As Hurricane Irene continues closing in on the world of cruise vacations, travelers are concerned about what might happen to their highly-anticipated vacation-of-a-lifetime. Rightfully so, cruise lines are altering itineraries to keep ships, passengers and crew members out of harms way. It could be worse. Those travelers could have booked
Destinations and Itineraries
As now category 2 Hurricane Irene bears down on Florida and cruise ports scattered around the Caribbean, those with end of summer travel plans are watching carefully and some are wishing they had bought travel insurance. Some might be even be asking “Why did I plan to travel during hurricane
When we think “cruise line” and “theme park”, the first combination that comes to mind is DisneyWorld and Disney Cruise Lines who have been offering package deals for years. Coming soon to Florida, Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas will begin sailing from Tampa in November. Royal Caribbean, not to
While the economy may very well be recovering, the recent economic downturn has left a good number of hotel rooms, land packages and cruise vacations unsold. Hotel owners, tour companies and cruise lines are offering a variety of special pricing, promotions and discount offers to fill that unsold space. Sometimes,
Mazatlán is located on Mexicos Pacific Coast at the foot of the Sierra Madre Mountains and features a number of world-class attractions. Travelers come for the city’s international surfing and sport-fishing, museums, aquarium or just to enjoy the weather and lifestyle. Now, Mexico’s second-largest coastal city has one more claim
Costa Cruises’ ships have sailed worldwide for more than 60 years, offering the best in Italian-style hospitality and cuisine. Putting safety first, the line suspended it’s Japan–South Korea itineraries following the March tsunami and subsequent meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear reactor. Now, Costa Cruises will resume sailing to the area
InnerSea Discoveries is an up-close personal adventure experience that just happens to travel on water. The tiny cruise line does what they call an “un-cruise” in Alaska for up to 76 passengers that are about as far away from the big cruise ship experience as you can get and still
While other cruise lines have returned to Egypt, once a hot bed of political unrest, Costa Cruises has decided to cancel port calls in Egypt and Tunisia through 2012, citing a persistent negative perception of the destinations. Earlier this year Costa canceled calls for the remainder of 2011 but other
