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Another
Photo Walk-Thru
Once again,
courtesy of USA Today - here is a great Photo tour of the Celebrity
Eclispse
Carnival's
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Disney
Sets Date for Expansion to Four Ships
Disney Cruise Line
has opened bookings for Disney Fantasy, which will sail its maiden
voyage on April 7, 2012. The ship will operate from Port Canaveral on
seven-night itineraries to the Eastern and Western Caribbean.
To start the 2012
season, Disney Fantasy will sail alternating itineraries, both
stopping at Castaway Cay. The eastern route will visit St. Maarten
and St. Thomas, while ports on the western route are Grand Cayman,
Costa Maya and Cozumel.
Disney Dream,
which enters service this January, will continue to sail three-,
four- and five-night cruises to the Bahamas and Castaway Cay, while
Disney Wonder will remain on the US West Coast, sailing Mexican
Riviera itineraries from Los Angeles.
Prior to Disney
Fantasy entering service on April 7, Disney Magic will operate the
seven-night itineraries from Port Canaveral. The eastern route is the
same as the new ship's, but the western run calls at Key West rather
than Costa Maya.
Costa
Classica Collides with Cargo Vessel
Oct 18 -
This morning as Costa Classica was returning to Shanghai at the end
of a 4-night cruise and collided with the Belgian-flagged Lowlands
Longevity cargo ship, damaging the 53,000-ton cruise ship's starboard
superstructure at Deck 5, according to Costa. Local news reports say
the collision, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, opened about a
60-foot gash, and passengers say water washed into the ship's lower
decks through broken portholes.
Not
Ready for Prime Time
Back in August we
told readers local reports from Jamaica were telling us the new port
of Falmouth was seriously behind schedule and it didn't look to be
anywhere near ready for the first cruise ship passengers scheduled to
arrive in November. Cruise lines are now agreeing, and the lines
planning to call there before the first of the year are now making
alternate plans - at least until January. The first Oasis-class
ships, for which the port was primarily built, aren't scheduled to
arrive until March.
The Jamaica
Gleaner said that Holland America Line's Ryndham and P&O Cruises'
Aurora, scheduled to arrive in Falmouth on Nov. 3, will instead go to
Ocho Rios.
Jason Hall, the
Jamaica Tourist Board's deputy director of tourism, said, "The
diversion of the Aurora and Ryndham from their scheduled Nov. 3 port
call to Falmouth was based on a decision taken between the respective
lines (Holland America and P&O Cruises), the Port Authority of
Jamaica and Royal Caribbean, who felt that it would be better to wait
until the terminal buildings, landscaping and other features of the
port area were completed."
Falmouth, a
two-berth port on Jamaica’s north coast, is a joint venture
between Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and the Port Authority of
Jamaica. It is being built to accommodate Royal Caribbean's
5,400-passenger Oasis-class ships.
Tide
Is Turning in Alaska
Princess Cruises
had a bit of good news for the folks in Alaska today. They are
increasing their Alaskan fleet by one ship in 2012.
The news gets even
better for the state because it will be one of their larger ships
placed on the one way itinerary between Vancouver and Whittier. That
will be an extra boost for the state's economy since most passengers
taking this itinerary spend time inland in Alaska before or after the
cruise, most of which also supports the extensive Princess ground
operation, which has also been sagging due to the reduced cruise capacity.
Making
Chefs at Sea
Beginning this
fall, home cooking aficionados can brush up their skills and learn
new ones in the galleys aboard Liberty of the Seas and Freedom of the Seas.
The new cooking
programs are presented by Chefmakers Cooking Academy, and seem to be
a step above the cooking demonstrations by the chef, even the ones on
some lines, where they are presented in small groups, because
Chefmakers' are actual hands-on experiences and in the ships'
galleys. They do seem to be for slightly-above- novice cook, but not
really for the already-accomplished.
Last Time's Question:
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engines, while in port.
The
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