October 14, 2009. Princess Cruises Community Foundation Makes $10,000 Donation to Red Cross Aid Efforts When Star Princess and Sun Princess called in Apia, Samoa and Pago Pago, American Samoa this past weekend, the ships brought along some much needed relief supplies and more than $10,000 in donations for the region that was recently hit [...]

October 14, 2009 World’s Most Revolutionary Ship to Donate 100 Percent of Allocated Stateroom Sales to the Make-A-Wish Foundation When Royal Caribbean International officially names Oasis of the Seas – the world’s largest and most revolutionary cruise ship – on Nov. 30, 2009 from Port Everglades Cruise Terminal in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the renowned cruise [...]

October 9, 2009, Ship Scores 100 out of 100 in an Inspection by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The Costa Atlantica, a member of the Costa Cruises fleet, once again received a perfect score for vessel sanitation in a recent inspection conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  [...]

October 9, 2009. Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 Canyon Ranch SpaClub® Named Among “Top 10 Best Spas on a Cruise Ship” in SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Awards SpaFinder, Inc., the global spa resource, has named the Canyon Ranch SpaClub® aboard Cunard Line’s flagship Queen Mary 2 among the top-10 best spas in the world for “Best Spa [...]

October 9, 2009. Family Fun Tour Adds Value with Variety of Included Extras and Discounted Fares With its stunning scenery, abundant wildlife, and plethora of active adventure opportunities, Alaska offers the perfect family vacation.  To make it easier for families to plan a trip to the 49th state, Princess Cruises has added a fun new [...]

NORWEGIAN OFFERS INCREDIBILE SAVINGS DURING WORLD’S LARGEST CRUISE NIGHT Norwegian Cruise Line offers special savings on more than 300 popular cruises around the world as part of World’s Largest Cruise Night (WLCN), the centerpiece of October’s National Cruise Vacation Month, on Wednesday, October 14, with a preview day on Tuesday, October 13.  The offer, available [...]

October 7, 2009. Norwegian Cruise Line is now offering Savings Certificates for three-day weekend getaways and four-day short vacation cruises on Norwegian Sky, the youngest ship sailing short cruises from Miami with the most balcony staterooms. For sailings from now through December 31, 2009, guests booking a cruise on Norwegian Sky will receive special Savings [...]

October 6, 2009. As part of her Autumn Colours voyage, which features calls through the New England and Canada coasts, Cunard’s Queen Victoria made her inaugural visits to the Canadian ports of Halifax on Friday, 2 October, and Québec City on Sunday, 4 October. The ship will call on St. John’s, Newfoundland, before returning to [...]

October 2, 2009. On sale Monday, October 5, new itinerary includes a day at sea in addition to four islands Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that the company has added two new Hawai`i cruises on Pride of America next spring. Pride of America is the only ship offering seven-day interisland cruises from Honolulu to all [...]

October 1, 2009.  By Dave Beers – Editor, CruiseReviews. There was much hubbub recently over Royal Caribbean Cruise Line CEO Richard Fain’s call for reasonability when it comes to muster drills.  Mr. Fain used more colorful language on his blog, but let’s just say he questioned the value-add of requiring passengers to retrieve life jackets, [...]