Chris Owen

New Royal Princess to sail first from Southampton

February 22, 2012
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Princess Cruises has announced the inaugural itineraries for new Royal Princess, which will depart for its first sailing from Southampton to Barcelona on June 16, 201 for a series of 12-day Mediterranean cruises from Barcelona to Venice on 23 June next year.  First, the new ship will sail a pair

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Cunard’s wedding package detailed, elegantly of course

February 22, 2012
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Starting in April, 2012, Cunard ships will soon be enabling guests to celebrate an unforgettable wedding day at sea, conducted by the Captain, aboard Queen Mary 2.  Held mid-Atlantic on a classic trans-Atlantic Crossing aboard Queen Mary 2, this is the first time in Cunard’s history that it will be

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More missing passengers found on grounded cruise ship

February 22, 2012
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Before today,  17 bodies had been found and 15 people were listed as missing from the grounded Costa Concordia.  Today four more bodies were found and experts expected all the remaining bodies to be recovered from the fourth deck, where passengers gathered once the decision was made to abandon ship.

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Cruise ships jobs make great career opportunities

February 22, 2012
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Royal Caribbean Productions is currently holding talent auditions in Atlanta, hiring singers, dancers and gymnasts who have a passion for entertainment and travel. Royal Caribbean Productions creates, produces and manages the largest premium entertainment operation at sea from full Broadway musicals to Las Vegas style production shows, and even ice

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Getting Ready To Sail: Getting Social

February 22, 2012
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Preparing for an upcoming cruise vacation by taking advantage of the resources provided by cruise lines and travel agents can make for a richer, more memorable vacation experience to be sure.  In the first of this series all about Getting Ready To Sail, we talked about the advantages of completing

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Have a relationship like a Norwegian

February 22, 2012
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Norwegian Cruise Line this week announced that it has formed a strategic relationship with concert-at-sea promoter Sixthman to work closely developing and delivering high quality music experiences on their fleet of ships. “We have been impressed with the range of events Sixthman has produced and believe strongly in this growing

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Coming Up On Carnival Breeze: Thrill 5D Theater

February 21, 2012
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When Carnival Cruise Lines new Carnival Breeze debuts this Summer, many elements of the line’s FunShip 2.0 initiative will be on board.  Already we have seen several of the inventive venues at work on Carnival Liberty not long ago.  Released recently, Carnival has video on the Thrill 5D Theater Carnival

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Rock hard like a Norwegian

February 21, 2012
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Tickets went on sale this week for the sixth annual Simple Man Cruise, hosted by Lynyrd Skynyrd, sailing Halloween weekend, from October 27 to October 31.   Lynyrd Skynyrd and friends will set sail from Miami to Key West and Great Stirrup Cay aboard Norwegian Pearl, with some of their

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