Tag: boat
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New Carnival cruise ship, Breeze, to debut this weekend
Industry giant Carnival today took delivery of its newest cruise ship, the 3,690-passenger Carnival Breeze. Under construction for nearly two years at the Fincantieri shipyard near Trieste, Italy, the 130,000-ton vessel is scheduled to set sail on its maiden voyage on Sunday — a 12-night Mediterranean sailing out of Venice. With its addition, the line…
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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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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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American Cruise Lines’ Queen of the Mississippi debut in New Orleans
On Wednesday, March 7th, American Cruise Lines announced its brand new 150-passenger paddlewheeler, the Queen of the Mississippi, as it nears completion 10-weeks ahead of schedule. Last week, at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Maryland the 23-ton, 28 foot-wide paddlewheel that was built special for the new riverboat was lifted and installed. “This marks an important step…
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“Curious Dragon”- Komodo Island, Indonesia – Will & Matt Burrard – Lucas – Featured Photographers
Originally posted on PhotoBotos.com: . “Curious Dragon”- Komodo Island, Indonesia – Will & Matt Burrard – Lucas – Featured Photographers When we saw this image by the Burrard-Lucas brothers the Photobotos brothers were blown away. You don’t get inches away from 10 foot lizards with killer saliva so we had to know how they…
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