Costa Cruises has finally named its price for compensating passengers of the Concordia. Keep in mind this "final price" is subject to lawyers in a dozen or so countries adding their lawsuits.
It seems to me we have really been into river cruising a lot lately, which is all fine and good as these things tend to go in cycles. One cruise that's unique is an African safari...
Great news for Vancouver! Disney has come out with a whole new series of cruises for parts of 2012 and 2013 and Vancouver is getting the Disney ship it lost to Seattle for 2013.
This news came as a surprise today considering that it's about a ship that was only a few months away from launching...
UBS, the Investment Research Company, is reporting that the capsizing of the Costa Concordia so far is having little impact on the booking of cruises, according to Cruise Community.
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The cost of developing a port, with concrete piers and all that goes along with it, is costly. I thought you might be interested in this story by Seatrade Insider, a recognized journal for the cruise and shipping trade.
River cruising is getting more and more popular each year and, as a result, the major limes are adding new ships. Keep in mind, however, that it would take 20 new river cruisers to equal one 3,000-passenger ocean-going ship.
The news outlets are capably handling the day-to-day and more immediate happenings about the sinking of the Costa Concordia a week ago. It's hard to believe so much time has passed and still there are so many questions.
I get a little jealous when I see ships moving into dry-dock to undergo transformations. Why not a human transformation dry-dock that could turn back the clock...or at least enhance our natural good looks?
Avalon Waterways, part of the worldwide Globus family of travel brands, will stage a double christening in early May of two more "Suite Ships" — the Avalon Vista and the Avalon Visionary.
I am going to be online today (Thursday) at 3 p.m. EST — 12 p.m. PST with John Deiner of cruisecritic.com and Mark Stachiew, the Travel Editor for canada.com. We would love to hear from you. You can follow along at the url below. Thanks, as always... continue reading
One footnote to my past three blogs on the Disney Fantasy, which will set sail on 7-day cruises from Port Canaveral at the end of March...
The blame game can certainly be confirmed by data which includes satellite pictures, and by emails that indicate that the captain had every intention of deviating from the planned route the night the Costa Concordia slammed into the rocks, listed and sank onto a rocky Italian shoreline.
This is the third in a series of blogs on the Disney Fantasy, which will be christened in March and sailing by the end of that month. I am in Germany for a sneak preview.
PAPENBURG, Germany — The good ship Fantasy is a mess. I mean that in the kindest way. Here I am in Papenburg, getting a first look at Disney’s newest creation...
