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On our last show before the holidays we start off with an important travel tip…. and then we’re off with the news.
Last week was a mess along the Gulf Coast with fog causing delays all along the Gulf of Mexico.
Crystal announces who will be joining their 2010 Presidents Cruise and also is inviting kids to sail free on two European itineraries.
NCL will be celebrating 10 years of Freestyle Cruising next year and we have some details on Queen Victoria’s maiden call to San Francisco next month.
We also have more details about Oceania’s newest ship Marina.
Veendam apparently has some issues with Hamilton Bermuda…
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January 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Bermuda! I know they’re had plans on the books for years to widen the entrances to St Georges and Hamilton harbors and convert the docks to hold one panamax ship instead of two smaller ones. However the political will is not there: buying the property and blasting a larger opening is a tough sell, and Bermudans see cruise passengers are low spending guests over-running the island. As for the HAL ship not fitting it’s not that the hull is too wide, it’s that 1) there is a number of overhangs not readily noted on the ship schematics (a more common problem then you might think: ships entering the St Lawrence Seaway are stopped and inspected for size all the time and often need to be modified slightly before entering the locks.) More importantly 2) The ship is just too flat-sided: a slight crosswind and, well, things get dicey.