Category: Cruises
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Riverboat cruising returns to the Mississippi with American Queen
By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY As the American Queen paddle wheeler steams toward the city early one morning last week, all eyes turn toward Richard and Suzanne Martinez, who are strolling onto the boat’s forward deck resplendent in antebellum finery. She’s a sweet Southern belle in hoop skirt hoisting a floral parasol. He’s a riverboat…
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Travel Tidbits – The world’s weirdest festivals
The world’s weirdest festivals Some of the world’s most bizarre festivals, from tomato throwing to baby jumping… Telegraph (London) Where to Find Perfect Pork Dumplings in San Francisco One thing that is an absolute can’t-leave-until-you-do-it priority–find an awesome Chinese restaurant… Conde Nast Traveler Top five…
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Rock band Kiss to play Norwegian Cruise Line ship
Fans of the rock band Kiss are getting another chance this year to set sail with the group. Music cruise organizer Sixthman has announced plans for a second all-Kiss-all-the-time extravaganza at sea to take place this fall on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Pearl. The four-night Kiss Kruise II will kick off on Oct. 31 in…
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The story behind Disney Cruise Line’s new shows
Kevin Eld is one busy man. As vice president for Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment, he oversees all forms of Disney entertainment, from parades, theatrical shows, fireworks, water shows and other spectaculars you see at its worldwide theme parks and resorts to the Broadway-style shows aboard Disney Cruise Line ships. On the recent media preview…
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Cruise ship review: Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Spirit
What’s it like to sail on a Carnival ship? USA TODAY’s new cruise review site, VacationCruisesInfo.com, offers a glimpse this week in a new in-depth review of one of the line’s vessels, the Carnival Spirit. At 65 pages, it’s the most extensive appraisal of the 10-year-old Carnival Spirit ever to be posted online, and it…
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Carnival unveils first George Lopez comedy club on ship
By Gene Sloan, USA TODAY Carnival Cruise Lines’ new partnership with comedian George Lopez kicks off today with the opening of a Lopez-branded comedy club on the Carnival Miracle. The Punchliner Comedy Club presented by George Lopez, as it’s being called, is a concept that eventually will go fleet-wide as part of the line’s massive…
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Travel Tidbits – The best family-friendly voyages
Mustique: Where sustainable meets sybaritic On this small private island, part of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, eco-friendly is the new glamorous… Globe and Mail The best family-friendly voyages More and more families are thinking of taking a cruise holiday so the cruise companies are trying harder to make them choose their particular…
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Travel Tidbits – 5 Reasons to Travel with Kids, Ten things you didn’t know about New York and more
5 Reasons to Travel with Kids Every parent knows that travel with kids is unpredictable, difficult, and in some ways limiting… Conde Nast Traveler World’s most expensive cruise The world’s most expensive luxury cruise package is up for grabs … Sydney Morning Herald The coldest shows on earth Winter music festivals are…
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Travel Tidbits – Mississippi, Disney dining, Portland and more
‘The Help’ puts tourist spotlight on Mississippi Fans of The Help, the bestselling 2009 novel and new movie about the fictional lives of black housekeepers and the white women who employ them in 1960s Mississippi, are getting some help of their own in exploring the story’s real-life settings… USA Today Disney dining gets a…
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