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Disney Line unveils new features for next ship
The top of Disney Cruise Line's next ship will feature a miniature
golf course themed around Goofy and a water play area for kids that
has Nemo as its inspiration.
The 2,500-passenger Disney Dream, currently under construction at a
shipyard in Germany, also will boast an adults-only decktop pool area
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The new decktop
features, unveiled today, are in addition to a previously announced high-speed
flume ride that will wrap around the top of the vessel -- a
cruise industry first.
The Dream is
Disney's first new cruise ship in more than a decade. It's scheduled
to debut on Jan. 26, 2011.
Disney says
Goofy's Golf, as the nine-hole miniature golf course is to be called,
is part of an interactive sports deck that also will have two digital
sports simulators and two mini-sized sports courts where small
children can play soccer and basketball. There also will be a full-court
basketball area that can be transformed into a mini soccer pitch or
volleyball court.
MSC Cruises
to base ship in England for first time
SOUTHAMPTON,
ENGLAND — Southampton's status as one of the world's key cruise
ports has been underlined by news the last of the industry's Big
Three is to start major operations here next year.
The Daily Echo can
exclusively reveal MSC Cruises is to base the 60,000-ton ship MSC
Opera in the city– the first time it has ever operated here.
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Norwegian
Cruise Line's next ship, Epic, to sail in the Mediterranean
Norwegian Cruise
Line says its newest and largest ship ever, the Norwegian Epic, will
be dispatched to Europe for the summer of 2011 -- the latest sign of
the continent's growing importance in the cruise business. |
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The line announced
that the 4,200-passenger vessel, which debuts later this year, will
spend the summer sailing seven-day Western Mediterranean voyages out
of Barcelona.
The Mediterranean
itinerary will include calls in Livorno, Italy (for Florence and
Pisa); Civitavecchia, Italy (near Rome); Naples; and Palma, Majorca,
Spain. Fares start at $699 per person, based on double occupancy.
Charleston
mayor: One cruise ship at a time is enough for historic city
Charleston mayor
Joe Riley said Tuesday that the cruise industry is welcome to bring
ships to the historic city, but only up to a point.
"It is
important that the cruise ship business, like other things in
Charleston, be at the right scale," Riley said during his annual
State of the City address. "A great port like Charleston should
have a cruise ship line calling on it, as we have had ships carrying
passengers since we were founded. But it is also important that
we don't be overwhelmed by this activity."
Riley's comments
come as industry giant Carnival gears up to offer the first
year-round cruises from the city starting in May. The line is moving
the 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy to Charleston from Mobile, Ala.
Also ramping up
sailings from Charleston this year is Celebrity Cruises, which has
begun offering a seasonal series of 10- and 11-night voyages to the
Eastern and Western Caribbean on the Celebrity Mercury. It's the
first time the line has sailed out of Charleston since 2003.
Are They
Sustainable? Classic Vessels: Culture Over Caviar
The recent launch
of two new cruise lines tied to the former Orient Lines brands,
which operated one small, upscale cruise ship and focused on
culture and history, suggests that there may be room to expand
the niche cruise market.
Gerry Herrod, the
founder of Orient Lines, is behind the launch of Voyages to
Antiquity, a cruise line centered on Mediterranean history and
culture. Herrod purchased a 1973-built ship, the Aegean Odyssey, to
launch Voyages to Antiquity, a line that is focused on cruisers
more interested in culture than caviar, and less about hardware
than hard facts.
You won’t
find a casino on board or big Broadway shows. What you will find are
wonderful lecturers and lots of opportunity for immersion and enrichment.
-- Ralph Grizzle,
Avid Cruiser
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