The wow factor is exactly what Celebrity Cruises is striving for on Eclipse. But before the line’s newest ship carried any paying passengers it was called to carry out a mission like no other.
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With seven themed neighborhoods, from the open air Central Park with live plants and trees to a Boardwalk with a Coney Island feel, including a carousel and a zip-line, Oasis of the Seas is so much more than the world’s largest cruise ship – it’s on another level and has changed the face of cruise travel. But will cruise travelers want to sail with 5,400+ passengers and pay high fares for the experience?
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Take 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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At this time of year, just about everyone devotes a column to predictions for the year ahead. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I can tell you the shape of things to come on the high seas in 2009: no fuel supplements (for now), massive tonnage, new luxury, greener ships, ship makeovers, and — would you believe? — zip-lining and a carousel.
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The new $750 million Celebrity Solstice has onboard features that will wow its passengers — a deck full of real grass and a live glass blowing show. But, the real story is the ship’s design — it’s chic, hip and unlike any cruise ship sailing today.
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High gasoline prices and a slumping economy have put a damper on leisure travel. The timing couldn’t be worse for the cruise lines. With 35 vessels on order over the next four years at a total cost of 22 billion some cruise lines are cutting back and repositioning their fleets, laying off employees, and holding off from ordering new ships.
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