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Flight Centre and Webjet battle it out to give you the lowest airfares

Flight Centre and Webjet, two of Australia’s largest online travel booking sites, are engaged in a race to the bottom – and cruisers are among the winners. Both are comparison sites, but have taken different […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 13 2015
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The social media debate: are cruises gay friendly ?

The sad incident of a gay man jumping off Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas in the Bahamas and the truly shocking video now doing the rounds of sites like The Daily Mail Online has […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 11 2015
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SeaDream II cruises to Greece and Albania in 2016

  Get ready to explore the archaeological treasures of ancient Greece and Albania on a mega motor cruise. SeaDream has launched an amazing cruise itinerary with SeaDream II in June 2016 with enviable port calls […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 11 2015
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Queen Mary 2 to feature a refurbished Carinthia Lounge 

  Queen Mary 2’s Winter Garden will be rechristened and refurbished next year as Carinthia Lounge. In a recent announcement by Cunard, the new Carinthia Lounge will be part of Queen Mary 2’s multimillion pound […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 11 2015
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Sheriff report finds man jumped off Royal Caribbean ship

A man who fell from Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas was videoed by ship’s cameras talking about committing suicide, a Sheriff’s report has revealed. The Broward Sheriff’s Office in Port Everglades found that Bernadro […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 11 2015
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Shock video shows gay man plunge off Oasis of the Seas

A lawyer has accused Royal Caribbean staff of making anti-gay slurs against a Brazilian passenger who plunged into the sea around 1am last Friday morning. Footage has emerged of 35-year-old Bernardo Albaz falling into the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 9 2015
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Viking Cruises v Scenic v APT – do you dare to compare?

In adland, it’s known as “confusion marketing”. It’s why you can’t quite work out whether that great-sounding telephone plan really is better. And why health insurance schemes always seem the same, even though their ads […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Nov 6 2015
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A look at Harmony of the Seas at STX shipyard in France

Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas currently under construction is said to be the world’s largest cruise ship. The cruise liner released new photos of the ship’s construction at the STX shipyard in St. Nazaire, […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 6 2015
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CroisiEurope celebrates 40 years with 41 night river cruise

Europe’s leading river-cruise company CroisiEurope completes 40 years next year and to mark the special occasion, a 41-night river cruise on Europe’s iconic rivers has been launched. The family owned cruise liner is pulling all […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 6 2015
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Is this the end of cheap cruise deals?

If you’ve been thinking of booking a cruise deal, hurry! The days of rock bottom cruise fares could be coming to an end. Major lines are shifting their focus away from last minute deals and […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 6 2015
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Aussie cruise ship music festival cancelled citing potential risks

  Australia’s first ever electronic cruise ship festival ‘Sea N Beats’ has been cancelled disappointing many enthusiastic cruisers. The organisers recently made the announcement on the festival’s official website and Facebook page. “Australia’s first cruise […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 6 2015
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P&O celebrates the 2015 Melbourne Cup in style

Guests onboard P&O’s three iconic ships – the Pacific Jewel, Pacific Pearl and Pacific Dawn – celebrated this year’s Melbourne Cup in style. It was also a momentous occasion for Pacific Dawn as it was […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 6 2015
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