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'Love Boat' Cruise Ship Breaks Hearts As It Sails to Scrapyard

Mithun Divakaran — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:20:24 +0000

Poor Gopher! The ‘Love Boat’ will sail for one last time as it heads to Turkey, where it will be demolished. We knew it as Pacific Princess, the cruise ship manned by Captain Stubing and crew on the classic ABC TV show ‘Love Boat’. The hit comedy ran for nine years, and the actual ship [...]

Cruise Lines Cut Prices to Attract Skittish Vacationers — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:00:43 +0000

Ever wanted to take a cruise? Bargain shoppers might find this to be the perfect time to book a seafaring voyage. In the wake of the Costa Concordia tragedy, travelers have been largely shying away from cruise travel. By some estimates, bookings with some US companies have dropped as much as 20 percent, while European [...]

Nasty Norovirus Sickens 500 Passengers on Carnival Cruise Ships

Shauna Wright — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:11 +0000

In yet another blow to the cruise industry — and Carnival Cruises in particular — nearly 500 people contracted norovirus on board two of the company’s Florida-based Princess Cruises ships last week. While the norovirus isn’t deadly, per se, it’s contagious and can cause vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain, none of which are ever fun, [...]

Creepy Coincidence? 'Titanic' Theme Song Played While the Costa Concordia Sank

Shauna Wright — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:00:15 +0000

The details surrounding the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster get stranger and stranger. Now some survivors say there was at least one eerie coincidence between the catastrophe and the one that befell the Titanic a century ago: music. Two of the ship’s passengers told a Swiss paper that Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On,’ [...]

Kiss Will Hit the High Seas for a Five-Day Kiss Kruise

Chris M. Junior — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:00:59 +0000

The official Kiss fan club is known as the Kiss Army, but when the band’s most loyal supporters set sail with the band, do they become the Kiss Navy?

Perhaps that question will be answered on Oct. 13. That’s when the first-ever Kiss Kruise — featuring two performances by the group, social activities with select members and more — departs from Miami and heads to the Bahamas and back.