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5 Unique Cruise Ship Balconies

The Juliet Balcony Found only onboard Holland America Line’s ms Eurodam, the category VT stateroom offers guests an arch shaped balcony, perfect for viewing beautiful ocean panoramas. The balcony is similar to the balcony found in the balcony scene in Romeo & Juliet.

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Cruise Dictionary: Magrodome & Cantilevered Whirlpool

Have you ever been in a conversation with a cruiser and the word magrodome is brought up or even cantilevered whirlpool? Did you actually know what the word magrodome means? Chances are you may not have known, but like I have before, you smile and nod while pretending to know what the word actually means. […]

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Suspicious Package Found At Port Of Tampa During Embarkation

According to local news stations in Tampa, a suspicious package has been found at the Port of Tampa. The package was found on a crate intended to be loaded onto Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas. The suspicious package was detected by a team of bomb sniffing dogs from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office during routine cruise […]

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Weekly Cruise Poll – Week of April 7th

[one_half] This week’s poll: Here is this week’s cruise poll question: On port days, when do you usually go ashore? Thanks for voting!   [/one_half] [one_half_last] Last week’s results: Question: Where can you be found late at night onboard? Winner: The Casino wins with 24.75% of the votes. This was one of the closer polls we’ve had though, […]

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Carnival Triumph Suffers Fire; Disables Propulsion System

Updates on the Carnival Triumph situation can be found below. To view an update, please click the + sign on the right side of the boxes below. The most recent update is already open. [divider] February 14, 2013 Updates [toggle title=”10:40 pm Update” state=”open” ]The Carnival Triumph has docked in Mobile at the Alabama Cruise […]

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Princess Blog Chronicles Additional Reasons to Cruise

Princess Cruises’ blog, “Inspired to Cruise: A Year of Reasons to Get Away From the Everyday” has chronicled an additional five reasons to cruise, offering a new selection of romantic and endearing passenger stories about the many motivations for travelers to choose to vacation at sea. The most recent stories include tales from cruisers who met […]

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Upcoming: Touring the Liberty of the Seas

Good afternoon cruisers! I have one more ship tour to announce today, so here we go. I am excited to announce that on December 28th, thanks to the generosity of Royal Caribbean, I will be spending the afternoon onboard the beautiful Liberty of the Seas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. On December 28th, I will embark with […]

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Cruise Passenger Found Dead in Cayman Islands

Today the Cayman News Service reports that yesterday afternoon a seventy one year old cruise passenger was found dead in the water in an area referred to as near the “Sand Bar.” Police have identified the cruise ship passenger as Mr. Samir Rizk of Raleigh, North Carolina. According to this news source, a spokesperson for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service said […]