Cruise Guide: New cruise ships poised for debut
By Michael Coleman The cruise industrys top players will be positioning five of their latest ships in Fort Lauderdale this winter. The amenity-laden and technologically-advanced passenger vessels ever constructed, at a combined cost of some four billion dollars, will each offer roundtrip Caribbean voyages from Port Everglades. Heres...
Cruise Guide: Oasis of the Seas set for big debut
By Michael Coleman A new Royal Caribbean cruise ship is set to turn the industry on its ear when it debuts in late 2009. Its not just the sheer size of the vessel which is turning heads this week some 220,000 tons, 5,400 passengers and 2,700 staterooms but rather what Royal Caribbean will do within …...
Cruise Guide: Royal Caribbean unveils fun-in-sun itineraries
By Michael Coleman Three of the worlds largest cruise ships will be among a host of Royal Caribbean vessels set to explore Caribbean waters in 2009 and 2010. Freedom of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas and Independence of the Seas are technological marvels each outfitted with amenities that have revolutionized the industry and each...
Cruise Guide: Move over New York; Central Park now at sea
By Michael Coleman An unnamed vessel, soon to be the largest cruise ship in the world, will feature its own onboard park complete with serene pathways, seasonal flower gardens and canopy trees. Central Park, in fact, will be just one of seven neighborhoods aboard Royal Caribbeans latest architectural marvel, dubbed Project Genesis....