Cruise Ships

How Could the Sinking of the Titanic Have Been Prevented?

Quora | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Boat, History, Cruise, Rms Titanic, Cruise Ships, Titanic Anniversary, Titanic, Titanic 100 Year Anniversary, Titanic Sinking, Cruises, The Titanic, Boats, Cruise Ship, Travel News

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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Ask Airfarewatchdog: Cruising From New York City

George Hobica | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Bermuda, Cruise Ships, Cruises, Bahamas, Canada, Travel, New York City, New England, Travel News

Over 20 different ships and nearly a dozen cruise lines visit ports around New York and some, such as the new Disney Magic, are even based at them year round.

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Debate Continues On SC Cruise Ships

AP | BRUCE SMITH | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Cruise Industry, Video, Cruise Ships, Charleston Cruises, South Carolina Cruises, Cruises, Ap, Travel News

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two years after Charleston became a year-round cruise destination, the arguments over the liners and their impact on this hi...

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Yet Another Cruise Ship Disabled

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: MV Plancius, Plancius, Cruise Ships, Ship Stranded, Travel News, Cruise Ship Loses Power, Cruises, Oceanwide Expeditions, Travel News

It's just not the year for a pleasure cruise. An adventure ship operated by Oceanwide Expeditions is stranded in the South Atlantic. The ship lost ...

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PHOTOS: Singapore Plans Futuristic New Cruise Terminal

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Cruising, Cruise Ships, Singapore, International Destinations, Travel News, Singapore Cruises, Asia Travel, Singapore Travel, Cruises, Poll, Destinations, Travel News

Singapore is spending $400 million on a new International Cruise Terminal that will increase its capacity to host visiting ships. The new terminal, wh...

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Cruisine on a Sunny Afternoon

Karine Bakhoum | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Cruises, Karine Bakhoum, Escargots, Hamburger, Pat Lafrieda, Cruise Ships, Cruise Food, Cruise Ship Food, Food News

We had never taken a cruise and as novices had many questions, the first of which for me was, "which company has the best food that sails on the dates we are looking to book?"

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Diverse Dining Aboard The Disney Fantasy

Rebecca Dolan | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Slidewide, Foodie Travel, Cruise Ships, Cruise Dining, Cruises, Travel, Disney Fantasy, Disney, New Cruise Ship, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Food is a pretty big deal on a cruise ship. Whether the ship's at sea, or you're just not interested in going ashore, onboard restaurants are the only options. So, they'd better be good. Of course, never one to be outdone, Disney has gone after dining-at-sea with gusto.

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Cruise Ships' Answer to Lonely Ladies: Gentlemen Hosts

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Gentlemen Hosts, Gentlemen Host Program, Cruising as a Boomer, Traveling post50, Cruise Ships, Fifty News, Traveling Solo, Baby Boomer Cruises, Fifty News

A few cold hard facts of demographics: There are more women than men to start with and they live longer. The result is that for a lot of women, sailin...

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Massive Stomach Bug Hits 3 Cruise Ships Over Weekend

AP | BY JANET McCONNAUGHEY | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Global Pulse, Cruises, Stomach Bug, Cruise Ships, Stomach Bug Cruise Ship, Cruise Ship Norovirus, Video, Travel News

NEW ORLEANS — A stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship "Voyager of the Seas" from New Orleans in one of three outbreaks...

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Cruise Officer: 'Costa Concordia A Wake Up Call'

Jay Herring | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Cruises, Cruise Safety, Costa Concordia, Cruise Ships, Carnival Cruises, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Travel News

Recent debates about whether cruising is safe versus whether it should be safer are misguided. Yes it is safe, but yes it could, and should, be safer. Some shortcomings still need to be addressed.

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How Cruise Ship Safety Oversight Works... And Doesn't Work

Conde Nast Traveler | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Cruise, Safe Cruise, Cruise Ships, Water Safety, Costa Cruises, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Cruise Safety, Travel, Costa Concordia, Travel News

Though the International Maritime Organization sets safety standards, critics have long argued that they are meaningless because the organization has no power to enforce them.

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The Costa Concordia Disaster: Why I'm Not Panicking

Conde Nast Traveler | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Cruise, Safe Cruise, Cruise Ships, Water Safety, Cruise Industry, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Costa Concordia, Travel Blogs, Travel News

I'm booked on a cruise next month for my kids' Presidents Week school holiday, and no, I am not canceling because of the Costa Concordia shipwreck. Here's why.

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PHOTOS: 10 Cruise Ideas For Determined Passengers

ShermansTravel | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Cruise Ships, Costa Cruises, Cruise Ship, Slidepollajax, Royal Caribbean, Disney Cruises, Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Cruise Travel, Costa Concordia, Travel News

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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Titanic Theme Played As Costa Concordia Hit Rocks

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Video, Cruise Ships, Francesco Schettino, Capitan Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Travel News, Cruise Accident, Global Pulse, Concordia, Costa Concordia, Cruise Ship Accident, Travel News

It was the height of irony as the Costa Concordia started going down. A passenger has revealed that the Celine Dion song "My Heart Will Go On," mad...

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Concordia Disaster Could Cost Cruise Industry Millions

AP | By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Costa Concordia Grounding, Video, Cruise Industry, Cruise Ships, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Cruises, Global Pulse, Costa Concordia, Costa Concordia Deaths, Travel News

NEW YORK -- The capsizing of the Costa Concordia could not have come at a worse time for the cruise industry – right at the start of the peak bo...

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Costa Concordia Dancer Turns Self Into Human Ladder, Saves Lives

Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Costa Concordia Disaster, Video, Cruise Ships, Costa Concordia Runs Aground, Costa-Concordia, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Cruises, Costa Concordia Cruise Disaster, Costa Concordia Accident, James Thomas, Good News News

British teenager James Thomas had only been working aboard the Costa Concordia for six months when the cruise ship capsized off the coast of Tuscany l...

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How To Crash A $400 Million Cruise Ship

Anne Campbell | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Cruise Industry, Costa Concordia Accident, Costa Concordia, Cruise Ship Blog, Cruise Ships, Cruise Ship Blogs, Carnival Corporation, Costa Cruises, Cruise Ship, Travel Blogs, Travel News

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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Minnesota Couple Missing After Cruise Ship Disaster

AP | By PATRICK CONDON | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Jerry Heil, Costa Concordia Disaster, Video, Minnesota, Barbara Heil, Cruise Ships, Costa-Concordia, Costa Concordia Runs Aground, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Costa Concordia Cruise Disaster, Cruises, Costa Concordia Accident, World News

MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota couple missing after a cruise ship capsized off the west coast of Italy are devout Catholics who spend part of almost every...

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Luxury Cruise Ship Runs Aground Off Coast Of Tuscany

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Video, Cruise Ships, Costa Cruises, Cruises, Italy, Costa Concordia, Giglio, Tuscany, Cruise Ship, World News

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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Always Ready? For Aging Coast Guard Fleet, Not So Much

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Video, U.S. Coast Guard, Baltimore, Cruise Ships, Federal Budget Deficit, Deepwater, Homeland Security, Great Lakes, 9/11, Offshore Patrol Cutter, Drug-Interdiction, Coast Guard, Coast-Guard-Cuts, Arctic, 2012-Spending-Levels, Politics News

BALTIMORE -- Cmdr. William Lane climbs down a steep ladder deep within the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear. Stepping over a pipe with paint blistered ...

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Making Friends On A Mediterranean Cruise

Patricia Rust | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Friendship, Cruise, Friends, Cruise Ships, Love and Relationships, Love Advice, Cruises, Friendship Advice, Love, Cruise Review, Cruise Ship, Conscious Relationships, Travel News

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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Exclusive Interview: Atlantic Rowers Saved By Cruise Ship

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Brady | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Tom Sauer, Cruise Ships, Atlantic Rowers, Talisker Atlantic Challenge, Tom Fancett, Talisker Whisky, Rowers, Cruise Ship Rescue, Atlantic Race, Crystal Cruises, Crystal Serenity, Travel News

Eight days into the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, a two-month-long transoceanic rowing race that's staged every two years, Tom Fancett and Tom S...

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Makeover of New Orleans Naval Complex Slated for 2013

Susan Buchanan | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: U.S. Navy, UNITY of Greater New Orleans, Historic Tax Credits, Housing, Homelessness, Cruise Ships, Police, Military Bases, Katrina, Disasters, Supermarkets, Asbestos, Industrial Canal, U.S. Dept. Of Housing and Urban Development, New Orleans' Ninth Ward, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Green News

After a string of natural and man-made catastrophes, New Orleans has become a spot to share expertise on flooding, wind, spilled oil and any other grief that comes down the pike.

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Puerto Rico Welcomes New Cruise Ship

AP | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Puerto Rico, Cruise, Video, Travel Tips, Cruise Ships, Travel News, Cruises, Travel, San Juan, Cruise Ship, Latino Voices News

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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Is Cruising Really Travel?

Rick Steves | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Cruises, Mediterranean, Rick Steves, Mediterranean Cruise, Travel Blogs, Cruise Ships, Travel News

I've built a career championing the beauties of experiencing Europe independently, and that's about as far from cruising as you can get. Or so I thought.

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