise ship makes maiden voyage
The world's largest cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, has set sail on its maiden voyage to the U.K. Bloomberg's Angie Lau reports on…
— USA Today
A First Look at Oceania's New 'Sirena'
All the cool experiences on board Oceania Cruises' latest launch, "Sirena". It's basically heaven for foodies…
— Travel Leisure
Fathom is a cruise to Cuba with a social purpose
Carnival's Fathom line offers social-impact cruising in the Dominican Republic and Cuba. But the two itineraries are very different…
— Miami Herald
T+L's Take on Viking Cruises' Brand New Ship, Viking Sea
You will not find a casino on this cruise ship. I repeat: You will not find a casino on this cruise ship. For some folks, that might be a turn off. But for many, it’s an enticement, and it is certainly an indication of the kind of tone the Viking Sea is trying to set. Quiet. Restrained. Calming. This is the type of ship where you forgo staying up late at the bar or playing blackjack, because you know in the morning you’ve got a great shore excursion ahead of you, or a plate of incredible Norwegian-style waffles to enjoy…
— Travel Leisure
Carnival Cruise Line turns attention to Carnival Vista II
Carnival Cruise Line has its first new ship in four years with Carnival Vista, but already has its sister ship taking shape in Italy. What the line is calling Carnival Vista II is due in March 2018, but its bow structure has already been completed and was launched at the Fincantieri shipyard near Naples on Thursday, May 18 to make its way to another of the company's shipyards up the coast near Venice where it will take its full form…
— Sun Sentinel
'Disney Dream' cruise indulges with dining, entertainment, private island
A HUSBAND and WIFE relax on deck chairs. They are quiet, having abandoned their conversation for a reverie that's broken only by the clink of ice in their cocktail glasses. The woman turns to her husband…
— Tampa Bay Times
River Cruising
New American Cruise Lines paddlewheeler makes maiden voyage on Mississippi
American Cruise Lines' newest paddlewheeler, America, has made her maiden voyage with a seven-day New Orleans roundtrip cruise that made its northernmost stop in Vicksburg. The Vicksburg Post reports that the boat made the voyage this week and that it will be in Vicksburg once a week for the majority of the year…
— The Times-Picayune
Beautiful Bordeaux will steal your heart on a river cruise visit
It's easy to fall in love in Bordeaux. Certainly with your sweetheart, but just as easily with the city itself, one of the most elegant in Europe. Situated on the broad Garonne River where it bends in a moon-like crescent – hence the city’s nickname, Port of the Moon – Bordeaux will steal your heart to a point you want to return, again and again…
— Herald Sun
A new cruiser lets tourists see Berlin and Prague from another angle
It is a pleasant stroll to Old Town Square from the Elbe Princesse, moored in the heart of Prague. And from her berth beside a pretty park in Berlin, it is a 20-minute underground ride into the city centre. Two exciting capital cities waiting to be discovered on one holiday. Choose a cruise on the beautiful Elbe, bookended by overnight stays in Berlin and Prague, and you’ll not only have the enjoyment of immersion in the landscape and historic towns of former East Germany and Czech Republic, there’s the convenience of having to unpack only once…
— Daily Mail
Luxury Cruising
Regent Seven Seas Cruises to Sail 137-Night World Cruise in 2018
Regent Seven Seas Cruises is offering its first world cruise in several years in 2017; today, the luxury cruise line announced that it would sail an even longer around-the-world voyage in 2018…
— CruiseCritic.com
Smooth sailing in Melanesia
There's a saying that goes something along these lines: You have a problem that's worrying you, then you get a stone in your shoe which takes you mind off it. So here we are in the South Pacific, cruising the waters of Melanesia. Some of the passengers I befriend are in a bit of a tizz debating whether or not to take anti-malarial tablets as we head towards Vanuatu and the Solomons…
— Sydney Morning Herald
Small Ship Cruising
Cruise the Caribbean in high style aboard a real sailing ship
Mail on Sunday's Wendy Driver sails around the West Indies on the Sea Cloud II, a traditional square-rigger which is one of the only passenger ships where the crew still hoist the sails…
— Daily Mail
Adventure Cruising
Cruise lines offer new adventures
New offerings range from a cruise-tour from Costa Rica to Brazil and into the Caribbean to an Around the World in 180 Days cruise from Miami…
— Sydney Morning Herald
Odds and Ends
5 Top Cruise Holidays Where You Won't Get Bored
Does heading off on a cruise sound boring? Think again. Although cruise ships captivate most passengers with their luxurious facilities – bars, restaurants, pools, saunas, gyms and various entertainment facilities – plus the sheer escapism of the experience, some trips are designed to engage even the most easily bored of travellers…
— Herald Sun
How the rise of air travel sparked a new industry: cruise lines
Annie Wichert set sail for the first time in 1946 on a transatlantic voyage aboard the Queen Mary, now a floating hotel in Long Beach. Her next cruise — an Alaskan voyage — was 60 years later…
— LA Times
Ready for a cruise? Now you have to pick one — and it's harder than you think.
Deciding to take a cruise is the easy part. Choosing which type of cruise can be overwhelming. Will it be the Walker Stalker Cruise (for fans of “The Walking Dead”) or Star Trek: The Cruise featuring William Shatner, a 50th-anniversary celebration of “Star Trek”? Or perhaps the Gayribbean Halloween Gay Cruise to Western Caribbean, or Craftours: Quiltville Alaska, or a river cruise/bike tour along the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam? There are religious cruises, intellectual cruises, party cruises, celebrity-themed cruises, political cruises and the list goes on, with options numbering in the thousands…
— The Washington Post
From the Bridge: It's a New Ship Bonanza Right Now
Why is this year the most exciting in cruising in a long time? In 2016 already -- and we're not even halfway through the year -- we've seen the debut of an unprecedented number of brand-new ship designs, as well as introductions of older vessels that have been vastly re-imagined to look like new. And the good news goes beyond the ships themselves, as a new cruise line takes voluntourism very seriously -- and, for the first time in decades, U.S. travelers can now visit Cuba via a cruise ship leaving from an American port…
— CruiseCritic.com
Ways a Cruise Can Improve Your Health
Before booking your cruise, look into the health and fitness options it offers. Many ships provide healthy food options, fully equipped fitness centers and on board activities to keep you entertained and help you stay in shape…
— The Huffington Post
Deck Plans
7 Reasons Why Viking Sea May Just Be The Best Ship Sailing – And 1 Reason Why It Is Not
by Ralph Grizzle
In Manfredi’s , one of four restaurants open for dinner on the new Viking Sea, I take a bite of the Bistecca Fiorentina. I’ve had the steak before, on Viking Star last year, and my reaction tonight is the same as it was back then. Pure bliss. The tender beef melts in my mouth. Unequivocally, the Florentine Steak is the best I have had on land or at sea, and that includes at a particularly good restaurant in Florence.
Viking’s new ocean ship does things right, from the delicious steak in Manfredi’s to the thoughtfully designed pull-out mini-bars in staterooms, “so that you don’t have to bend over to look in the refrigerator,” says Erling Frydenberg, whose business card reads “Owner’s Representative, Cruise Operations…
— Travel Research Online
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Soundings
Is The TSA Messing with Your Cruise Clients?
by Susan Schaefer
May 20, 2016
 Leave it to the media to cause panic among travelers. The most recent “scare” is the TSA delays being reported at airports throughout the US. We are hearing horror stories of passengers missing their flights because of the long lines at the TSA check points. And it’s not just one or two passengers missing flights, but up to hundreds a day that are affected by these delays.
The potential impact on cruise clients can be enormous. We all have those clients that insist on flying in the day the cruise departs. If they miss their flight, they can miss their cruise, even if the airlines can reasonably accommodate them on a flight later in the day. If they…
— Travel Research Online
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