Cruising Boston and Manhattan Ship Pics

Spring has finally come to thenortheastern United States. Leaves are on the trees and theflowering plants are in bloom.

With the Spring, the northeasterncruising season begins. Ships come up from their winter bases inFlorida and the ships that stay the winter in the northeast start tochange their itineraries to include places like Bermuda, Canada andNew England.

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Cruising to the French Riviera Pics

Ever since I was a child I can rememberthe French Riviera as being synonymous with luxury and glamor. Itwas the place where royalty and movie stars went to vacation. It wasalso the location for numerous films including Hitchcock's “ToCatch A Thief” and several James Bond movies.

It wasn't until I first went therethat I realized why this place attracts people who could go anywherein the world. It is simply a beautiful combination of sea, mountainsand charming looking towns. The light is soft, not too harsh. Theweather is mild, not too hot and not too cold. A really nicecombination.

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Carnival Glory Photo Tour 2013 Pics

This week the focus is on CarnivalGlory. The Glory has recently been through what Carnival calls theFun Ship 2.0 revitalization. Under this program, ships in theCarnival fleet are being augmented with new features and venues foundon Carnival's latest ships such as Carnival Breeze.

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Photos of Disney Dream Cruise Ship Pics

This week our primary focus is the Disney Dream of Disney Cruise Lines. The Dream was the third shipbuilt for Disney. But while she maintained the traditional oceanliner look of Disney's two earlier ships, she is a much larger ship. In addition, she was built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany,which is known for its quality.

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Royal Yacht Britannia Pics

With a new baby expected any day now,many people are thinking about the British Royal Family. Accordingly, it seems fitting to look at the Royal Family's ship, HMYBritannia.

The Britannia was built in the early1950s not to be a pleasure boat for the Royal Family but to assistthe monarch in her duties as head of state by acting as a mobile baseof operations during her visits to foreign lands. Among otherthings, the yacht allowed the Queen to host receptions and banquetsunder the British flag while she was abroad. And the list of foreignheads of state that visited Britannia during her 40 years of serviceis quite impressive, including four United States Presidents.

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Alhambra, Cruise port Malaga, Spain Pics

When I was growing up, I rememberhearing of the Alhambra. It was most likely in connection withWashington Irving's writings, as his house was not far from ours. However, the image stayed in mind of this beautiful castle in Spain. This image was only reenforced as I grew older and read countlesstravel articles discussing the romance of the Alhambra.

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Norwegian Jewel revisited Pics

Norwegian Cruise Line is in thespotlight this week. Its new ship, Norwegian Breakaway, is coming toNew York to take up residence. This is an exciting prospect asBreakaway appears to combine the innovativeness of Norwegian Epicwith the quality of a Meyer Werft ship.

Norwegian has had two ships based in New York for some time now. With Breakaway's arrival, one of thoseships, Norwegian Jewel, will be re-deployed to other itineraries.

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Norwegian Breakaway Photo Tour Pics

The reason why Norwegian Breakaway isan important ship tends to be obscured by her size, all of the newfeatures aboard the ship, the Peter Max painting on her hull and byNorwegian Cruise Line's decision to base its new ship, not in Floridabut rather in New York City. She is an important ship because she isa further refinement on a new model of cruising.

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Great Stirrup Cay Cunard's Queen Elizabeth Ship

Norwegian Cruise Line's private island,Great Stirrup Cay, keeps changing. Despite a hurricane last fall,Norwegian continues to make noticeable progress on its ambitiousplans to develop this Bahamian island into a vacation paradise. Newbeaches have been created and landscaping has been done to thefinished sections.

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