05 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

It doesn’t matter how big it is…or does it?

Many seasoned cruisers are tired of gigantic cruise ships that carry 3,000 or more passengers. With many of the major lines phasing out smaller vessels, ships that carry fewer than 2,000 passengers are becoming rare.
They say megaships are very cost effective but that is only when they sail with a full compliment at regular paid [...]

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06 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Two more cruise lines for Australia

My inside spies tell me that there is a feint possibility that Holland America Line and Royal Caribbean International, two great cruise lines currently here for our summer cruise season, may be considering each leaving a ship in Australian waters year round.
This to me is great news as these two fine shipping lines will give [...]

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25 June 2009 ~ Comments Off

‘All balcony’, all the time

Everyone wants a balcony cabin, and that’s got cruise lines going to some extraordinary lengths to add more of them to older ships, while many new ships are ‘all balcony’ cabins.
Holland America have taken one of their older ships and added balconies, calling them ‘Lanai Cabins’. They have added an entire new deck to the [...]

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