No pithy opening this week, we just go right off into the news.
Crystal is offering a collection of savings and perks on their 2009 World Cruise.
Louis completed the purchase of Norwegian Majesty, and we found out that the future of Majestic America Line.
Carnival Fantasy has been turning around in Mobile due to the troubles in New Orleans on the Mississippi River.
We also got news about Oceania’s newest ship Marina, as construction began.
This week we take a look at an up and coming Mexican land destination, and our Deal of The Week as actually a land package.
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Filed under: Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Majestic America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, Podcast Posted by Michael on 07/30/08
Louis PLC has completed the $162m purchase of Norwegian Majesty according to Seatrade Insider, however that doesn’t mean the ship will be departing the NCL fleet anytime soon. The ship will still be operated by NCL under charter until December 1, 2009. There’s no word on what will happen to the ship after that date.
In addition, Louis’ purchase of Norwegian Dream is expected to be completed by the end of September.
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We didn’t have any big reveals this week but we did have quite a bit of news.
Crystal is the first line to bring the Kinesis Fitness system to sea, and Cruise West is expanding their 2008/2009 South America cruise season.
Norwegian Gem is plays host to TLC’s What Not to Wear, and Seabourne celebrates not one but two keel layings. Carnival has their own unique plans for the naming of Carnival Splendor.
Legend of The Seas is headed to Asia full time next year, and the Norwegian Dawn gets to do some search and rescue.
Two lines are sued over Alaska Ocean Ranger access and a federal Ocean Ranger bill has been introduced in Congress.
Finally SOLAS fire code amendments when into effect on July 1.
This week have a little norovirus chat, in specific what it’s like to make a sailing that is dealing with a norovirus outbreak.
(0) Comments (Leave a Comment)Filed under: Carnival Cruise Lines, Cruise West, Crystal Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Podcast Posted by Michael on 07/02/08
Norwegian Gem stars in the first ever cruise episode of TLC’s hit show “What Not to Wear,” a style makeover show that is one of the network’s top-rated programs. During the filming that took place in April 2008, “What Not to Wear” style guru Stacy London surprised Trenton, New Jersey resident Robin Kearns during the seven-day Bahamas & Florida sailing and by the end of the cruise had transformed her into a glamorous woman. The one-hour cruise special airs on TLC Friday, July 11, 2008 at 9 p.m. EST and will be shown again on Saturday, July 12 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
Kearns, 42, a data manager and single mother to son Shane, 15, was nominated to be featured in the show by her cousin Heather Kearns-Latini of Trenton, NJ and her best friend Kimberly Bomberry-Smith of Trenton, NJ. Both accompanied her on the cruise. Kearns boarded Norwegian Gem without any knowledge of being featured on the show. On embarkation day, she was enjoying time with her cousin and best friend in the ship’s atrium when a video began playing on the two-story screen which revealed Kearns’ fashion blunders. A stunned Kearns was then ambushed in the atrium by cameras from “What Not to Wear” as host Stacy London, flanked by Norwegian Gem’s officers, strolled down the grand staircase to greet Kearns with a $5,000 gift card and an offer to be made over from head-to-toe.
During the cruise, the “What Not to Wear” team followed Kearns’ transformation. While visiting Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida and Nassau, Bahamas, Kearns went shopping using style guru London’s famous wardrobe “rules.” When back on the ship, Kearns completed her make over in the ship’s spa with special help from make-up artist Carmindy Acosta and hairstylist Nick Arrojo.
The big reveal happened on the last day of the cruise in the Stardust Theater amongst a crowd of guests who cheered on Kearns as she went from drab to fab. To complete her experience, she then revealed her look to the rest of the ship at dinner that evening in NCL’s signature Le Bistro restaurant with Norwegian Gem’s captain, her cousin, best friend and London.
(0) Comments (Leave a Comment)Filed under: Norwegian Cruise Line Posted by Michael on 07/01/08
I’ve been struggling with hoarseness this week so we’re just doing another news show, amazingly enough I managed to keep some semblance of my voice throughout the entire show.
Last week Carnival had their big reveal, releasing a lot of information about Carnival Dream.
Crystal’s 2009 Experiences of Discovery (aka theme cruises) have been announced. You can find the full list of cruises here. Cunard is partnering with the Royal Astronomical Society for a variety of astronomy programs that will be offered on select sailings.
NCL is rolling out shore excursions geared to smaller groups, and Princess is rolling out the Wii Fit to all of their ships.
Fincantieri floated out two new ships for Costa which will be named together next year.
Finally, California’s “Ocean Ranger” bill dies in committee.
We’ve got three Deals of The Week, which Patricia promises to post this week - we’ll see…
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