By Royal Appointment… The Queen grants Royal Warrant to Hebridean Island Cruises

Queen of United Kingdom (as well as Canada, Australia, and other Commonwealth realms) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

Luxury small ship cruising company Hebridean Island Cruises has unveiled a plaque on board Hebridean Princess to celebrate being granted a Royal Warrant by Her Majesty The Queen.

The warrant – for the provision of Cruise Holidays – came into effect from January 1, 2012.  Hebridean Island Cruises will be the only travel brand currently with a Royal Warrant from The Queen.

The 50-guest Hebridean Princess is the world’s smallest luxury cruise ship offering unique 4-to-10 night itineraries in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Ireland.  The Five-Star Hebridean Princess has been chartered on two separate occasions by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and members of her family (in 2006 and 2010).

For information or reservations, contact The Cruise People, Ltd, at 1-800-961-5536 or e-mail cruise@thecruisepeople.ca

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Is STX France Slightly Confused About Its Own 150-Year History?

 

The 139,400-ton MSC Divina, one of eleven St Nazaire-built MSC ships, is 1,094 feet long and carries 3,500 lower-berth passengers

When STX France handed over the MSC Divina to MSC Cruises at St Nazaire on last Saturday, she became the eleventh St Nazaire-built ship to be owned by the Naples-based cruise line. General manager Laurent Castaing was quoted as saying that “MSC Divina is the eleventh ship in just over ten years that our shipyard has built which is operated by MSC Cruises. Her sister ship MSC Preziosa, currently under construction, will become the twelfth ship.” True as far as it goes, although two of those ships had been delivered to the now defunct Festival Cruises and then acquired by MSC. Castaing then went on to say that “Throughout our 150-year history never before have so many vessels been built for one shipowner, and this is a record that deserves to be highlighted.” It’s just too bad his facts were wrong.

The 83,423-ton Normandie, one of twenty-two St Nazaire-built CGT ocean liners, was 1,029 feet long and carried 2,000 passengers

As is so often the case these days, researchers appear not to have done their work properly, putting Castaing into the embarrassing position of quoting their inaccuracies. Why? Because the St Nazaire yards built twice as many ships for the famous Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, also known as the French Line. Starting with the s.s.France of 1865 and finishing with the last s.s. France of 1962, St Nazaire built twenty-two passenger liners for CGT. These included some of the most famous Transatlantic liners of their day – Paris (1921), Ile de France (1927),Lafayette (1930), Champlain (1932) and Normandie (1935). STX France itself is the successor to two shipyards, Chantiers de Penhoët and Chantiers de la Loire, which were merged in 1955 to form Chantiers de l’Atlantique.

While MSC Cruises is a big customer for STX, in recent years the shipyard has also completed RMS Queen Mary 2,Crystal Serenity and the eight Renaissance ships and is now building Europa 2 for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.

Meanwhile, for anyone wanting to cruise in a French ship these days we offer Compagnie du Ponant, with itineraries worldwide on three small ships, and CMA CGM, with cargo-passenger services worldwide on more than 65 container ships. Or, of course, you can book with MSC Cruises! For further details please call The Cruise People Ltd in London on 020 7723 2450 or e-mail cruise@cruisepeople.co.uk or in North America at 1-800-961-5536 or cruise@thecruisepeople.ca

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New Trans-At Freighter Service

Several people shopping for trans-Atlantic space in 2012 have found most ships sold out.

Here is a new product, hot off the press, which may have availability.

If you are interested, I strongly suggest acting quickly before she fills.

MV RIO MADEIRA
Northern Europe to/from eastern USA.
28-day round trip which means a sailing every 28 days.
Itinerary – New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Le Havre, Southampton, New York

Cabotage (and Jones Act) restrictions require all passenger voyages to include an ocean crossing. Segments are available subject to cabotage and availability.
Passengers accepted from age 6 to 79.

Since this is a freighter, the USA requires all passengers to obtain a B1/B2 visa unless travelling under a Canadian or US passport.

There are only two cabins so space will go quickly.

Please contact Fred Cherney of The Cruise People, Ltd. at 1-800-961-5536 ext 22 or e-mail fcherney@freighters.ca for details.

SEVEN SEAS NAVIGATOR Refurbishment

Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ 490-guest, all-suite Seven Seas Navigator is in drydock, signalling Phase Four of the line’s fleet-wide Seven Seas Signature enhancement initiative.

The two-week renovation will encompass a complete redecoration of the ship’s eight Grand Suites and Master Suites and the debut of Sette Mari at La Veranda, an intimate Italian dining experience offering both buffet and a la carte service. Phase Four underscores Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ ongoing commitment to delivering the most sought-after, all-inclusive luxury travel experience.

“We are constantly looking for ways to enhance and evolve the Regent Seven Seas experience, from small touches to major renovations,” stated Mark Conroy, the line’s president. “Whether our guests are strolling the refreshed teak Pool Deck or enjoying a Porterhouse steak in the expanded Prime 7, they will feel the subtle luxury and unparalleled comfort of these enhancements throughout.”

The ship’s Grand Suites and Master Suites will be completely renovated featuring new built-in cabinetry, custom-crafted furnishings, as well as new headboards and bedding, balcony furniture, plush carpeting and designer accessories. All Navigator Suites will be refreshed with new plush carpeting and wall coverings.

Concierge-level Suites and above will have modern amenities such as illy coffeemakers, along with a range of new perks and privileges, including priority shore excursion and restaurant reservations, and enhanced amenities, as the program is rolled out starting May 30, 2012. All suites will benefit from new teak on all of the ship’s balconies for an added dose of luxury and comfort.

La Veranda, the ship’s popular breakfast and lunch buffet venue, Sette Mari at La Veranda will welcome dinner guests with an extensive menu of authentic antipasti and Italian specialty dishes. Guests can choose a selection of items from the buffet and also order al momento (cooked to order). Al fresco dining is also available so guests can dine under the stars.

Additional public room enhancements include enlarging Prime 7, the ship’s modern American-style steakhouse, to accommodate 60 diners. A new contemporary sculpture at its entrance will set a warm, relaxed tone. The popular Galileo Lounge will also be renewed and redecorated.

As part of the ship’s fresh new look, ultra-plush carpeting will be installed throughout the public spaces. Passengers who enjoy leisure pursuits will find enhanced and refreshed spaces on Deck 12 including updated saunas at the Canyon Ranch SpaClub®, while the luxurious teak-covered pool area on Deck 10 will have renewed surfaces.

Seven Seas Navigator emerges from dry-dock on May 30, 2012, with a seven-night voyage from Vancouver to Seward, Alaska.

To receive a brochure or for more information on Regent Seven Seas Cruises, contact The Cruise People at 1-800-961-5536 or e-mail cruise@thecruisepeople.ca

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Salvage Work Begins on Costa Concordia

Costa Concordia Polski: Statek pasażerski Costa Concordia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Work to salvage Costa Concordia, which stranded off the island of Giglio on the Tuscan coast on Friday the 13th of January, taking with her 32 lives (one in every 132 on board), is set to begin in days, it was announced on Friday. Leading the project will be Titan Salvage of Pompano Beach, Florida, part of the Crowley Group, who along with Italian partner Micoperi, were awarded the contract last month to refloat and remove the crippled 114,147-ton ship. Since its founding in 1980, Titan has performed more than 350 salvage and wreck removal projects.

An evaluation team with representatives from Costa Crociere, Carnival Corporation & plc, London Offshore Consultants and Standard P&I Club, along with classification society RINA and shipbuilders Fincantieri selected the final plan. Key to the winning Titan-Micoperi bid was the proposal to remove the wreck in one piece to minimise environmental damage on Giglio.

The project is expected to take about a year and will be divided into four stages. The fuel has already been removed as part of Costa’s commitment to minimize the environmental impact of the shipwreck.

The process will involve the construction of a platform below sea level and attaching watertight caissons to the ship’s side above water. Two cranes attached to the platform will then pull the ship upright, aided by the water-filled caissons. Once the ship is up on the platform, more caissons will be attached to the other side of the hull. The caissons on both sides of the ship will then be drained and filled with air. Once refloated, the wreck will be towed to an Italian port for processing in accordance with Italian regulations.

Finally, the sea bottom will be cleaned and marine flora replanted after the Concordia is removed. The refloating plan prioritises safety and the protection of Giglio’s economy and tourism industry. As well, salvage workers are not expected to have an adverse impact on the availability of hotel rooms for Giglio’s summer trade as the project’s operating base with be located on the mainland.

Also last week, Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia, was declared unfit for command by Italy’s top appeals court. In a written explanation of its decision to maintain his house arrest order, the Court of Cassation said he had shown “little resilience in performing command functions or in handling responsibility for the safety of persons under his care.”

Investigators accused Schettino of delaying evacuation and losing control of the operation, during which he abandoned ship before all 4,229 passengers and crew had been taken off the vessel. He has been charged with multiple manslaughter, causing the accident and abandoning ship prematurely.

Finally, concurrent with the latest salvage announcement on Friday, the Italian Maritime Investigative Body presented to the International Maritime Organisation in London the initial findings of its investigation into the Costa Concordia grounding and capsizing. The main problem, according to them, was that it took more than an hour after the ship hit the rocks for the emergency signal to be sounded

In the words of the Financial Times, “Elisa Giangrasso, an Italian coastguard officer, described to gasps from the audience how the vessel set a course to pass close to Giglio, strayed half a mile off course and then ran at speed into a shoal of rocks.”

Half a nautical mile is a little over three ship’s lengths, or perhaps a more revealingly, more than twenty-five ship’s breadths off course.

Kevin Griffin is managing director of The Cruise People Ltd in London, England. This article appeared in cybercruises.com

LiveJournal Tags: Francesco Schettino,Costa Concordia salvage

Voyages of Discovery – Summer 2013

 Voyages of Discovery is looking ahead to summer 2013 with a new brochure featuring more unique itinerary choices and special interest cruises in its two ships and a special offer for guests who book early.

The new Summer 2013 Cruise Collection features exciting itineraries with more than 22 new ports of call on cruises on the 550-passenger Voyager , which joined the fleet at the end of 2012, and the 650-passenger Discovery, which is undergoing extensive refurbishments to feature 86 percent outside accommodations and 35 suites – 30 with outside balconies. Both ships will offer comfort and space while maintaining the ability to access the remote, out-of-the-way ports that are at the center of Voyage of Discovery’s destination-led cruising.

Guests who book from the 2013 Summer brochure by July 31, 2012 will receive 15% off the early booking fares. All fares cited are per person, based on double occupancy, and subject to availability.

For the first time, Voyages of Discovery will have two ships sailing into the same regions, offering travellers a wider selection of itineraries. Both Discovery and Voyager launch the 2013 summer season with round-trip cruises from London, England to the British Isles, Northern Europe and the Baltic. Discovery will also sail in Russia’s White Sea region, overnighting at the rarely visited Solovetsky Islands during a 19-day Summer Solstice & White Sea cruise that sails roundtrip from London, departing June 16; fares start at US$2,804.

Both ships will sail into the Mediterranean regions in the autumn, with itineraries that include visits to new ports such as Valencia, Spain; Sibenik, Croatia; Patmos, Kavala and Thessaloniki, Greece; and Monaco.

Black Sea explorations have consistently been very popular so both Discovery and Voyager will be visiting that region with itineraries that are sure to sell out quickly:

• Treasures of the Black Sea: Sites of conquests that resulted in religious and political change abound on a 12-day cruise on Discovery departing Istanbul Oct. 17, 2013 and calling in Trabzon; Sochi and Novorossiysk, Russia; Yalta, Sevastopol and Odessa, Ukraine; and Canakkale, Turkey before arriving in Bodrum. Fares from $1,784.

• In the Wake of the Argonauts: Discover sites from Greek mythology, Russian palaces and cities that were once behind the Iron Curtain on an 11-day cruise in Discovery departing Athens Oct. 7, 2013 and calling at Volos; Canakkale, Turkey; Nesebur, Bulgaria; Odessa, Sevastopol and Yalta, Ukraine; and Istanbul. Fares from $1,529.

• The Legendary Black Sea: Voyager traces the history of the Black Sea region and visits ancient ports along the legendary coastline while sailing roundtrip from Istanbul on a 14-day cruise that departs Oct. 8, 2013. Port calls include Nesebur, Odessa, Sevastopol, Yalta, Feodosiya, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Batumi and Trabzon. Fares begin $2,039.

Discovery also takes guests on a 23-day Grand Mediterranean and Black Sea Discovery voyage that departs Sept. 25. Fares from $2,974.

Other summer 2013 itineraries include:

• Mediterranean Odyssey: Blend the cosmopolitan and the classic on a 13-day cruise in Discovery,  departing Barcelona Sept. 25, 2013 and calling in Portoferraio, Trapani and the new port calls in Monaco, Bastia and Syracuse before arriving in Athens. Fares from $1,529 – less than $125 per day!

• Baltic Classics & Tall Ships Race: 15-day round-trip cruise in Discovery from London, departing July 23, 2013 and calling in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, overnight in St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Sassnitz, Kiel Canal transit and a call in Szczecin, Poland just in time for the legendary Tall Ships Race and the Golden Age of Sail. Fares from $2,039.

• Celtic Footprints & The Edinburgh Tattoo: Delve deep into the history, heritage and tradition of cultural cities, palaces and castles while visiting legend-haunted islands, dramatic seascapes and breathtaking landscapes on this 13-day roundtrip cruise from London in Discovery. Departing Aug. 6, 2013, the cruise calls at St. Helier, Plymouth, Dublin, Greenock, Portree, Stornaway, Lerwick, Kirkwall, Scrabster and Rosyth. Fares from $1,869.

In addition to two “Footloose” walking-themed cruises accompanied by expert tour guides on Iconic Norwegian Fjords (Aug. 18, 2013) and Celtic Treasures (May 25, 2013), Voyages of Discovery’s expanded selection of special interest cruises for summer 2013 includes the following:

• A Baltic Symphony: A 14-day round-trip musically themed cruise in Discovery from London departing May 22, 2013, this cruise features classical concerts, musical talks, tailored shore excursions and musical artists including the Auralio String Quartet. Calls in Copenhagen, Turku, Tallinn, St. Petersburg (overnight), Gdynia and Warnemunder, as well as a Kiel Canal transit. Fares from $1,869.

• French Connoisseur: This 10-day wine appreciation cruise on Voyager sails round-trip from London, departing June 2, 2013. Wine expert Jilly Goolden leads the wine-related discovery, with calls in Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Nantes and Rouen and the chance to tour vineyards and wine makers, including the famed Grand Cru classe chateaux in Bordeaux. Fares from $1,359.

Both Voyager and Discovery offer the line’s signature elements of distinctive itineraries that blend world-class sites with smaller “hidden gems” and longer port stays.  Fares include a distinguished guest speaker programme, enrichment workshops, all meals including cocktail parties and gala dinners, entertainment, and service fees for onboard bar and spa purchases.

Contact The Cruise People, Ltd. for more information on Voyages of Discovery.

LiveJournal Tags: Discovery,Voyager,cruise 2013

S.S. Keewatin’s Repatriation to Canada Next Month

by Kevin Griffin, managing director of The Cruise People’s London office

The 105-year-old steamship, thought to be  the last surviving Edwardian
passenger liner, is due to be towed out  of the Kalamazoo River at Douglas,
Michigan, her home for the past  forty-five years, on about June 2.

She will then  be taken up Lake  Michigan to lay over at the old Michigan State
Ferries dock at   Mackinaw City (the ferries went out of service when the bridge
was opened  across  the Strait).

On or about June 20, she will depart for her final tow  to Port McNicoll.

Keewatin is scheduled to  arrive at Port McNicoll at 3 pm on Saturday, June
23, one hundred  years to the day after her first departure from that port.
Although  she and sister ship, Assiniboia, had been built in 1907, Canadian
Pacific  moved its main Great Lakes base of operations from Owen Sound  to
Port McNicoll  in 1912.

As a 17-year-old, I worked from Port  McNicoll as a waiter in sister  ship
Assiniboia, in her last year of  passenger service before enrolling at
university. The following year,  with the passenger service gone, I was
posted  out to Princess  Patricia, working from Vancouver to Alaska.

Both ships were built at Govan,  forty-two years apart. As my family emigrated to Canada on board Canadian Pacific’s Empress of Canada (ii), ex-Duchess of Richmond, and with  Keewatin being the last surviving Canadian Pacific passenger ship,  in whose  sister I worked, I have a particular interest in this voyage so I will  keep you posted.

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Oceania Cruises’ Riviera Confirms Positioning in the Market

by Kevin Griffin writing for cybercruises.com

Oceania Cruises’ Riviera, a sister ship of  Marina delivered in January 2011, was christened in Barcelona on Friday. At 66,084 tons, she would have been one of the largest in the world two decades ago, but is now just a footnote in an age where cruise ships have exceeded 225,000 tons and carry more than 6,000 passengers. In fact, more than 100 cruise ships exceed the size of these two sisters.

But those big ships, with all their children’s attractions (and we know that some adults are just grown up children), are much more like fun fairs than the cruise we used to know.

Riviera and her sister ship, however,are built on a more human scale, retaining their attachment to the sea. They are not like the big ships, travelling engineering marvels. But they are sophisticated.

As in days of yore, these ships exude quality on board and offer a quality cruising experience, reminiscent of the type of thing New Yorkers used to experience in Home Lines’ Oceanic, the first large purpose-built cruise ship, and Holland America Line’s once Transatlantic liner Rotterdam in the 1960s and 70s, and Brits knew with P&O’s traditional Canberra and Oriana, while both sides shared Cunard Line’s Caronia.

Riviera and Marina are very similar in dimensions if not in tonnage to these well-remembered ships, much as if this style of ship has returned after half a century:

Oceania Cruises has furthermore pulled a brilliant coup by positioning their ships as upper premium rather than utra-luxury. This means that it is easier to exceed passengers’ expectations when the ships’ position in the market is understated.

This formula has won the day for Oceania and the proof of it is in the 2012 issue of the Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Not only has Marina, the first of the twins, scored highly, achieving a full five stars and 1701 points out of 2000, but she has eclipsed her own supposedly more upmarket stablemates over at Regent Seven Seas Cruises, the all-inclusive arm of Prestige Cruise Holdings.

Ironically, I’m sure this is not what Prestige intended but the three Regent ships have been given only four-plus stars and an average of 1633 points out of 2000.

The reviews for both of the new ships have been consistently good, with the only criticism being that unlike the traditional cruise ships named above the new sisters have no walkaround promenade deck. However, the new Oceania sisters measure an impressive 52.8 tons per passenger, offering about a third more space per passenger compared to the average of about 40 on most contemporary ships to-day.

Riviera will offer a total of twenty Mediterranean cruises before heading for her new home port of Miami in November. Meanwhile, with two new ships now delivered to Oceania, it was reported that the top executives from both Prestige Cruise Holdings and the Italian shipbuilders Fincantieri who built the latest pair, were back on board Riviera negotiating the next newbuilding for Regent Seven Seas.

LiveJournal Tags: Canberra,Home Lines,Rottterdam,Oceanic,Caronia,Riviera,Marina

Holland America’s Maasdam Opens Montreal Cruise Season; Record 55,500 Cruise Passengers Expected in 2012, Up 46% on 2011

by thecruisepeople

CRUISE PASSENGER NUMBERS EXPECTED TO LEAP 46% IN 2012

Montreal’s 2012 cruise season, which starts this Saturday with the arrival of Holland America Line’s Maasdam at Alexandra Pier, will set a record: 55,500 passengers are expected to visit Montreal, up 46% over last season. From May 12 to October 24, 2012, 49,000 passengers are expected to transit through the passenger terminal during 35 scheduled international stopovers, and a further 6,500 passengers will embark on domestic cruises, primarily for the Gaspé and the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St Lawrence. Pictured above is Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Symphony, which will operate a 7-night round-trip cruise from Montreal on September 30.

“I am absolutely thrilled by these results that show a very promising future for Montreal’s international cruise industry as well as significant economic spinoffs for the city,” said Sylvie Vachon, president and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority, at a press conference held this morning at Iberville Passenger Terminal.

“The success of the 2012 cruise season isn’t a coincidence. Those involved in this rapidly developing industry have joined forces on the Montreal Cruise Committee and have established the success of this sector as a major priority,” said the Hon Charles Lapointe, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tourisme Montréal.

Led by Tourisme Montréal and the Montreal Port Authority, the Montreal Cruise Committee brings together Aéroports de Montréal, the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, the Old Port of Montreal Corporation, the Hotel Association of Greater Montreal, the City of Montreal, Casino de Montréal and the Société de développement commercial du Vieux-Montréal. The committee is also supported by the Ministère du Tourisme du Québec. The 2012 cruise season should generate about $14 million in economic benefits.

For more information on cruising to or from Montreal and Quebec as well as New England call The Cruise People Ltd in London on 020 7723 2450 or e-mail cruise@cruisepeople.co.uk in North America call 1-800-961-5536 or e-mail cruise@thecruisepeople.ca

LiveJournal Tags: Montreal,St. Lawrence,Maasdam,Crystal Symphony

Miami Lands Yet Another Cruise Line

by Kevin Griffin of The Cruise People writing in cybercruises.com

MSC Cruises will change its Florida seasonal base port from Fort Lauderdale to Miami for the cruise season starting in late 2013. The Italian-based line will operate its newest ship, the 3,500-berth MSC Divina, from Miami between November 2013 and May 2014, although MSC Poesia will still sail from Port Everglades in 2012-13.

In announcing the move last week, MSC Cruises’ US president Rick Sasso also intimated that another MSC ship could well follow and that having a year-round MSC ship in North America was not entirely out of the question.  MSC Divina will become the largest ship in the MSC Cruises fleet when she delivers in Marseilles on May 26, featuring a separate 69-suite first-class zone called The Yacht Club, with exclusive forward views from its lounge atop the bridge.

This is the second such announcement in two weeks as earlier this month Norwegian Cruise Line revealed that it would be basing its own new 4,000-berth Norwegian Getaway at Miami year-round from her introduction in 2014. When she arrived, the 144,000-ton ship will become the largest ship to use Miami as her home port. Sister ship Norwegian Breakaway will be based at New York year-round from spring 2013.

Since losing Oasis and Allure of the Seas to Fort Lauderdale in 2009, Miami has been striving hard to make up for the loss of the world’s largest cruise ships. Even so, it has handled more than four million passengers for four years in a row now, a number that is expected to reach four and a half million by 2014.

Royal Caribbean’s choice of Fort Lauderdale as base port for its Oasis and Allure of the Seas ended the decades-old rule that Miami, with its 3-, 4- and 7-day cruises, was mass market while Fort Lauderdale, with its Round-the-World and Transatlantic liners, was upmarket. And the recent changes have only served to change this even more.

Three brand-new ships are set to start sailing from Miami later this year – the 3,030-berth Celebrity Reflection and 3,690-berth Carnival Breeze, operated by lines that are indicated in their names (echoing the days when tankers were all called Esso this or Texaco that), as well as Oceania Cruises’ new 1,259-berth Riviera. All three will sail from Miami this winter, and with Carnival Breeze becoming the largest ship to be based in Miami, at least until Norwegian Getaway arrives in 2014.

Also new to Miami will be Regent Seven Seas, which will bring two ships to the port next winter. Regent previously sailed from Port Everglades, but they will now share a dedicated Miami terminal with stable mates Oceania Cruises. Disney Cruise Line will also base its 1,750-berth Disney Wonder in Miami for the first time from December through May 2013, operating on 4- and 5-night itineraries. And Crystal and Cunard made the move to Miami some time ago now.

One thing going in Miami’s favour of course is that all of Carnival Cruise Lines, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruises are based there, as are Prestige Cruises’ Oceania and Regent brands.

LiveJournal Tags: Oasis of The Seas,Allure of The Seas,Carnival Breeze,Disney Wonder,Riviera,Celebrity Reflection,Norwegian Getaway,MSC Divina,MSC Poseia