Carnival Cruise Line is creating some high-seas drama of its own. The cruise-line operator is working with travel-and-entertainment recommendation site Thrillist to launch “Island Hoppers,” a comedy-competition series that will begin to stream via Thrillist’s Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter …
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An out-of-control MSC Cruises ocean ship plowed into a docked Uniworld river cruise ship in Venice on Sunday morning, injuring at least five people as passengers fled the much smaller vessel in panic, the Associated Press reported. It was the …
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MIAMI (AP) — Carnival Corp. has reached a tentative settlement with federal prosecutors in which the world’s largest cruise company agreed to pay $20 million in fines for some of its ships continuing to pollute the oceans despite promising years …
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Do you remember “The Love Boat,” that iconic, long-running network TV show from the 1970s and 1980s? That popular show played a major role in bringing the concept of cruising to the consciousness of the masses. As people watched Captain …
Cruises Behemoth of the seas: Royal Caribbean’s revolutionary, evolutionary Oasis-class ship By Jane Wooldridge Oasis of the Seas offshore near Miami. Michel Verdure Royal Caribbean Originally published Dec. 6, 2009; updated May 2019 Sure, it’s bigger: Nearly four football fields …
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To spread the message, amsterdampartners launched a high-profile “Enjoy and Respect” campaign last year, informing visitors of local customs, rules, and penalties. For many, however, there’s more amiss with contemporary tourism than rowdiness alone. “You could say quality tourism people …
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That astronomical clock, for example, dates from 1733 and is said to be the biggest in the world, while the gorgeous marble fountain opposite the bell tower – depicting Orion, legendary founder of Messina – is even older, created in …
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In his new book, Chronicles of a Cruise Ship Member, Joshua told how hand shakes were a no-no. He wrote: “Crew members rarely shake hands. “They are intimately familiar with the wide variety of wonderful virus that habitually colonies on …
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HAVANA (Reuters) – Cruise line Carnival Corp is asking a U.S. court to dismiss lawsuits that claim the company profited from confiscated Cuban property, the first such cases brought since the Trump administration made them possible this month. Two U.S. …
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The Margaret Bridge connects the two halves of the city, Buda and Pest, with a large recreational island in the middle of the Danube. It is the bridge just north of the famous Chain Bridge, a suspension bridge originally built …
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