Cruising can be one of the most value-friendly vacations going but offers some extraordinarily high-end options as well. But how the heck do you choose from all the hundreds if not thousands of options out there? Here are some resources (including non-traditional cruising, like freighters) and feedback.


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How Princess Cruises is servIng up innovative dining

  The exclusive dining experience on the Princess Discovery is unlike any other I have been a part of during my travels. "360: An Extraordinary Experience" is dining immersion making one feel like you’re sitting in the Greek countryside with olive trees or smelling the fragrance of lavender in the south of France. Thanks to Princess Cruises, I savored this time with fellow bloggers. I immediately became captivated with the experience when I heard beautiful music played by two violinists and…

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Cruising is the main way to explore awesome Antarctica

 Virtual-Piano Our planet's vast, remote, southernmost continent - larger than Europe - is a much-coveted "final frontier" for many travelers. And booking Antarctica vacation packages via cruise ship offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see frozen landscapes that can't be seen anywhere else along with a plethora of polar wildlife. With vacation packages typically ranging from one to three weeks, cruise ships departing from Argentina's Tierra del Fuego make the two-day crossing through the…

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Some of what´s new on cruise ships in 2024

Carnival Cruise Line On their recent Carnival Cruise Lines vacation, every member of the Meyers family was busy enjoying their three-generation vacation getaway. Tom and Martha were playing their favorite sport of pickleball, which is a popular pastime among people in their advanced age group. Their son Ben and his wife Melissa were steering electric race cars along a winding two-level track (above and below), slowing to negotiate sharp hairpin turns. Meanwhile, grandchildren Tom and Betsy were…

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A wintertime cruise above Norway's Arctic CIrcle

We spent two nights were spent aboard the MS Nordkapp., a 590-passenger ship that´s one of the nine currently operated by the Hurtigruten line, which plies the Norwegian coast daily. These are mostly passenger cruise ships, but also serve the vital function of transporting locals and cargo between 34 towns along the coast, some of which are otherwise fairly isolated. And they´re comfortable but hardly luxurious, without most of the bells and whistles common across the cruise industry these…

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  • I will be on Silver Spirit Jan 20 and 21 for the naming ceremony and hope to meet you. Would love to cruise for 10 weeks....And I agree, cruising is a great way to see the world.
  • I am an avid cruiser - a fabulous relaxing slow, slow way to travel the world. I am a particular fan of Silversea cruises, the deluxe, 6 star collection of 4 ships, (Silver Shadow, Whisper, Cloud and Wind) and the Prince Albert II an Expedition vessel (Arctic etc). Silversea regularly wins the best small cruiseline in the world through CN Traveller magazine. With around 280 - 390 passengers, this is intimate yacht style sailing.

    A brand new chic, sleek ship, Silver Spirit is launched this week setting off on her maiden voyage from Italy, to Spain and then over the Atlantic to Fort Lauderdale. I shall go on board Silver Spirit on 20th January for the Grand Inaugural Voyage - a 10 week cruise around South and Central America. I shall keep you all informed in regular post card -diary blogs.

    Please add Silversea Cruises to the list of Cruise lines.

    thank you, Vivien
  • Single travelers - who constantly lament the surcharge for not sharing a cabin - can get a break through Jan. 31 on MSC Poesia, offering discounted single rates on select February and March Caribbean cruises from Port Everglades.
  • Port Everglades - set in Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale and a bit of Dania Beach - has interesting new signage enabling tourists to get around with greater ease. The new signs readily identify ships by name and where to drop off, etc. Port Everglades is the cruise ship capital of the world with more than 3.4 million passengers expected during 2010 and more homeported cruise ships than any cruise port worldwide. Sixteen cruise lines and 49 cruise ships will sail from the seaport this season.
  • Marcy, welcome back. Loved your blog on here about Oasis...good job! And want to read more about the Poesia. Personally, I am rather tired of these super-sized ships so am looking forward to cruising on the Royal Clipper in January with our daughter and son-in-law, brother-in-law and wife and sister and her signficant other. Do you think I have that right? Anyway, there are eight of us going...and we are staying two days in Barbados in a condo before we go.
  • It really is NOT true that every cruise line has a laundry set up somewhere on the ship. Costa and Holland America, for example, do not. Laundry is a revenue item and what more and more ships are doing is to offer a one-day special laundry rate (just got off Costa Atlantica) for a bagful of laundry at a given rate on the second to last day of the itinerary. The Costa package deal was $24.95. The article also assumes every line offer the drinks rate. My suggestion? Check with the line directly or read any of the newer cruise guidebooks to find out if you ship allows you to do laundry. ALL is a really big word in this diverse business..
  • Hi MJ, Sorry about that! This should be the right link for 6 Tactics for Saving Money on a Cruise -- Not All of Them Are Obvious
  • Hi Jose,

    I think you have the wrong link included. It goes to a list of three "deals" in the Caribbean in January. Would love to read the article you reference.
  • Interesting news in the Miami Herald re the first new cruise ship order in more than 20 months, deliverable to Carnival in 2012. It looks like we may not even notice the slowdown in the pipeline, since as the piece points out, Carnival's got 13 new ships slated for delivery between this January and spring of 2012.

    http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1360854.html
  • I just read the post and I'm sure it was a WOW experience. The technology, engineering and craftsmanship seems to be evident throughout.
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