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Carnival Corporation’s Cruise Line Brands Resume Regular Sailings to The Bahamas

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 by Editor

MIAMI (Sept. 13, 2019) – Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest leisure travel company, today announced the company’s cruise brands are returning to The Bahamas and resuming regular guest sailings for the first time since Hurricane Dorian arrived earlier this month. Three Carnival Corporation brands – Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises and Holland America Line – are expected to make over 250 sailings to The Bahamas through the end of 2019, helping to support …

Holland America Line Special Offers Presented by Cruises-N-More for September 2019

September 12, 2019September 5, 2019 by Renee Goyeneche

Cruises-N-More https://www.cruises-n-more.com/ 800-733-2048 Holland America Line-Save On Caribbean And Panama Sailings Plus Cnm Bonus 10% Onboard Credit! BONUS: CNM Bonus -10% Onboard Spending Cash! BONUS: 50% For You and a Guest, plus 2 more free! BONUS: Free Internet when you book a Suite! Niewu Amsterdam 16 Day Panama Canal Cruise from San Diego to Fort Lauderdale Ports of Call: San Diego, California | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Huatulco, Mexico | Puerto Chiapas, Mexico | Puerto Quetzal, …

Crown Cruise Vacations Cruise Deals for August 2019

August 12, 2019August 5, 2019 by Renee Goyeneche

Crown Cruise Vacations offers their picks for the best cruise deals for August 2019 Crown Cruise Vacations- crowncruisevacations.com/ 877-283-1114 Destination: Caribbean What: 7 Night Caribbean – Western Cruise on Royal Caribbean International’s Liberty of the Seas When: November 3, 2019 Prices: Starting at $647 USD What Else You’ll Have to Pay: Port charges of $190 included. Taxes and fees of $114 are not included. Where You Go: Departing from Galveston, Texas | Cozumel, Mexico | Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Falmouth, Jamaica Sold By: Crown Cruise Vacations, http://www.crowncruisevacations.com/ …

Holland America Line Announces Name of Newest Ship

April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 by Jackie Scheckler Finch

The newest ship in the Holland America Line will have an old name. Due for delivery in May 2021, the next Pinnacle Class ship will be called – drum roll, please – Ryndam. Holland America Line’s president Orlando Ashford announced the name at a media luncheon aboard Nieuw Statendam before the official start of Seatrade 2019 in Miami. It will be the fourth ship in the company’s history to carry the Ryndam name. “Holland America Line …

Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam has much to offer

February 12, 2019 by Editor

By Robert N. Jenkins Art There’s no way to be certain which artworks in the brand-new cruise ship Nieuw Statendam will draw the most attention: Will it be the clear plexiglass, 5-foot-tall statue of David, a copy of Michelangelo’s masterwork, except this one is holding a cellphone in his lowered arm? Or is it the collection of everyday objects — a camera, eyeglasses, high heels, scissors — that are covered in bright cloth that is heavily embroidered? …

Cruise Lines and Ships Offering Sailings to the Galapagos Islands. When is the Best Time to Visit?

January 9, 2019December 29, 2018 by Heidi Allison-Shane

Image courtesy of photographer Kurt Soderling

There is no “wrong” time to visit the Galápagos Islands. Different times of the year have different things to see and do. The birds, tortoises and dazzling marine life are always there, waiting for their photos to be taken.

Cruising in the Far East with RCI & HAL: Shanghaied Again

October 30, 2018November 1, 2018 by Dennis Cox

ABOARD QUANTUM of the SEAS — Early this morning the Quantum cruised into the mouth of China’s Yangtze River and then turned left on to the Huangpu River. After docking again at Shanghai’s Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal we had a late leisurely breakfast and waited to disembark after other passengers, as we can’t board the Westerdam until 11AM. The Westerdam just happens to be conveniently docked bumper-to-bumper in front of the Quantum. Nevertheless, clearing Chinese immigration in …

Lots of new small ships on order, plus other news from SeaTrade

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 by Cynthia Boal Janssens

In March several of us from AllThingsCruise attended SeaTrade, the annual conference of the global cruise industry, which was held in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. The big news all around is that the cruise industry is booming and there are now over 100 ships on the order books extending through 2030. We have already written about the two new cruise lines – Virgin Voyages and the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection – which will begin service in 2020. But here’s …

Cruising with HAL: What’s new on the Zuiderdam

March 30, 2018 by Dennis Cox

ABOARD THE ZUIDERDAM A Caribbean voyage to the Panama Canal aboard the MS Zuiderdam is an opportunity to take a look at one of Holland America Line’s freshest refurbishings and renovations of one of their popular mid-size ships. While the Zuiderdam is a Vista class ship carrying up to 1,900 passengers and a crew of 900, it is similar in many respects to the 2,137 passenger Signature class MS Eurodam which I wrote about previously ( www.AllThingsCruise.com/ …

‘Playing with food’ a passion for Holland America chef

March 12, 2018 by Jackie Scheckler Finch

As a youngster growing up in Austria, Rudi Sodamin would stand by his mother’s side in the family kitchen. He not only liked the smell and taste of food, he liked how it looked. To him, the colorful ingredients were like paint that an artist could use for an edible masterpiece. “Food is the paint of our lives,” he said. “Food is art.” At a pre-Seatrade Cruise Global lunch aboard the Holland America Eurodam in Fort Lauderdale …