caribbean cruise News

SeaDream Yacht Club has just introduced what is most likely the first-ever “Raw Food” menu for cruise lovers. The “living foods” or “raw foods” movement was once considered to be a radical form of vegetarianism, but it is slowly being accepted by the mainstream culinary world.

Ultra-luxurious Silversea Cruises has for years specialised in creating unique meetings and unmatched corporate reward programmes and the cruise line has now rolled out a new programme to help businesses reduce costs without compromising on quality.

Royal Caribbean has announced its winter schedule called Vision of the Seas for the 2012-13 season in the Caribbean.

Windstar Cruises’ fleet of three luxury sailing yachts explore the most hidden coves and secluded harbours of the seven seas. The company has now announced that phase one of a major refurbishment programme of its yacht Wind Surf has been completed.

Members of the Royal family will commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next year by touring the world. If they can do it, why can’t you? With Royal Caribbean every cruise lover can now follow in the Royal footsteps and embark on a world adventure during the Royal Jubilee year.

What better antidote can there be for the cold, gloomy weather of the Northern Hemisphere during the winter season than a cruise to an exotic and above all hot location?

The 2052-passenger Carnival Cruises ship Carnival Paradise has arrived in Tampa from where it will, in future, offer a year-round schedule of four and five-day cruises to the Western Caribbean. So if it is Paradise you are after, you know where to head for your next cruise.

Fred Olsen is offering exceptional discounts on the final two Caribbean cruises of its cruise liner Braemar after Christmas. The ship will be moved to the UK for the 2012/13 season, so this will be the last time you can buy a bargain Caribbean cruise holiday for quite a while.

Let’s face it: there are not many 4- and 5-day cruises to the Bahamas or the Caribbean. In fact there is only one company offering this option: Carnival Cruises. The company launched their Bahamas/Caribbean programme on Monday 7th November with the departure of Carnival Ecstasy from Port Canaveral.

If you are lucky enough to be on board Boudicca in January when it embarks on a 36-day Caribbean cruise you will regularly rub shoulders with three sporting legends that represent two of the UK’s most popular sports – football and darts.

Let’s face it: cruising is about having fun. Whether you’re cruising on board a mega cruise liner or a small, intimate yacht, you’re most probably not doing it to morosely ponder the increase in your bank overdraft over the last few years.

If you have been following the mixed fortunes of the British team at the current rugby World Cup, you most likely know a little bit about the other teams taking part in the competition. You would, however, be forgiven if you have never heard of the Ventura Vikings. You might also be oblivious to the fact that the team is currently preparing for its fourth Caribbean season.

It seems that most Britons do not know whether it is illegal to kill their mother-in-law while cruising with her in the Bahamas or swim naked while sailing through the Panama Canal.

Voyages of Discovery has just announced a brand new 2012/13 winter programme involving the company’s new ship mv Voyager as well as the old stalwart mv Discovery. It involves various new itineraries and the two sister ships will dock at seven new ports: Paraty, George Town in the Cayman Islands, Praia da Vitoria, Mahon, Santos, Belem and Macapa.

If you have always fancied a journey through the Panama Canal or a cruise to the Caribbean, Princess Cruises has exactly what you want in their 2012/13 itineraries. The company will embark on an array of cruises to these exciting locations from both Galveston, Texas and Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2012 and 2013.

Carnival Cruises has made some fun changes to the company’s Facebook page to inspire would-be cruise passengers to get in the Caribbean mindset. It also offers visitors a first peak at their new “Fun Ship” the Carnival Breeze.

When Princess Cruises’ 1950-passenger cruise liner Dawn Princess arrived in the port of Puntarenas in Costa Rica it signalled the dawn of the new cruise season for the country.

When Swan Hellenic recently carried out a survey among passengers, it was found that the majority of them – 81% to be precise – preferred classical music.

A new cruise route has opened up between Yucatan, Mexico and the Cayman Islands. The first cruise embarked on the 2nd July 2011.

Carnival Cruise lines has announced its first ever full year of New York departures for 2012. The company’s cruise ship the Carnival Miracle will embark on a range of different eight-day cruises to the Bahamas and the Caribbean from April 2012.

The West Indies has always been a popular destination for cruise lovers from all over the world. The only reason there would usually be a drop in passenger numbers is when airline fares become too expensive.

The gigantic Allure of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas are just two of the 13 Royal Caribbean ships that will cruise the Caribbean during the 2012/13 cruise season.

The hordes of U.S. reporters who were invited to attend the christening of Carnival Magic have so far been unusually quiet. In fact, very few of them have written anything about the event yet – and it is not because of the bank holidays either.

Royal Caribbean is spending a lot of money to make sure passengers find their cruise holidays a unique experience. By the end of this year, the company will have spent $70m upgrading five of their cruise liners to the latest international standards relating to children’s programmes, on-board entertainment and technological advancements.

A number of Celebrity Cruises’ top brass attended a ceremony in Germany this week that marked the first steel cutting for the fifth and final Celebrity Solstice class cruise liner.

Let’s face it: the cruise industry is not based on money generated by the poorest levels of society. People who can afford to travel usually have a fair amount of disposable income. However, the good news is that most cruise goers have a social conscience and the cruise companies they support are also doing their bit to help those who are less fortunate.

To get married on board a cruise ship must surely be many brides' fantasy. However, not all cruise ships have officials who are allowed to perform a wedding ceremony. Some cruise ships are simply better equipped than others when it comes to serving as a wedding venue.

Princess Cruises announced that it honoured a true ambassador of the company, former Love Boat Star Gavin Macleod, in a special way recently when it hosted a birthday party to celebrate his 80th birthday on the company’s Golden Princess cruise ship in Los Angeles.

With the arrival of Valentine’s day yesterday, love is certainly in the air. If you were on a cruise ship last night, it it likely that there was a Valentine’s ball.

Passengers calling at the Caribbean island of Dominica can boost their health and wellbeing, it has been claimed.