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As anticipated, Xanterra Parks and Resorts finished the obtain of Windstar Cruises on Wednesday, May possibly twenty five, following approval was granted by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on May 19, 2011 for the sale of the assets of Ambassadors International, Inc. Windstar was Ambassadors’ principal operating unit. Headquartered in Seattle, [...]

Northeasterners have some new cruise possibilities from shut-to-home embarkation ports to look ahead to as Carnival Cruise Lines ideas to run an prolonged routine of voyages from Boston. With a sequence of round-trip four- and 5-day eastern Canada cruises aboard the two,974-passenger Carnival Glory starting in June 2012, Carnival will be the only cruise line [...]

Holland The united states Line’s ms Maasdam is better than ever before after lately completing a stem-to-stern, multimillion-dollar Signature of Excellence dry dock at Freeport, Bahamas. Canaletto, a casual Italian restaurant serving dishes this kind of as putanesca and penne alla vodka, comes to daily life for dinner when a segment of the Lido Restaurant [...]

Norwegian Cruise Line’s latest and most innovative ship, Norwegian Epic, will be a featured prize on the longest-running game present in television background, “The Cost Is Right,” hosted by Drew Carey. As portion of Travel + Leisure’s Travel Week, the episode will air today (Friday, May possibly 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, ET/PT) on [...]

Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas recently entered the Victoria Shipyards in Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, to start an intense 22-day dry dock prior to she begins her Alaska cruise time. The ship will get a assortment of enhancements, including specialty restaurants—Samba Grill, Giovanni’s Table and Izumi—as nicely as the casual Park Café and Boardwalk [...]

One Hamburg shipyard, two weeks, numerous gifted designers, 500+ global staffers, 606 crew, and $ 25 million. Individuals ended up the components for the ultra-luxurious redesign of Crystal Cruises’ biggest ship, Crystal Serenity. Just finished after a round-the-clock remodel at Germany’s Blohm + Voss shipyard, the dry dock was the company’s longest actually. All 535 [...]

Princess Cruises Statement Iceland knowledgeable a volcanic eruption more than the weekend from the Grimsvotn volcano, and Princess Cruises is currently monitoring the influence of the resulting volcanic ash cloud. At this time there are no alterations to their ships’ itineraries in Europe. This is a fluid predicament and if any itinerary alterations turn out [...]

Norwegian Dawn is presently undergoing a multi-million dollar refurbishment while the ship is in dry dock in Freeport, Bahamas. The two,224-passenger ship is getting extensive renovations which includes the addition of 28 suites Moderno Churrascaria, the well-known Brazilian steakhouse restaurant introduced on Norwegian Epic the relocation of the Spinnaker Lounge and flat display screen televisions [...]

Robert W. Bone’s affinity for Crystal Cruises started more than two decades in the past and he nonetheless feels that there is a special sparkle about a Crystal cruise, almost creating it seem like a multifaceted jewel sailing the large seas. Sail along on Crystal Symphony and see why. Author of several guidebooks, Robert W. [...]

Even though Cruise Diva was on cruises in Europe the previous a few weeks we kept up with the cruise business news via Cruise News Daily’s You Tube channel. This week they have news about an electrical failure on MSC Opera, the sale of Windstar Cruises, Holland America’s Rotterdam, NOAA’s hurricane prediction, MSC Musica, P-and-O [...]