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Did a Captain’s Showboating Cause the Costa Concordia to Sink

T.I. Cruiser — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:31:18 +0000

So as you all know, a cruise ship, the Costa Concordia ran aground over the weekend. While the term ran aground is the technically correct way to state what happened the end result was the sinking of the ship. The reason I think it is important to use the word “sink” is because it’s a [...]

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Dateline NBC to Air an Update to “Man Overboard” Update January 6

T.I. Cruiser — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:00:45 +0000

On July 5th 2005, sometime around 4:30am George Allen Smith IV went missing from Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas. It was supposed to be a honeymoon cruise for him and his wife Jennifer Hagel who had been married in late June. Instead of being a week of celebrating the start of a new union [...]

R. Kelly Set to Host the “Love Letter” Cruise

T.I. Cruiser — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:01:12 +0000

These days musical talent hosting cruises are all the rage. With the Jam Cruise, VH1′s Best Cruise Ever and of course the New Kids on the Block cruise all being incredibly successful another heavy hitter enters into the niche. Heavy Metal entered the theme cruise arena with their Kiss Kruise and now it looks like [...]

The Apple Ipad on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships

T.I. Cruiser — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:30:18 +0000

Always present on the cutting edge of cruise vacations sits Royal Caribbean. Say what you want about some of their borderline archaic policies, when it comes to bringing the “new-ness” to the seven seas there is not another cruise line that brings it home better than Royal Caribbean. Royal Caribbean’s newest announcement is just another [...]

Carnival Cruise Lines Tells Passengers to Tip More

T.I. Cruiser — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:30:34 +0000

Those of you planning to sail on Carnival Cruise Lines in the future may be in for a little surprise. An announcement has been made that Carnival Cruise Lines has increased the suggested amount they would like passengers to tip by about 15 percent. Starting with passengers departing on or after December 1 Carnival will be [...]