Cruise trends: Bigger ships, more food, spa options

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The economy may be sailing slowly these days, but that hasn’t stopped South Florida’s cruise lines, which are introducing a half-dozen new ships.
Do these new superliners really offer anything “new”? Sure, they all have the amenities that have become cruise basics: multiple pools, children’s area, spa, gym, luxury beds. But the newest [...]

In the cruise forecast: great deals

What are the hot trends in cruising? How will fuel costs affect the prices you pay? And what sort of stateroom do the experts book? For a winter cruising forecast, we tapped the expertise of Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor of CruiseCritic.com, the Web’s largest interactive guide to cruising. The site covers nearly 300 cruise ships, more [...]

Luxury and Privacy on Megaships

It’s always interesting how “old” ideas come back and are presented as groundbreaking… One example I can think about is private luxurious areas on big cruise ships.
Introduced a few years ago on some NCL ships, garden villas offer a private patio with pool shared among only a few luxurious cabins. So while everybody has to [...]