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Rogue Waves and a Mediterranean Cruise-Ship Disaster 20100315102257
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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Titanic cruise 20100315074056
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 Cruise Ship Loves Kids 20100315071313
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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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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Haiti cruise stops: 'Without this, we don't eat' (AP) 20100123083301
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100123/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_vacations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100122/capt.2c574382096f47538670825eaa93b0fa.haiti_vacations_papls102.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=TZmt6LiHIQw7QwvTiYciSw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Passengers from the Celebrity Cruises ship Solstice zipline in Labadee, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Cruise ships continue to stop at the Labadee resort after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship anchored just offshore this beautiful expanse of white sand Friday, vacationers stretched out on beach chairs in the sun, sipped cold beer and pina coladas with pineapple slices on the rim and listened to Haitian folk music. 
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Luxury Cruise Ship Docks On Private Haitian Beach, Just 60 Miles From Devastation (HuffingtonPost.com) 20100120083438
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/427247"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.fdefdedf4aab41b8a71671168caf0cf8.haiti_earthquake_xjh106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=JZ8XkMPJxQCj5S9dIlM2Zw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People crowd at a makeshift camp for earthquake survivors set up on a golf course in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti last week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>HuffingtonPost.com - BoingBoing reported this morning on a Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines ship that made its scheduled docking at a private beach. Though the cruise ship delivered 40 pallets of relief supplies while it docked, vacationers frolicked and held a barbecue on the private area, just miles from the devastation caused by the 7.0 earthquake last week. 
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Royal Caribbean's decision to dock ships at Haitian resort creates controversy (The Newsroom) 20100120083334
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100119/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1063"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100119/capt.photo_1263929927023-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=L2frx2bqSAQRLW9eNrF00g--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="Oasis of the Seas, the world biggest and most expensive cruise ship ever built arrives from Turku, Finland, at the ship's home port in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2009. Royal Caribbean International said Tuesday it will continue to dock as normal at an idyll in northern Haiti despite the deadly earthquake a week ago that devastated the Caribbean nation.(AFP/Juan Castro)" border="0" /></a>The Newsroom - By now, most of us have seen and heard about the profound devastation and suffering wrought upon Haiti last week after a massive earthquake. So you'd probably think there's no way that cruising tourists could have returned to frolicking on Haiti's beaches mere miles from where people are trapped beneath the rubble of a decimated city. Unfortunately, you'd be wrong. 
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Officials: Cruise ship passenger jumps overboard (AP) 20100102081610
AP - The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a cruise ship passenger who government officials say jumped overboard in the Bahamas.
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Photos: The Allure of the Oasis Cruise Ship 20091214101536
The largest cruise ship in the world, the Oasis of the Seas from Royal Caribbean goes through final preparations before setting sail. TIME photographer Andrew Kaufman gets a sneak peak at this floating city.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/photoessays/~4/Yzj2T3GF-pQ" height="1" width="1"/>
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Cheapest European cities to fly into and out of? 20091209074225
I live in Rome too and doing tours and shore excursions of ancient Rome I go sometimes to Ciampino airport (most of the times their Rome tour begins from their cruise ship at the port of Civitavecchia) and I have the occasion to pick up them after the baggage claim. The companies that Ron mentioned are all low cost companies and you can have your flight for very cheap: unfortunately those fares work only for European flights, and not for people coming from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean (USA, south America, Australia). Guiding them in a tour of Rome, (I do a Rome guided tour in english, french and spanish) I see that European tourists are much satisfied than american ones about their flight price (and companies say that the reason why the prices increased is the fuel price, but I don't understand why the fuel rate went down and the US Airways, Continental, American Airlines and Delta didn't).
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Oasis of the Seas: on board the world's largest cruise ship 20091206074633
Oasis of the Seas starts its maiden voyage on Saturday. Peter Hughes steps on board. [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/6716875/Oasis-of-the-Seas-on-board-the-worlds-largest-cruise-ship.html]Read more...[/url].
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In Transit: Berth of a Cruise Ship: World's Biggest Gets a Home 20091121194751
The Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, has a new home: Cruise Terminal 18, a huge complex that opened Nov. 8, at Port Everglades, Fla. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1f06acf69b9ded095f76d4036eec486f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1f06acf69b9ded095f76d4036eec486f&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2227"/>
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Cruising Back in Vogue This Winter 20091120074628
Gigantic Oasis of the Seas cruise ship puts travelers' sights back on the sea. CruiseShip - MS Oasis of the Seas - cruise - Travel - Recreation [url=http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=73955957552651045ab377989468f141]Read more...[/url].
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Cruise ship with 100 tourists stuck in Antarctica (AP) 20091117081715
AP - A Russian shipping company says one of its cruise ships carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists is stuck in the ice around Antarctica.
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World's biggest cruise ship arrives in Fla. port (AP) 20091113183052
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_world_s_largest_cruise_ship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.0f769f11eae74d4e80dc6ffaae5f4e8c.royal_caribbean_oasis_fllau101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=h5ObCjiwr.buPKdYUQ1buw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Royal Caribbean International's newest cruise ship, the highly-anticipated Oasis of the Seas, makes her U.S. debut into her homeport of Port Everglades Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.(AP Photo/Sun Sentinel, Josh Ritchie)" border="0" /></a>AP - The world's largest cruise ship has arrived in South Florida. 
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Sea sickness? 20091112074056
Although I have not sailed on cruise ships, I use ferries at least once a year, including a 10-hour ferry. I used to regularly get ill on ships but now I have two strategies which have prevented me from getting ill: [list:4f2ab2479a]I wear Sea Bands for the entire voyage. They are discrete wrist bands that apply a little acupressure to the Nei-Kuan point. I would not be surprised to learn that this is a placebo, but it works for me! I always ensure I do not get too hungry. An empty stomach is the worst thing to have when sailing - little chance of this on a cruise ship, I would think![/list:u:4f2ab2479a] It would be awful if you were ill on your honeymoon, so perhaps it is better to do something else. Have a great trip, whatever you decide!.
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How the World's Largest Cruise Ship Floats (LiveScience.com) 20091103182615
LiveScience.com - The world's largest cruise ship is making its first transatlantic crossing from Finland to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where it will make its U.S. debut. Though colossal, the ship relies on the same physical principles as its smaller brethren to stay afloat.
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Largest cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridge (AP) 20091102182931
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_re_eu/eu_world_s_largest_cruise_ship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091101/capt.f4d8b5337cf94399a5ec0dbf2d0acd92.britain_world_s_largest_cruise_ship_lon801.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=QGmtaYiyeMyy9HBNyJ3oBw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The Oasis of The Seas, the world's largest cruise ship clears a crucial obstacle, lowering its smokestacks, to squeeze under a bridge in the Baltic Sea, Denmark Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The Oasis of the Seas, which rises about 20 stories high, passed below the Great Belt Fixed Link with a slim margin as it left the Baltic Sea on Saturday on its maiden voyage to Florida. Five times larger than the Titanic, the ship has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a small golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. (AP Photo/Simon Brooke Webb)" border="0" /></a>AP - The world's largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark. 
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