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Celebrity and Azamara Cruise Line coupon booklet and onboard credit sales promotions

Celebrity and Azamara Cruise Lines with Cruise Planners is offering pre-paid gratuities, onboard credits and coupon booklets on cruises booked by August 31, 2009 on sailings before December 31, 2009.  Call before 8/31 to book your Celebrity or Azamara cruise.

Summer travel deals

Wow, summer is here and it seems a lot of people are putting off making their (cruise) travel plans. Well, sometimes it pays to wait and this might be one of those times. Cruise Planners has just announced its biggest sale of the year. We asked the cruise lines to sharpen up their pencils and give us their best deals. And they came through with the hottest offers of the summer. There over 15 major cruise lines plus land and tour companies participating in this sale and more offers than we’ve ever seen. Ship board spending credits range from $50 to $400.&n...

Hairspray and Oasis of the Seas

Lights, Action, Frozen Margarita? Cruise ship entertainment continues to reach new heights so it is no surprise that when the world’s largest ship, Oasis of the Seas,  enters service this fall, the shows on board will also be “super-sized”. While the ship will feature multiple entertainment venues, the current buzz is about “Hairspray” and not the kind available in the gift shop. Royal Caribbean recently announced that it has signed an exclusive 3 year arrangement with the producers of the musical for presentation in the ship’s Grand Opal ...

Carnival Dream, Carnival's newest ship

Carnival Dream, their newest ship with warm chocolate melting cake to sushi, Dining options on Carnival Dream, debuting in September, range from a two-level casual eatery featuring a new Italian pasta station and a burrito bar to Ocean Plaza, an indoor/outdoor café and live music venue. In outlining the ship’s food selection, Carnival Cruise Lines emphasized that most choices are included in the fare. Exceptions are the reservations-recommended steak house and specialty coffees and select patisserie items. The two-level buffet restaurant’s new pasta bar giv...

Royal Caribbean Oasis photos

Amazing Views of the World’s Largest Cruise Ship   Royal Caribbean’s chairman, Richard Fain, has been a busy bee travelling back and forth from the Miami headquarters to the shipyard in Turku, Finland where the Oasis of the Seas is being fitted out. And he brought his camera with him on this last trip to share some amazing photos of the ship as it nears completion. You can see them all on his blog at http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/chairmans-blog/  Here are ...

Celebrity Newest ship, the Equinox

If you stand along the banks of the Ems river in Germany near the Papenburg shipyard you are bound to see an amazing sight.   A giant cruise ship going down the river - backwards!   Is this a prelude to a parallel parking test for the Captain’s driver’s license exam? No, but it is certainly a huge challenge. Like cars and trucks, the most efficient direction for a ship to move is forward. However, when ships are being built at Meyer Werft yard in Papenburg, the layout of the assembly buildings dictate that they enter the structure head in....