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Five Reasons to Cruise Carnival Paradise to Cuba
We recently returned from a quick trip to Cuba aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Paradise, and found plenty to like about our Fun Ship journey to the Cuban capital of Havana. Carnival Paradise became the first ship in Carnival history to call on a Cuban port in June, when she first sailed into Havana harbor…. [Read More]
Windstar Repositions Select Caribbean Itineraries to Barbados
While Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Jose and Hurricane Maria have left cruise lines scrambling to re-route ships and provide alternate ports of call, small-ship line Windstar Cruises faced an entirely different challenge following confirmation of heavy damage to Philipsburg, St. Maarten. Windstar’s winter Caribbean season is set to begin in November, with Star Breeze and Wind… [Read More]
Silversea Announces Plans for New Ship, Silver Moon
Silversea Cruises and Fincantieri have announced the signing of a contract worth approximately 310 million euros for the construction of a new ultra-luxury cruise ship. The ship is due to join the Silversea fleet in 2020. The new ship, tentatively named “Silver Moon,” will be the sister ship of “Silver Muse,” which was delivered in… [Read More]
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When I first contemplated cruising more than 20 years ago, I was extremely confused by all of the options. There were small ships, large ships, sailing ships, trans-Atlantic liners, tiny staterooms, spacious suites, all-inclusive vs. non all-inclusive – and so many places to visit on a variety of itineraries. What to do? And that was just ocean cruising. Now, there's river cruising and expedition cruising complicating the mix even more.
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