Oasis of the Seas like a city in the ocean

The world's largest ocean liner is sailing the world.  Newsday describes it like this:"Sixteen decks, 24 dining options, seven themed neighborhoods and a rooftop zip line. An ice-skating rink, handcrafted carousel and the first Broadway production to be...

Amber Malkuch, Cruise Passenger Commits Suicide, Found Overboard

Amber Malkuch, a cruise ship passenger on board Holland America's ship the Zaamndam, was found overboard in what authorities believe to be a suicide. The 45-year-old woman was last seen ordering room service just after midnight and then she vanished, and a spokeswoman for...

Bruce O'Krepki Recent H.S. Graduate Falls Overboard From Ship

Update: May 27thThe search for Bruce O'Krepki ended on Tuesday night. There are eyewitness who report seeing  a  teenager jumping off the cruise ship Sunday night. After an exhaustive search effort to...

Port Call - Castaway Cay, Day 7

CASTAWAY CAY, BAHAMAS - Imagine a quiet private island in the Bahamas that comes to life only when a Disney Cruise ship arrives. A couple of times a week this small island has thousands of visitors, from around the...

Disney At Sea - Day 6

Five days on a cruise ship, can it get any more relaxing than this? Yes. Today is day six at sea with the Disney Magic and a there are a variety of ship based activities scheduled that include; art at sea,...

Port Call - Cozumel, Mexico

COZUMEL, MEXICO - The Westerly winds that caused our early departure from Grand Cayman yesterday created rougher seas as we traveled West to Cozumel, Mexico. During the night I realized why the sliding closet...

Port Call - Cayman Islands, Day 4

GRAND CAYMAN, British West Indies - After an all night journey we arrive at our destination just offshore of George Town, Grand Cayman. Grand Cayman is the largest, and most populous, of the three island country...

Magic at Sea - Day 3

Gulf of Mexico - As the sun comes up we skirt the coast of Northwest Cuba.  The Disney Magic glides through the calm, deep blue water on the way to the Cayman Islands.  We travel at 21.5 knots, or...

Philippine tourist traffic up despite global crisis-- DOT

With DOT's target of 3.5 million tourist arrivals this year and five million by 2010, the industry must expand total capacity in terms of physical infrastructure, room accommodations and manpower... "Local...

Port Call - Key West

KEY WEST, FLORIDA - This is day two of a seven day travel report from the Disney Cruise Line Magic. After a great night of feeling the gentile movement of the Disney Cruise ship Magic we arrive at our first port...

Disney Magic in the Caribbean

Join me on board the Disney Magic for a seven day cruise in the Western Caribbean.  We'll start at Port Canaveral, Florida and spend time at Key West, Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and Disney's own private island of...

New Zealand calls for Antarctic cruise reform

From my Blog Off Radar NewsThe Government of New Zealand is calling for tighter controls on cruise ships operating in the Antarctic, following the latest incident of the recent grounding of Quark Expeditions Ocean Nova.Foreign Minister Murray McCully has announced that New...

Violent Winds send Mediterranean Cruise Passengers into Sea

Palma del Mallorca, Spain - Cruise ship passengers have had to be rescued from the sea after stong winds caused a gangway to collapse on Thursday.  An eighty year old Egyptian man is being treated in the...

Cruise ships using Caribbean Sea as dump

Have you ever wondered what happens to all the waste collected while sailing through those pristine blue waters of a Caribbean cruise?  "These are floating cities that go back and forth through our waters,...

India test-fires supersonic cruise missile

India's military Tuesday tested a surface-to-surface version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which it had developed jointly with Russia.The missile was fired from the Pokhran range in the western desert state of Rajasthan, bordering Pakistan, that was also the site...

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