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Mini Cruises 20100903074103
Hi I have been on a few mini cruises with P and O cruises which went ot Brugges, Amsterdam and Le Havre. I think it is a great way to experience a new cruise ship. In Brugges most cruise ships offer a free shuttle service into the town and then you can catch a train into the city which is really easy and cheap to do. Amsterdam Is really easy to do by yourself although dont be alarmed b all the weed smell..
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marco polo cruise ship 20100903073011
Can anyone tell me what wheelchair access is like on the Marco Polo ship operated b Orient Lines?.
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St Martin or St Maarten 20100903071701
The Dutch call St Maarten "the Fun Side" and the French call St Maarten "the Dark Side"! The Dutch side definitely has more happy hours, cruise ship tourism, casinos and bars and restaurants, but the French side is more "real" and less like a day out at Blackpool. Sam.
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New Cruise Ship Loves Kids 20100903071150
Family cruisers are king (and queen, prince and princess) on the latest-and-greatest ship from Carnival Cruise Line. Launching in Sept. 2009, the Carnival Dream will have new cabin categories designed... [in <a href=http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/info/8114/>About.com: Travel with Kids</a>]
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Cruising the Mediterranean on MV Spirit of Adventure 20100825074644
There's never a dull moment aboard the cruise ship MV Spirit of Adventure which, Nigel Tisdall discovers, attracts the type of Briton who 'likes to gad about'. [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/mediterranean/7956574/Cruising-the-Mediterranean-on-MV-Spirit-of-Adventure.html]Read more...[/url].
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Best Diving Place EVER 20100712072741
Most experienced divers will agree that the Red Sea is the best place to see the abundance of underwater world. Perfect vision, which is here allowed to see the richness, diversity, and large palette of marine flora and fauna, which in turn ensures you unforgettable moments. Red Sea offers a first class cruise ship which crossed the area and calling for great places for studying the marine environment. The best period is between June and October. Some of the most popular dive sites are Egypt (Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada (Dahab and Safaga). It Israel (Eilat), Jordan (Akuba), Sudan (difficult to access, but very clean and beautiful place). These are most popular places but if you want to explore new destinations I can offer you to visit Bulgarian Black Sea- there are many places for diving - [url]http://www.diving-bg.com/html/places_for_diving.html[/url] or why not to see the underwater of [url=http://adventure-travel-vacation.
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Norwegian Epic: cruise ship review 20100705074622
Norwegian Epic is this year's most exciting launch, says Jane Archer. [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/7863782/Norwegian-Epic-cruise-ship-review.html]Read more...[/url].
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Alaska gov signs bill cutting cruise ship head tax (AP) 20100624182100
AP - Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has signed a bill lowering the state's tax on cruise ship passengers, a move intended to attract more ships and settle an industry lawsuit over the fee.
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Cruise Ship Port Call: Gauging Crime on the Bahamas 20100601101626
A cruise ship passenger gets robbed at gunpoint by thugs in the Bahamas, raising the important question: How safe are you while on vacation?
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Seattle becomes 11th city to boycott Arizona (The Newsroom) 20100518181913
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl2115"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100426/capt.d863bd637c46455c974cfeda1d0a7fa1-d863bd637c46455c974cfeda1d0a7fa1-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=7r_2gcMAjjH3Zz52F49zwg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A visitor carries a camera past views of the Olympic Mountains and the Elliott Bay Marina as he walks inside the Crow's Nest Lounge on the MS Amsterdam cruise ship, operated by Holland America Line, as it sits docked Monday, April 26, 2010, in Seattle. The ship was in Seattle for a stop during an around-the-world voyage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /></a>The Newsroom - Yesterday, the Seattle City Council unanimously voted to boycott Arizona by ending official city travel there and resolving, when practical, to cut off future contracts with Arizona-based businesses. That makes Seattle the 11th city to endorse a boycott of the state in opposition to its controversial immigration law. Five of the boycotting cities are in California: Los Angeles tops the list as the biggest, and its boycott could deliver the most painful blow to Arizona's economy, as the city has $58 million in existing contracts with Arizona companies, according to the L.A. Times. 
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Future Travel 20100427073230
Does seem a very odd shape for something that will be floating around. The sea faring ones do seem much more plausible as really they are only a cruise ship of mega proportions..
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Cruises: where to go in 2010 20100422074529
There are a lot of great places to visit with a cruise ship and the great thing about cruise vessels is that they don't just stick to one destination. I remember all the cruise trips that I take and I never get bored. Soon I will be embarking on a world cruise for a few months. I know it will be fun as I get the chance to see most parts of the world through a cruise ship..
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Bomb hoax delays cruise ship off Florida (Reuters) 20100409082809
Reuters - A Carnival cruise ship was held off the Florida coast for several hours on Sunday while authorities searched the vessel and arrested a drunk passenger on bomb hoax charges, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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Titanic cruise 20100404074058
Ok, I was joking about the hypothetic participants to the Titanic Cruise, but in reality I think: - it should be a vacation and not a sad memorial experience, in my modest opinion this is not useful - it won't be a very good deal considering the traces the cruise ship left in the possible cruise buyers - a cruise should be an exchange of happiness leaving our problems at home for twelve or fifteen days - if they cry, the level of the ocean will be dangerous :arrow:.
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New York Auto Show: Test Driving the Chevy Volt 20100401091609
A few laps around a cruise-ship pier on Manhattan's West Side offered some sense of what drivers can expect from the Volt. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9c207b8f0efeeb637bf551171878cc3d&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9c207b8f0efeeb637bf551171878cc3d&p=1"/></a> 
Source: NYT > Automobiles Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company

Rogue Waves and a Mediterranean Cruise-Ship Disaster 20100331102245
For centuries, mariners have told tales about sudden stories-high waves that emerged out of the open ocean without warning, strong enough to topple even large ships. Fact or fiction?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/scienceandhealth/~4/F86ji36otQY" height="1" width="1"/>
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Why the Spike in Cruise Ship Illness This Year? 20100319074502
Celebrity Mercury to get 72-hour cleaning after third straight outbreak at sea. MV Celebrity Mercury - Cruise ship - Travel - Recreation - Specialty Travel [url=http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=a1a7119d924dea6e5c63e0fa748e7b56]Read more...[/url].
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Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC (AP) 20100317083134
AP - Hundreds of passengers have taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina.
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Will the World's Largest Cruise Ship Sink or Swim? 20100307101618
With its biggest ship ever, Royal Caribbean plans to give travelers a more landlike trip
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Cruise travelers tell of deadly waves off Spain (AP) 20100306083228
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100304/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_mediterranean_cruise_ship_accident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100304/capt.bfd342dd771f49dea5ba0976c32fdc04.spain_mediterranean_cruise_ship_accident_vc110.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=PRGsBcrZ6EGPMsQn5fgShw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Passenger Margit Kohe Ternes of Germany talks to reporters after getting off the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty cruise ship, background, at Barcelona's port, Spain, on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Waves of up to 26 feet (8 meters) high smashed into the Mediterranean cruise ship flooding people's cabins and breaking windows in an ordeal that claimed two lives. The ship was carrying 1,350 passengers and 580 crew. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Mediterranean was heaving as the 68-year-old Italian stood in the cruise ship lounge. A moment later a monstrous wave shattered the windows and sent shards into her head, leaving her bleeding on the floor and calling out for her husband. 
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More people sick on SC cruise ship that had virus (AP) 20100306083228
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100305/ap_on_re_us/us_cruise_sick_passengers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100305/capt.3bac6b8cfcaf42e7bf2ae3c72d9ed497.cruise_sick_passengers_ny121.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=8dae4rO4fToaX8PcJuFZgg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="FILE - In a Friday, February 26, 2010 file photo, the cruise ship Celebrity Mercury is seen docked at the South Carolina State Ports Authority passenger terminal in downtown Charleston S.C. More passengers are sick with a stomach bug aboard Celebrity Mercury, the same cruise ship hit by a virus on its previous trip from South Carolina. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Friday, March 5, 2010 that 55 of the nearly 1,900 passengers on board the Celebrity Mercury reported had fallen ill. It sailed from Charleston on Feb. 27 after a one-day delay to allow a crew to sanitize the ship following its previous voyage. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Passengers have again fallen ill with a stomach bug aboard a cruise ship hit by a virus last month on its previous trip from South Carolina. 
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World Briefing | Europe: 2 Killed as Huge Waves Hit Cruise Ship in Mediterranean 20100305192703
Passengers on board a cruise ship that was hit by monstrous waves in the Mediterranean described scenes of pandemonium as water shattered windows and poured through the vessel.
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Huge wave kills 2 on cruise ship in Mediterranean (AP) 20100303183029
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100303/ap_on_re_eu/eu_mediterranean_cruise_ship_accident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100303/capt.e4d063bd3ac4480ea706a57e8faf1377.france_cruise_ship_gfx337.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=16JYH_Dwr1RhNxQfISUdWw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Map locates Marseilles, France, where a cruise ship was hit by a huge wave" border="0" /></a>AP - A 26-foot wave smashed into a cruise ship carrying nearly 2,000 people in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers, according to officials and news reports. 
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FBI investigating cruise ship death (AP) 20100222081613
AP - The FBI is investigating the death of a 32-year-old woman found in her room on a cruise ship.
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Has anyone been on the easy cruise 20100202074037
so its not "easy cruise" rather a cruise ship called EasyCruise?.
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