Cruise Ship

Cruise Ships Financially Exploit Onshore Stores

Nicole Glass | Posted 05.21.2012

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Their seemingly-cultural onshore excursions are a product of the more than half a billion dollars their cruise line pays on advertising each year. With shopping bags in hand, the suntanned Caribbean vacationers return to the ship that their wallets never parted from.

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How Could the Sinking of the Titanic Have Been Prevented?

Quora | Posted 05.14.2012

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This question originally appeared on Quora. By Chris O'Regan, Amateur Titanic enthusiast from Brisbane 1. Titanic could have been constructed with...

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Titanic: Why It Still Matters

Robert Sullivan | Posted 04.02.2012

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Titanic had a thorough mix of humanity, traveling together toward whatever fate awaited. That fate, everyone figured, was a docking in New York. But an iceberg intervened and here is where the question "Why do we still care about Titanic?" gets more interesting.

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Frying Pans Help Save Trapped Costa Concordia Officer

Posted 02.01.2012

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The last person to be rescued from the Costa Concordia shipwreck is sharing the details of his dramatic rescue, telling reporters he caught the attent...

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Family Of Missing Couple Accepts Search End

AP | Posted 04.01.2012

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WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. -- Family members of a Minnesota couple missing in the Italian cruise ship disaster said Tuesday they accept the decision to en...

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PHOTOS: 10 Cruise Ideas For Determined Passengers

ShermansTravel | Posted 03.24.2012

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Cruising may not be your first vacation choice in the wake of last week's Costa Concordia crash, but the resilient cruise industry is moving full steam ahead.

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Shocking New Video Of Cruise Ship's Crew Emerges

Posted 01.20.2012

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Just moments before Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino ordered a full-scale evacuation of the stricken cruise liner, a crew member urged gues...

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WATCH: Spooky Look Inside The Costa Concordia

Posted 01.19.2012

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How do you go about searching a capsized, 951-foot-long cruise ship? In the footage below, you can watch the eerie scene that recovery divers have ...

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Must The Captain Go Down With The Ship?

AP | KARL RITTER | Posted 03.20.2012

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STOCKHOLM — Seafaring tradition holds that the captain should be last to leave a sinking ship. But is it realistic to expect skippers to suppres...

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Will Wrecked Cruise Ship Ever Sail Again?

Posted 01.18.2012

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By: Life's Little Mysteries Staff Published: 01/17/2012 04:49 PM EST on Lifes Little Mysteries Divers are searching for survivors of...

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Cruises Offer Relaxation, Anarchy

Stinson Carter | Posted 03.18.2012

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When you're on a cruise ship, you are visiting a foreign country with no embassy, no consumer watchdog agency and no real accountability of any kind.

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How To Crash A $400 Million Cruise Ship

Anne Campbell | Posted 03.18.2012

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I've been covering the cruise industry for almost 20 years, so when the first photos of Costa Concordia appeared, to say I was stunned is an understatement.

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Luxury Cruise Ship Runs Aground Off Coast Of Tuscany

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 03.14.2012

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By FRANCES D'EMILIO, The Associated Press ROME (AP) — A luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, gashing open the hull and forcin...

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Making Friends On A Mediterranean Cruise

Patricia Rust | Posted 02.18.2012

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A Seabourn cruise is an investment in your adult education and you can see the world from an educational, entertaining and relaxing standpoint. You will learn a ton, be treated like royalty and make lifelong friends you will cherish.

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Puerto Rico Welcomes New Cruise Ship

AP | Posted 11.27.2011

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico is welcoming a new cruise ship it says will generate $3.6 million in revenue this season. Commerce and Economic ...

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Dead Newborn Found On Cruise Ship

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.15.2011

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PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The FBI is investigating the death of a newborn found aboard a Carnival cruise ship that returned to Port Canaveral, Fla., on ...

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Massive Cruise Industry Sale Starts October 17

Anne Campbell | Posted 12.12.2011

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The entire cruise industry, some 25 companies, is putting 2012 departures on sale in a promotion called "The World's Largest Cruise Sale."

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PHOTOS: Inside A Cruise Ship Kitchen

David Lebovitz | David Lebovitz | Posted 09.25.2011

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The phrase "runs a tight ship" isn't applicable anywhere more than in the kitchens of an ocean liner. When you've got over two thousand guests to feed...

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A Sneak Peek at Celebrity Silhouette

Natalie Bahadur | Posted 09.22.2011

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Celebrity Silhouette, Celebrity Cruises' newest Solstice class ship, took to the seas this past weekend for a two-day preview and its memorable naming ceremony. I was fortunate to be onboard.

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Can You Fall Off a Cruise Ship and Survive?

Anne Campbell | Posted 08.23.2011

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The answer is sometimes.

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Disney Cruise Ship Crewmember Reported Missing At Sea

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI -- A crewmember on a Disney cruise ship has been reported missing at sea off the western coast of Mexico. Disney Cruise Lines spokeswoman Chris...

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25 Tips to Ensure Valium-Free Cruising

Anne Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

I'll show you mine if you show me yours! Here are my cruise tips for saving wear and tear on body and soul.

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WATCH: Cruise Ships Wild Night In The Mediterranean

Posted 05.25.2011

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Barely a week after video of a cruise ship getting tossed about by waves in the Arctic hit the web, another cruise ship found itself in a similar situ...

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WATCH: Wave-Battered Ship Docks In Argentina

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Wednesday, news circulated about the damage done to Clelia II while it battered 30 foot waves in Argentina's Drake Passage. On Friday, the cruise...

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7 Things You Should Not Do on a Cruise Ship

Anne Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a journalist covering the cruise industry, I try to be as thorough as possible in providing tips and advice on taking a cruise. Here's one: Don't try to sink the ship.

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