Here is Kaleigh and James again with some cruise news that I didn’t really cover, plus a review of the Norwegian Epic! — Header image: cruises.about.com
Author: Mike Faust
Mike Faust is an avid world traveler, often found traversing city streets in Asia and Europe rather than his home city of Boca Raton. Mike has touched down in 39 countries, set sail on 35 cruises, and flown over 400,000 lifetime miles.
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Souvenir Shopping Guide
By Carolyn Shepard of The Cruise Web, Inc. Carolyn has worked in the travel industry for years, specializing in cruises. The Cruise Web is a cruise-only travel agency that focuses on providing travelers with the best value for their time and money in finding and booking a cruise vacation! I’m a shopper by nature so […]
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What Would YOU Name A Ship?
Hello everybody! It’s me Jennifer, and today I thought we could do something a little fun just to end the weekend in a good way. In the comment section under this post, leave a few names that you would name a ship if you built one. It will be fun to see what everybody thinks […]
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Concordia Salvage Contracts Awarded
Costa Cruise Lines announced today that the task of removing and towing away the Costa Concordia will go to both Florida based Titan Salvage and Italy-based firm Micoperi. Costa has announced that both firms will work together to remove the Costa Concordia by re-floating her, and then towing her in one piece to the nearby port of Civitavecchia, […]
4/21/12 – 8:25am Update: The engine room fire on board Allure of the Seas was small and was extinguished very quickly by the ships’ fire suppression system, according to a Royal Caribbean spokesperson. There were no injuries either to passengers or crew and the ship continued on its route to Fort Lauderdale. Allure of the Seas is expected to be back in Fort […]
Earlier this month, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed by Fincantieri Shipyards and Viking Ocean Cruises to construct two luxury ocean-going vessels, in laymen’s terms…two luxury cruise ships. The two ships will both weigh 45,000 tons and carry 998 guests in 499 cabins. No actual construction agreement has been signed yet, but it is expected to […]
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Wristband Contest
Hey everybody! So some of you already know that we are now selling the Official Mikey’s Cruise Blog Wristband over on THIS WEBSITE. We are currently running a sale where a wristband only costs $2 right now WITH free shipping. This sale will only last until Sunday night, so if you want the guarantee of getting an awesome Mikey’s Cruise Blog wristband, […]
Yesterday, a passenger on board Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Spirit was rescued after he jumped off of the ship into the Pacific Ocean. The Carnival Spirit was on its 4th day of a 15 night Hawaiian cruise when someone on board witnessed the man jump from the ship. An alarm was immediately sounded, and the emergency operation went underway. The ship […]
We recently learned through The Miami Herald that Norwegian Cruise Line’s new ship, Norwegian Getaway, will be based in Miami, Florida starting in the spring of 2014. An anonymous source confirmed this news today. The source also confirmed that this was the big announcement that Norwegian was going to announce at it’s press conference on Tuesday aboard the […]
The Queen Mary 2 will soon be setting sail on her 8th season of Transatlantic cruises in the beginning of May. The Queen Mary 2 is the only ocean liner/cruise ship that still provides regular Transatlantic service. The Queen Mary 2 will sail on 19 seven night cruises between New York City and Southampton, […]
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The Love Boat & Modern Day Cruising
Love, exciting and new. Come Aboard. We’re expecting you. Love, life’s sweetest reward. Let it flow, it floats back to you. Remember these words? These words could be heard being sung on most TV’s throughout America years ago on Saturday nights. The Love Boat debuted on TV in 1977 and really put cruising in the […]