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MSC / MSC Divina / transportation

Revealing the Five Famous Tastes of Italy that MSC Divina Offers to Cruise Passengers!

…coincide with moving the ship to be based year round in Miami sailing the Caribbean, MSC Cruises have added a series of partnerships with famous Italian Brands onto the MSC Divina . The goal was not only to reinforce their Mediterranean heritage but also to give North America passengers the exclusive opportunity to try classic tastes from Italy in the beauty of the Caribbean. Instead of having to take the hundred of thousands of passengers to Ita…

Cruise Ship / MSC / MSC Divina / transportation

Tips for Travellers for getting the most out of cruising on MSC Divina

…r. Miami is the world’s busiest cruise port and home of Carnival and Royal Caribbean. On any one day, particularly on weekends, you can see seven or eight ships in port. It’s a very competitive market. It’s a big move for MSC cruises to move the MSC Divina there. MSC cruises is the world’s fastest-growing cruise line. MSC actually stands for Mediterranean Shipping Company. Its background is in freight transportation and then the family who owns it…

Cruise Ship / MSC

Who is MSC Cruises Best For – and Why?

…as one of the larger players in the business. However, Carnival and Royal Caribbean still dominate cruising carrying, based on Cruise Market Watch estimates, over 70% of passengers. The Italian Aponte family created the line as a spin off from their privately owned Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which they had already built into a major sea freight operator. MSC Cruises is Mediterranean inspired and promises a “Mediterranean Way of Life” o…

Cruise Podcast

Cruising Tips 62: Getting Best Cruise Fare – Timing

…ve limited appeal. You can get a week cruising either the Mediterranean or Caribbean and an Atlantic crossing at low fares. Start and end of the season, especially out of school holidays. While you risk having mixed weather, prices will be lowest during these periods. Crossings at start and end of world cruises. These are better suited to people who can cope with rough seas as they usually travel the North Atlantic in the winter months. Competitiv…

Fred Olsen / Norway

A Week of the Unexpected on my Fred Olsen Fjords Cruise

…a routes in all weathers, and not just drift around the more accommodating Caribbean and Mediterranean waters in benevolent seasons. The Balmoral is almost 30 years old. It was built in 1988 and joined the Fred Olsen fleet in 2007 when it was extended and renovated. It had previously sailed as the “Crown Odyssey” and “Norwegian Crown” for Royal Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line and Orient Lines. I had cruised on the Anthem of the Seas the week be…

Cunard

Cunard World Cruise Week 4 Highlights (Guatemala to San Francisco)

…ing, the Caribbean and 007”, “60 Years of Secret War: The US, Cuba and the Caribbean” and “Oh, What a Lovely Pond: Pirates, Nazis, Commies, and Drugs and Thugs” (About the history of the Caribbean as a region for conflict between criminals and the authorities). John McCarthy. The British journalist that was held hostage for 1,943 days after being abducted in Beirut by Islamic Fundamentalists, spoke about his 5 years captive in Lebanon and another…

Azamara

Azamara Club Cruises Tips. 7 Things You Need To Know Before Cruising With Them.

…amara? Azamara is part of the Royal Caribbean group of cruise lines. Royal Caribbean operate obviously he Royal Caribbean line, Celebrity, they have Azamara and also a major stake in Silversea the ultra -luxury cruise and expedition line. Azamara operates in the upmarket mid to small ship cruise category, so they compete with lines like Oceania, Viking cruise line and lines like Windstar. All of their ships are what is known as R-class ships and t…

Cruise Tips And Advice

9 Best Ways To Cruise For Free

…er, if you take a look at the Royal Caribbean group of cruise lines (Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Azamara, Silversea) their loyalty programs, at the time of recording, as you build points lead to free cruises. Also, Norwegian Cruise Line, again at the time of recording, also you can build up to free cruises. The great thing about sticking to one cruise line and building up loyalty points with that cruise line is, whilst I may not lead to free cruis…

worst things about cruising

Cruise Tips

The 8 Downsides of Cruising and How To Deal With Them

…e, Monte Carlo, Livorno, Civitavecchia for Rome. And again, if you go on a Caribbean cruise, you’ll often go to the same ports repeatedly. So, if you cruise a lot it can get a little bit repetitive. Of course, you can switch things up by choosing different cruise lines, smaller ships or bigger ships to try and shake it up a bit, but there’s always a risk of experiencing repetitive itineraries. Itinerary changes One of the other downsides of cruisi…

cruise ships port miami

Cruise Tips

Cruise Shutdown: What To Do About Cruise Bookings and Plans

…val, P&O, P&O Australia… just loads of cruise lines; then you’ve got Royal Caribbean, which of course is Royal Caribbean, but also Silversea, Celebrity, Azamara… Then you’ve got Norwegian Cruise Line, which as well as as Norwegian, has Oceania and Regent Seven Seas. These are very big corporations, in fact I believe Carnival is not only the biggest cruise company, but the biggest travel company in the world. These are vast, complicated businesses…

9 Cruises You Must Book Well In Advance

Cruise Tips

9 Cruises That Are Best To Book In Advance

…have been a number of times on a Cunard Christmas cruise – they cruise the Caribbean every single year, and they’ve been doing it for decades. It goes out of New York, around the 21st, 22nd of December, and comes back to New York around the 3rd or 4th January. I met people when we first went on that cruise, that had been doing it since they were children, and they’re now in their 20s. Their family and extended family go every single year, and they…