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Fire Team Dispatched on Carnival Breeze

Earlier this morning around 8:00am, passengers on board Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship Carnival Breeze were awoken by announcements dispatching the fire team (Team Alpha) to deck 0, forward. Smoke was reported pouring out of deck 0 into the rest of the ship, so the fire doors were quickly shut to prevent the smoke from spreading. When the fire […]

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Carnival Rolls Out New Loyalty Program

Earlier this weekend Carnival Cruise Line rolled out its brand new loyalty program, VIFP, also known as Very Important Fun Person Club. As I said in a previous post, this program does a much better job rewarding its most loyal passengers, especially by the addition of new tiers and some new benefits. So instead of […]

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Carnival’s New Loyalty Program Leaked

Earlier this week, Carnival Cruise Line’s new loyalty program was leaked onto the message boards of Cruise Critic. The new program, VIFP (Very Important Fun Person,) is set to be officially unveiled on June 11th and it is dramatically different from the previous loyalty program. The new program counts credits as “number of nights cruised” versus the old “number […]

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Carnival Breeze Introduces 180 Shore Excursions For Europe

MIAMI (June 7, 2012) – For the Carnival Breeze’s inaugural season in Europe, Carnival Cruise Lines has assembled a diverse array of shore excursions with more than 180 different choices, including several “select experiences” that allow guests to enjoy once-in-a-lifetime opportunities in a more personalized setting. Carnival Breeze’s inaugural European season kicked off June 3 […]

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Cruize Cast – Episode 51 – News & Q&A

Here is the latest and one of the greatest episodes from Cruize Cast! Join Kaleigh and James as they tackle some of their listener questions with topics as diverse as what to do on a departure day in Barcelona to how much luggage you can bring on a ship.  Cruise news features stories from Disney, the […]

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Carnival turns to American Idol alum and social media in Breeze launch

Carnival Cruise Lines is pushing social technology in the launch of their newest ship, the Carnival Breeze, starting this week.  According to Carnival blog post, the company in partnership with American Idol Season 9 alumni, Janell Wheeler, will kick off a social media campaign on June 2.  Wheeler will engage with fans through videos and […]

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Ships I Can’t Wait For – New Ships for 2012

So as spring and summer approach quickly, it begins the time period where new cruise ships will be introduced. There will be 17 new ships debuting this year and it will start with Viking River Cruises, Viking Freya on March 22nd. Honestly, I could care less about river ships, no offense to Viking, because I am waiting for the […]