Royal Caribbean

Airline snacking survey, iPads in every Royal Caribbean stateroom, air travel take-off and landing tax increase could affect small cities

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This past week, Hurricane Irene played havoc with cruise ships in the Caribbean, but there are many more reasons for cruise cancellations, early sailings, dropped ports and new port destinations than weather. Ned Levi reviews many of the potential problems of cruising and what you need to do to prevent or deal with them.

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With new smoking bans and restrictions on cruise ships in place and been announced to begin next year on several cruise lines, Ned Levi looks into the reasons the restrictions are being implement and why he believes they will remain in place, even though earlier attempts at restricting shipboard smoking were rescinded.

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Most cruise lines forbid bringing your own party on board in terms of alcoholic beverages. Royal Caribbean is upping the ante with the strictest rules.

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Ned Levi examines shipboard crime for cruisers in light of recent cases of sexual assault aboard cruise ships, and how cruisers might take personal responsibility for their safety by using awareness, “streetsmarts,” and commonsense.

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Project Sunshine for new cruise ship, rat problem on Alaska plane, Boeing planning on replacing the 737

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Baccarat, big money maker; Las Vegas Monorail, bankrupt; RCCL pledges $1M aid to Haiti

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Stacey and Jason Bandish were looking forward to some much needed sun and fun on their September Caribbean cruise. The Pennsylvania couple boarded Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas in Port Canaveral in a festive mood and felt at ease when they handed over all their luggage to the porter, which would later be delivered to their stateroom. As the ship headed off into the sunset the festive mood turned into frustration when their luggage never showed up.

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Cruise lines are scrambling to find new ways to top each other in the innovation stakes. Bigger ships and never-before-seen features are the shape of things to come on the high seas in 2010.

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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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