Waiting for prices to come down before booking Royal Caribbean’s much-ballyhooed Allure of the Seas? You could be waiting for some time. A year after its debut, the 225,282-ton vessel and its slightly older sister, Oasis of the Seas — the world’s largest cruise ships — continue to command significant price premiums versus most other [...]

Once derided as a vanity candidate, the Georgia Republican has laid the foundation for a serious early-state effort Newt Gingrich was in South Carolina on Tuesday, opening a new campaign office — bringing the total to five, manned by a paid staff of 10 — and stumping across the state. Next, he’ll be back in [...]

ALBANY -– Imagine spending most of your honeymoon sick and quarantined in a small stateroom aboard a cruise ship, that’s exactly what happened to local newlyweds who, along with dozens of other cruise-goers, got a virus onboard a Royal Caribbean ship last week.  Not only was their honeymoon ruined but the couple is not happy [...]

Cruise Loggers, have you entered your name in the cruise giveaway we’re holding this month to celebrate USA TODAY’s new cruise review site, VacationCruisesInfo.com? You have just one more day. The winner of the VacationCruisesInfo 2011 Cruise Giveaway, as we’re calling it, will receive a $3,000 cruise voucher good toward a sailing on a cruise [...]

Once derided as a vanity candidate, the surging Georgia Republican has laid the foundation for a serious early-state effort Newt Gingrich was in South Carolina on Tuesday, opening a new campaign office — bringing the total to five, manned by a paid staff of 10 — and stumping across the state. Next, he’ll be back [...]

A small cruise ship scheduled to visit the Hawaiian island of Molokai over the weekend was blocked by protesters worried about its impact. American Safari Cruises’ 36-passenger Safari Explorer canceled a stop at Molokai on Saturday after encountering protesters on boats and surfboards while approaching the island’s Kaunakakai Harbor. The vessel instead spent the day [...]

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Mickey and Donald will have some new company on Disney’s next cruise ship: The Muppets. Disney today announced that Kermit and the gang will be the subjects of a new adventure game aboard the 2,500-passenger Disney Fantasy, which debuts in March — the first time the Jim Henson-created characters have had a permanent presence on [...]

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Industry watchers say today’s bankruptcy filing by American Airlines should have little immediate impact on cruisers, despite the dominant role the company plays in flights to Miami — the world’s largest cruise hub. American is operating flight schedules and taking reservations as usual during the bankruptcy process, and it should be “business as usual” over [...]