Regent unveils ‘Dinner and a Show’ concept
Regent Seven Seas Cruises has introduced a new entertainment concept, “Dinner and a Show”, aboard its 700-guest, all-suite, all-balcony vessels Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Mariner. The evening’s entertainment, consisting of a gourmet meal in one of the line’s exclusive alternative dining venues followed by an intimate...
Cruise Guide: Alaska, celebrities top cruise travel agenda
By Michael Coleman Holland America Line is offering 50 percent off on a host of Alaska itineraries while ultra-luxury Silversea Cruises has added a pair of guest speakers – celebrated broadcast journalist Ted Koppel and award-winning actor John Lithgow – to highlight future voyages....
New theater, teen club, balconies added to Carnival Conquest
The 2,974-passenger Carnival Conquest resumed service this week from Galveston, Texas, following an extensive, multi-million-dollar renovation that included the addition of a new Circle “C” club for 12- to 14-year-olds and a massive LED screen on Lido Deck. Eighteen balconies were also added to existing ocean view staterooms. The...
Music’s top stars on board for One Splendid Evening
Carnival Cruise Lines and Mayercraft Carrier 2 will present “One Splendid Evening,” a special concert event to benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. Â The one night only event will take place the evening of March 26. Proceeds will help restore instrumental music education in America’s public schools and raise awareness about...
Experience the world’s largest cruise ship even sooner
   Royal Caribbean recently announced it was adding two sailings to Oasis of the Seas inaugural season: a four-night voyage to Labadee departing Dec. 1, 2009 and a seven-night Eastern Caribbean itinerary, departing Dec. 5, 2009. Guests booked on the original inaugural sail date of Dec. 12, 2009 will be contacted by their...
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Cruise Guide: Cruise lines brace for challenging 2009
By Mike Coleman The New Year may produce the greatest values ever seen on the high seas as mass market, premium and ultra-luxury cruise lines slash prices to levels not seen since 2001. An industry which weathered the after-effects of 9/11 is positioning itself to survive the global financial meltdown through 2009 all the while …...
Cruise Guide: Luxurious Silver Wind transformed
 By Mike Coleman Ultra-luxurious Silversea Cruises is ringing in the New Year with a refurbished ship and a promising outlook for 2009. Over the past month the lines 298-guest Silver Wind was transformed in Genoa, Italy, where an Observation Lounge, an expansive new spa, beauty salon and fitness center and eight new Silver Suites...
Cruise Guide: Costa celebrates Italian-style cruising milestone
 By Mike Coleman The arrival this month of Costa Cruises Fortuna to Port Everglades marks the lines 50th consecutive year of bringing a piece of Italy to the Tropics. Costa became the first cruise line to offer regularly scheduled Caribbean voyages from Fort Lauderdale aboard the elegant Franca C in 1959, setting the stage …...
Cruise Guide: Holland America to unveil onboard retreat
By Mike Coleman Premium cruise operator Holland America Line will be spending $200 million over the next two years to transform five of its venerable vessels. Statendam, Maasdam, Ryndam, Veendam and Rotterdam will each receive an extensive makeover highlighted by the transformation of each pool area into an upscale retreat. The...