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Carnival’s steak and coffee prices rising
Lots of news today….starting with this: Prices are going up. Carnival has announced that all its steakhouses, which are quite good, are upping their prices from $30 to $35, on all the ships that have...
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Cruise-related websites worth visiting
The Ruby Princess, featured today in “Phil’s Picks” Today, I am going to tell you about a couple of websites that I find indispensable: 1) cruisetimetables.com 2) seatguru.com Here is what each has to...
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Breeze new dimension of Carnival ship
Only in Europe you say? Only in Europe, I say… Yes, indeed, I am on a Carnival ship that’s cruising for 12 days — now that is a rarity. The ship is brand new, still with the warranty. It’s the Breeze,...
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Carnival Breeze — no place like Rome
ROME — There is always something exciting about coming to Rome for the day, especially when you have a sunset like this stretched out across the Mediterranean the night before, after leaving Livorno....
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Marseille on the road to Cassis
MARSEILLE, France — This was the first port on my 12-day Mediterranean cruise on the new Carnival Breeze…except that it should say “Marseille under construction.” Suffering from high unemployment, the...
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From the Breeze to a pretty city in Italy
SORRENTO, Italy — Our ship, the Carnival Breeze, pulled into Salerno this morning and was tucked in against the local mountains. However, Sorrento — not Salerno — was our goal and the view of it from...
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Cruise ship review of Carnival Breeze
On Monday, my blog was all about the Carnival Breeze and my first impressions of this new ship, the last in the Dream series, with Carnival’s new 2.0 features — 23 of them. Five days into this...
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Carnival Breeze finale — Mount Etna
This is my final Blog from the Carnival Breeze as I prepare to head home to Canada from Barcelona. When the Breeze arrived in Messina, I had decided I wanted to see Mount Etna, which took the better...
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Europe 2013: Holland America up
One by one, cruise lines are outlining plans for next summer. Holland America is next up, announcing it will have seven ships serving that market Europe 2013. The ships are the ms Eurodam, ms Nieuw...
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Cunard deals for the Mediterranean
The sale started August 2 and it’s only good for five days but premium cruise line Cunard is following many others in discounting Mediterranean cruises, which have been a harder sell this summer. The...
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Monday Travel Inspiration: A day at Porto degli Argonauti
Sailing a yacht on the Ionian Sea is a bit out of my travel budget, but it’s something to aspire to. This video shows us a day in the life of yacht cruisers enjoying life in and around Porto degli...
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Vancouver a Disney port again
Great news for Vancouver! Disney has come out with a whole new series of cruises for parts of 2012 and 2013 and Vancouver is getting the Disney ship it lost to Seattle for 2013. This is huge news for...
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U.S. lines importing interporting
Donna Tunney of Travel Weekly wrote a column recently about interporting. Have you heard of it? Interporting simply means boarding passengers other than at the home port. A sad example of interporting...
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Carnival ramping up on Europe
Until now, Carnival Cruise Lines has confined its European schedule to the launch of new ships being launched in Europe, followed the re-positioning to North America in the fall to take up permanent...
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New Royal Princess available soon
Princess Cruises will be taking the keys to its new ship, the Royal Princess, in 2013 with the maiden voyage planned for June 16. The ship’s 2013 itinerary will go on sale March 15. Princess is...
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Oceania expanding in Europe 2013
Oceania Cruises is out of the blocks with its summer Europe itineraries for 2013. Three of Oceania’s four ships, including the newest pair — Riviera and Marina — will be sailing in Europe next summer....
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Cruise round-up: Themes, Barcelona, Mazatlan
Time to go “Around the Horn” with cruise news. It seems forever (it’s actually been 38 years) that the Garrison Keeler’s Prairie Home Companion, located in the fictional town of Lake Woebegone in...
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New NCL ship Breakaway a family affair
The Breakaway, the next ship in line under the Norwegian brand, is expected to aim right at that growing demographic — families. The 4000-plus passenger ship will arrive next year, complete with a...
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Cruise sales from the Mediterranean
My Ports and Bows column in Postmedia papers this weekend discusses the low prices this summer and fall in the Mediterranean. Here are some examples….keep in mind these were the prices at time of...
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Carnival’s steak and coffee prices rising
Lots of news today….starting with this: Prices are going up. Carnival has announced that all its steakhouses, which are quite good, are upping their prices from $30 to $35, on all the ships that have...
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