http://www.cruisebytes.com Latest News and Bargains for Your Cruise Trip! Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More than 380 passengers and crew aboard the world’s largest cruise ship were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said Sunday. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3457.html More than 380 passengers and crew aboard the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas, were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3455.html The world’s largest cruise ship returned to the Port of Miami Sunday morning with 384 people aboard recovering from a gastrointestinal illness that spread during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, a spokesman said. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3456.html Cruise officials say almost 400 passengers and crew aboard the world’s largest cruise ship have been given over-the-counter medication for a virus. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3454.html MIAMI - More than 380 passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said Sunday. Norovirus sickened 338 passengers and 46 crew members about Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas, and they were treated with over-the-counter medication, the Miami-based ... http://www.cruisebytes.com/3452.html MIAMI - More than 380 passengers and crew aboard the world’s largest cruise ship were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said. Norovirus sickened 338 passengers and 46 crew members about the Royal Caribbean’s Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3453.html MIAMI — Norovirus sickened 338 passengers and 46 crew members aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said Sunday. A guest previously exposed to norovirus likely brought it on board Nov. 26, the company said. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3451.html The world’s largest cruise ship returned to the Port of Miami Sunday morning with 384 people aboard recovering from a gastrointestinal illness that spread during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, a spokesman said. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3450.html More than 380 passengers and crew aboard the world’s largest cruise ship were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said Sunday. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3449.html The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Freedom Of The Seas, has returned to port with more than 380 passengers and crew suffering from the symptoms of norovirus. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3448.html Nearly 400 passengers and crew have been sickened by a common stomach virus on a Caribbean cruise aboard the world’s largest cruise ship, its owner says. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3446.html More than 380 passengers and crew aboard the world’s largest cruise ship were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said Sunday. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3447.html The world’s largest cruise ship returned to dock in Miami Sunday with more than 380 passengers and crew members recovering from a contagious stomach illness. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3445.html MIAMI Hundreds of people on board a cruise ship have become sick with a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise. Royal Caribbean says 338 passengers and 46 crew Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3444.html More than 380 passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said Sunday. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3443.html The world’s largest cruise ship returned to port Sunday with more than 380 passengers and crew suffering from the symptoms of norovirus, officials said. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3441.html Yet another South Florida-based cruise ship has returned to port with a large number of passengers suffering from an intestinal illness. Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas returned to Miami Sunday morning with approximately 10% of it’s 3800 passengers suffering from what is believed to be Norovirus. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3442.html DETAILS: The Holland America cruise ship MS Prinsendam has a Celtic Kingdoms itinerary next year, sailing Aug. 25 from Amsterdam. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3440.html NEW ORLEANS — The last of three cruise lines that homeport ships at the Port of New Orleans returned to this tourism mecca on Saturday. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3439.html ADawn Princess cruise ship was diverted to Monterey Thursday night when an 82-year-old male passenger experienced medical complications. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3438.html The Sydney coroner who is investigating the cruise ship death of Dianne Brimble has again moved to reassure the Brisbane woman’s family that the investigation is progressing well. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3437.html Tougher smoking safety laws on cruise ships may soon be a hot topic on Capitol Hill. One Delaware family, who suffered a devastating loss from a cigarette on a cruise ship, will be lobbying hard for the legislation. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3436.html Dubai: Dubai expects 80,000 cruise tourists next year, more than three times this year’s arrivals. With a dedicated cruise terminal at Port Rashid able to handle two ships simultaneously, the city is trying to position itself as a regional cruise hub. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3435.html LOS ANGELES — For a second day, members of the Engineers and Architects Association picketed at the Port of Los Angeles Thursday, delaying a Norwegian Star cruise ship and slowing work at two shipping terminals, a union spokesman said. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3434.html For a second day, hundreds of members of the Engineers and Architects Association picketed at various locations at the Port of Los Angeles Thursday, delaying a Norwegian Star cruise ship and slowing work at two shipping terminals, a union spokesman said. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3433.html The Attorney General says, “It has come to my attention that concerns have been expressed about the lawfulness of the recent Trade Fairs arranged by the St. Helena Development Agency on the occasion of cruise ship visits. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3432.html Join Amanda Bynes in her antics as Jenny, the girl who gets ‘shipwrecked’ on a remote island with her dream guy. Jenny gets her lucky break when her favourite rock star Jason (Chris Carmack) who is staying at the luxury resort she is working in, falls off a cruise ship. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3431.html THERE’S a lot to be said for standing on the deck of a cruise ship sipping traditional Dutch pea soup while waiting for an Alaskan glacier to calve in Glacier Bay. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3430.html Cruise ship Costa Allegra (Italy) will call at Cai Lan Port, Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh at 8am, November 30 together 800 passengers and crew members, said Saigontourist Company. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3429.html THE Port Authority of Jamaica yesterday formalised a US$16.5 million (approximately J$1 billion) contract with cruise ship operator Royal Caribbean Cruises, that will guarantee a minimum of 2.2 million visitors to the island over a five-year period. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3427.html A senior P&O staff member on board the cruise ship where Dianne Brimble died has denied authorising the removal of personal items from the cabin where the Brisbane woman was found dead. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3428.html PORT CHARLOTTE — When Carnival Cruises held an open audition for stand-up comedians to compete for a job on a cruise ship, the comics came. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3426.html The Sydney coroner investigating the cruise ship death of Dianne Brimble has labelled a letter from the lawyers representing one of the eight men of interest as impertinent. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3425.html The tourism industry yesterday received a shot in the arm when 800 Japanese tourists arrived on board a cruise ship at the Mombasa port. The tourists arrived aboard Mv Topaz Peace Boat and were transferred to Tsavo East, Tsavo West and Maasai Mara game parks. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3424.html The four Delaware children of a Georgia man killed during a fire aboard a cruise ship are pushing for stronger safety standards. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3423.html NEW ORLEANS The most famous cruise ship in the world, The Queen Elizabeth 2, docked in New Orleans this morning. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3422.html A NEW witness is set to testify that seven of the men named as persons of interest in the cruise ship death of Dianne Brimble have been involved in drug dealing. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3420.html A new witness will testify that seven of the men named as persons of interest in the cruise ship death of Dianne Brimble are involved in drug dealing, a NSW coroner has been told. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3421.html At least a dozen passengers aboard the Carnival Liberty’s latest cruise reported a gastrointestinal illness after a four-day Caribbean voyage, according to one of the passengers. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3419.html As I write this, I’m looking at a Web cam image of my parents on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. They are busy spending my inheritance on expensive trips like this one. My father, an accountant by training, tells me he is just trying to avoid the estate tax. Click ... http://www.cruisebytes.com/3418.html NORFOLK, Va. The 24-hundred passengers who set sail on the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship Sunday from New York expected to be in the Bahamas today, about Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3417.html NORFOLK — Passengers on the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship docked at the downtown cruise terminal will be spending at least one more day in Norfolk - and one less day in the Bahamas. The ship, which arrived . . . Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3416.html NORFOLK, Va. Passengers aboard a Miami-bound cruise ship are getting an unexpected stop on their trip. Norwegian Dawn stopped in Norfolk, Virginia, last night because Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3415.html NORFOLK -The cruise ship Norwegian Dawn and its roughly 2,400 passengers made an unplanned stop Monday evening at the city’s downtown cruise terminal because of a technical problem with its propulsion . . . Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3413.html http://www.cruisebytes.com/3414.html FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A cruise ship carrying over 700 sick passengers and crewmembers docked at Port Everglades near Fort Lauderdale on Sunday. The 16-day cruise on Carnival Cruise Lines’ Liberty turned nightmarish when the highly contagious norovirus struck 534 of 2,804 passengers. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3411.html A cruise ship docks in Florida after a highly infectious vomiting virus strikes down nearly some 700 people on board. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3412.html Crews are working around the clock to scrub down a carnival cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3410.html PORT EVERGLADES, Fla., Nov. 19 (UPI) — A cruise ship docked in Florida after hundreds of passengers became ill, the Miami Herald reported. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3409.html FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A cruise ship with nearly 700 sick passengers and crew members aboard pulled into port in Florida Sunday. Carnival Cruise Line’s Liberty arrived in Port Everglades Sunday morning after a trans-Atlantic voyage. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3408.html The cruise ship Carnival Liberty has docked in Florida after a virus sickened nearly 700 passengers on a trans-Atlantic cruise. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3407.html A thorough scrubbing of the Carnival Liberty began Sunday as the ship docked after a virus sickened nearly 700 passengers on a trans-Atlantic cruise. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3406.html Hundreds of passengers of the beleaguered Carnival cruise ship Liberty began debarking several hours after the ship docked this morning in Fort Lauderdale. Some of them shared their tales of woe. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3405.html Hundreds of passengers of the beleaguered Carnivel Liberty Cruise Ship began debarking several hours after the ship docked around 5 a.m. today. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3404.html FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A cruise ship with more than 700 sick passengers and crew members aboard has pulled into Port Everglades. Carnival Cruise Line’s Liberty is Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3403.html More than 700 people aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise have fallen ill with flulike symptoms, cruise line officials said. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3402.html FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Carnival Cruise Lines says more than 700 people on its Liberty cruise ship have fallen ill with flu-like symptoms. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3401.html By the time Carnival Cruise Lines’ Liberty pulls into Port Everglades this weekend from a transatlantic voyage, more than 700 people on board will have been afflicted with a highly contagious, stomach flu-like illness that appears to be norovirus, the cruise line said Wednesday. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3400.html APACIFIC Sky passenger has told the Dianne Brimble inquest she was propositioned by a naked man on the morning the Brisbane mother’s body was found aboard the cruise ship. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3399.html The Dianne Brimble inquest in Sydney has heard further evidence of alleged lewd behaviour on the cruise ship where the Brisbane woman died. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3398.html The Dianne Brimble inquest in Sydney has heard evidence from a second cruise ship passenger who says she heard a woman say, “I’m not like that”, on the night that the Brisbane woman died. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3397.html In a move to protect its cruise ship industry, the Port of Quebec is seeking a temporary injunction against environmental groups opposed to a controversial liquid natural gas project slotted for the St. Lawrence River. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3395.html SEATTLE - The Port of Seattle plans to tear down a cruise ship terminal it built four years ago at a cost of $18 million. The port plans to spend another $59 million turning Terminal 30 back into container-handling facility. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3396.html BAR HARBOR — The town’s Conservation Commission has added its voice to those offering recommendations for better management of cruise tourism. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3394.html The wave is back as Saregama Home video launches the DVD of the action-packed Poseidon. Experience the desperate struggle for survival as a monstrous rogue wave capsizes a luxury cruise ship, flipping it upside down in the middle of the ocean. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3393.html Own your own cruise ship” the company slogan goes. Condo Cruise Lines International is a Florida-based company that takes cruise ships that have been prematurely retired and refurbishes them while at the same time combining its staterooms into 1-3 bedroom luxury suites. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3392.html The Dianne Brimble inquest in Sydney has been told that one of the eight men of interest in her death could have stolen a key to get access to a private cabin on the Pacific Sky cruise ship. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3391.html The Sydney coroner investigating the death of Dianne Brimble on board the Pacific Sky cruise ship has thanked police for their assistance in resolving a dispute over potential evidence. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3390.html Late shipbuilder and philanthropist Luther Blount last spring offered to donate a cruise ship from his American Canadian Caribbean Line to benefit Roger Williams University, Rhode Island College and Boston’s Wentworth Institute of Technology. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3389.html BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Roger Williams University and two other schools now jointly own a cruise ship. The 175-foot Niagara Falls was recently retired from service in the late Luther Blount’s cruise company. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3388.html Posted: 2006 Nov 13 - 13:13 • The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has been organizing a series of government institutional and private sector meetings and with the objective of guaranteeing a safe call without complications to the thousands of cruise ship tourists who are expected to arrive in the country. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3387.html Two weeks after Carnival Cruise Line’s Fantasy became the second homeported cruise ship to sail from the Port of New Orleans in more than a year, the pace of bookings on the vessel remains “very healthy,” an executive with the company said Monday. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3386.html LOS ANGELES A retired Los Angeles police sergeant and T-V reporter has pleaded not guilty to federal charges stemming from encounters he had with two 12-year-old boys aboard a cruise ship. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3385.html Former Los Angeles Police Department sergeant and TV reporter Rod Bernsen pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges alleging he touched two 12-year-old boys in a sexual manner aboard a cruise ship. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3384.html LOS ANGELES — A retired Los Angeles police sergeant and former television reporter is scheduled to answer charges Monday in connection with alleged sexual encounters he had aboard a cruise ship with two 12-year-old boys. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3383.html The Scholar Ship, an oceangoing campus backed by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and six international universities, will launch its maiden 16-week voyage with 600 students from around the world in September 2007. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3382.html LOS ANGELES A retired Los Angeles police sergeant and former T-V reporter is scheduled to answer charges today in connection with alleged sexual encounters he had aboard a cruise ship with two 12-year-old boys. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3381.html Imagine cuddling with your cutie on the bow of a cruise ship, canoodling under a star-studded Caribbean night. The only sounds are the swish of the water as it sweeps under the ship and the sweet nothings whispered in your sweetheart’s ear. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3380.html The docking at la Goulette harbor on Saturday of one of the world’s largest cruise ships, the “MSC Musica” with more than 3000 tourists onboard, is considered by the specialists as sign of the increasing attraction of Tunisia as a cruise ship destination. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3379.html DENVER — A retired Los Angeles police sergeant and former TV reporter who now lives in Colorado was indicted Thursday in connection with encounters he had aboard a cruise ship to Mexico with two 12-year-old boys. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3378.html LOS ANGELES A retired Los Angeles police sergeant and former T-V reporter has been indicted in connection with alleged encounters he had aboard a cruise ship with two 12-year-old boys. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3377.html Is the cruise ship you’re planning to take safe and secure? You may not know for sure, but the US Coast Guard keeps track of that for every ship which calls at a South Florida port, but most people don’t know the information is available. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3376.html Workmen employed by Caribbean Seaworks Ltd install tyres as temporary fenders on the extended pier at the Scarborough Port on Sunday. Tobago is about to experience a dismal cruise ship season. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3375.html A CRUISE ship steward will be called to give evidence at the Dianne Brimble inquest amid allegations he ignored concerns about shocking behaviour in the cabin where she died. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3374.html Three men have been charged with grand theft for stealing passenger watches and jewelry aboard the cruise ship Sovereign of the Seas. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3373.html GALVESTON, Texas — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Monday night for a 42-year-old man it said was last seen falling from the Carnival Conquest cruise ship. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3372.html GALVESTON, Texas — The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday night for a 42-year-old man it said was last seen falling from a cruise ship. More… http://www.cruisebytes.com/3371.html Cruise ship vacations are supposed to be one of the best travel deals, but good value does not necessarily mean good safety. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3370.html Staff of a cruise ship spent Sunday searching for a 42-year-old passenger who reportedly went overboard. The Carnival Conquest was finishing Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3369.html GALVESTON, Texas (AP) Staff of a cruise ship spent Sunday morning searching for a 42-year-old passenger who reportedly went overboard. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3368.html GALVESTON, Texas Staff of a cruise ship spent the morning searching for a 42-year-old passenger who reportedly went overboard. The Carnival Conquest was finishing a Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3367.html U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews hoisted a teenager and one of his parents from a cruise ship off Haiti’s coast late Friday night, after the young man was reported suffering from possible appendicitis. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3366.html MIAMI (AP) — A teenager who was sick aboard a cruise ship in Haiti has been airlifted to Florida. Coast Guard rescue crews from Miami and Great Inagua, Bahamas, evacuated the young man and his parents from the cruise ship Freedom of the Seas last night. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3365.html PENSIONER Jimmy Ewan “tied up all the loose ends” before vanishing from a cruise ship, his best pal revealed yesterday. John Cooper said he “feared the worst” after his 73-year-old friend went missing from the Celebrity Century on Wednesday. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3364.html HOPES were fading last night in the search for a 73-year-old Scot feared missing overboard from a luxury cruise ship off the coast of Portugal. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3363.html The search for a Scottish pensioner who vanished from a cruise ship is focusing on the vessel. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3362.html I had hoped to write columns for the last two Fridays, one from the Caribbean island of Dominica and the other at sea, on the way back from San Juan. The music there, mostly in the Lesser Antilles (Leeward and Windward Islands) is far different from ours and it would ... http://www.cruisebytes.com/3361.html Tom Cruise and his producing partner are taking charge of United Artists, restoring the venerable but moribund film outfit to its roots as a Hollywood shingle run by superstars looking to control their own careers. Read more here http://www.cruisebytes.com/3360.html AN INVESTIGATION has been launched by police after a Scottish pensioner vanished from a cruise ship, it emerged last night. Click here for more info http://www.cruisebytes.com/3358.html A pensioner missing from a ferry on a cruise from Spain to the United States has been named. James Ewan, 73, of Burntisland, Fife, was reported missing from the Celebrity Cruises ship on Wednesday after it appeared he had not used his cabin. Link to original article http://www.cruisebytes.com/3359.html