The Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Fantasy, has taken to the water for the first time. The 2,500-passenger vessel on Sunday was floated out from a dry dock in Germany where it has been under construction for more than a year — one of the last major milestones before its maiden voyage in [...]

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you worked onboard a cruise ship? Who wouldn’t want to travel to exotic lands, meet people and work in vacationland? It might be cool to be a cruise director or ship’s bartender like “The Loveboat’s” Julie McCoy or Isaac Washington.  In our recent “stupid cruise questions” [...]

The world’s love affair with cruising continued in 2011, with the industry drawing a record 16 million passengers from around the globe, up 6.6% from 2010. Last year, and in 2012, 20 more ships were delivered or are on order for delivery by the major players. The “supersizing” of the cruise industry comes about as [...]

2011 proved to be a successful year for the cruise industry, with cruise ships hosting a record breaking 16 million passengers worldwide. Already in 2012, the cruise industry experts Cruise Market Watch are predicting that the cruise industry will see a continued rise in passenger numbers and an increase in revenue. Passenger numbers are predicted [...]

We are family of four with two children ages 8 and 11. This was the 11 year old’s 10th cruise. In the past we have enjoyed sailing on Celebrity, Princess, Royal Caribbean, NCL, and Costa. However, this was our first experience with MSC. We chose MSC because of the dates (kids only had to miss [...]

Photographs by Danny Kim Maria Loi’s eponymous Greek restaurant looks at first like another in the long string of doomed culinary concepts that have been tried over the years in what’s known in restaurant circles as the Compass space, on 70th Street off Amsterdam Avenue. There’s a new sign over the door, of course, adorned [...]

Just a quick down and dirty on our NCL cruise. We walked away with the ‘it was OK’ feeling, nothing really to complain about but not the usual “wow” factor from our other 2 cruises this year. Embarkation, while reasonably quick was more like cruises from many years ago. Herd you into areas and have [...]