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Indecent proposal: Honeymoon cruisers fight for insurance claim

by Anita Dunham-Potter on February 19, 2010

Minnesota residents Kristen and Joe Wegleitner just wanted to start their October honeymoon off in grand style with a romantic 7-day Mediterranean voyage on Celebrity Cruises. Unfortunately things began to unravel when bad weather and a hodgepodge of missed airline flight connections forced the newlyweds to scuttle their cruise plans. Thankfully the couple had the foresight to purchase travel insurance and thought the claims process with Travel Guard would be hassle free. Or so the Wegleitners thought.

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Highly polished Silver Spirit

by Anita Dunham-Potter on January 22, 2010

“Champagne?” the tuxedoed waiter asks, “Yes, that would wonderful,” I reply. I have just boarded the brand-new Silver Spirit in Monte Carlo for its first sailing with passengers. The moment is surreal and a far cry from my previous voyage a few months earlier during Silver Spirit’s sea trials when the vessel was still under construction and where instead of champagne I shared breakfast pizza and espressos with the shipyard workers onboard.

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Disney’s cultured cruises for kids, in Europe

by Anita Dunham-Potter on October 23, 2009

Next year the Disney Magic will spend five months in Europe and gee whiz do they have a treasure trove of activities and tours planned for the kids from a treasure hunt in Tunisia to a grand ball in a real Russian palace.

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Costa Cruises new dynamic duo – Costa Luminosa and Costa Pacifica

by Anita Dunham-Potter on June 12, 2009

The Costa Luminosa and Costa Pacifica in Genoa, ItalyTake two Italian cruise ships, Italian food, Italian wine, Italian luxury and over-the-top Italian pomp and circumstance in the Italian city of Genoa and what do you get? A ‘fantastico’ experience. Such is the life when “Cruising Italian Style” aboard the brand-new Costa Luminosa and Costa Pacifica.

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