WHY IT RATES: The Star Legend has officially started the transformation journey under Windstar Cruises’ $250 Million Star Plus Initiative, following the Star Breeze. —Codie Liermann, Associate Editor Yesterday at Fincantieri’s shipyard, in Palermo, Italy, Christopher Prelog, Vice President of …

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All six had extended itineraries. Disney Dream, for instance, was originally slated to return on Sept. 2, and then made contingency plans to return on Wednesday, but that was before the hurricane parked over the Bahamas for two days straight, …

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CLOSE Entire communities were flattened and roads washed out while hospitals and airports were swamped by several feet of water due to Hurricane Dorian. Andrew West Royal Caribbean International, The Walt Disney Co. Carnival Corp. and other companies are stepping up …

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“When cruise ships are in the path of a hurricane, cruise lines are forced to make decisions in the best interest of their guests’ safety, while also reacting to any other changes to their regularly scheduled plans — significantly impacted …

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The cruise ship worker recalled a time when the woman in the cabin before said that the vibrations from the engine were so bad in the bedroom that she was made unwell. “It’s awful. It gives me headaches and I …

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