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MSC Divina Live Cruise Review – day 3
MSC Divina Spring Break Cruise – Day 3 Today was our second sea day on MSC Divina. We continue to motor south to St. Thomas, which is 991 nautical miles from embarkation in Miami, Florida. Traveling with my 9-year-old boy means that I am on an active family-style cruise vacation. We are enjoying a lot…
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MSC Divina Spring Break Cruise
Live Cruise Review from the Ship: Sea Day #1 Today we spent the day relaxing at sea. It was the perfect time to enjoy the numerous activities on MSC Dvinia. For Brian and myself it was about swimming, and finding all the family-friendly things the ship offers. Below are some photos from our day. MSC…
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Live from MSC Divina
MSC Cruises Spring Break Cruise The Case for the Pre-Cruise Brian (my 9-year old son) and I left Southern California yesterday afternoon. We arrived to Fort Lauderdale at 9:00 pm and found ourselves in a nearby Hilton hotel by 10:00 pm (I love complimentary shuttle buses). This morning we took the free shutle back to…
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Spring Break on MSC Divina
Spring Break begins – MSC Cruises Live from MSC Divina for Spring Break. An interactive cruise review in real time by Carrie from Cruise Buzz. I am not sure who invented Spring Break, but I would like to thank them personally. Tomorrow my nine-year-old and I embark on a one-week cruise on MSC Divina. We…
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Diamond Princess Drydock 2014
No way! A Japanese Bath! You can do that on a cruise ship? The 2,670-passenger Diamond Princess is undergoing an extensive drydock, taking place between now through April 2, 2014 at Sembawang shipyard in Singapore. The cruise ship will undergo a $30 million-dollar drydock, that will make changes to the ship in hopes of making…
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Cruise Shipping Miami – Recap of Cruise News
Cruise Shipping Miami Recap Below are some of the items catching my attention in the Buzz Booth (my virtual seat to Cruise Shipping Miami where I am riding the #CSM2014 hashtag looking for interesting news, photos, links, and tips). Replay This morning Twitter was ablaze with play-by-play tweets from the opening address of the 30th…
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Cruiseable: Bringing mobile & social innovation to cruises
The news is out: let the buzz begin For about a year I have been working with JD Lasica and Giacomo Balli who are the co-founders of Cruiseable, a new product that promises to make the cruise booking process easier and more fun while helping cruisers connect with each other on the same sailing. See…
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Do I need a passport for a Caribbean cruise?
Passport question: What are the passport requirements for Caribbean cruise ships? If you are a US citizen sailing on a closed-loop (starts and finishes in the US) then the answer is no. The question about passports is always one to have well enough in advance to avoid last minute scramble. This policy from MSC Cruises…
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Celebrity Cruises and Canyon Ranch to offer SpaClub at Sea
Celebrity Cruises and Canyon Ranch Launch SpaClub At Sea Partnership Starting April, 2014 Say bye-bye to same-old-same-old Will the new Canyon Ranch SpaClub at Sea help rejuvenate my attitude about cruise ship spas? The de-facto spa partner on the ships has been Steiner Leisure, who has highly trained staff who know how to do great…
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Celebrity Cruises Los Angeles Region Cruise News
Celebrity Cruises Increased Resources to Meet Bookings Growth Double-digit Bookings Growth, Among other Key Performance Indicators, Prompts Promotions and New Hires From Celebrity Cruises LOS ANGELES, CA (March 4, 2014) — With Celebrity Cruises’ enhanced marketing efforts in the Southern California marketplace, which resulted in more than 25 percent bookings growth and increasing brand presence…
