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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Cruising to Tuscany Pics

Tuscany is a fabulous cruisedestination. It has beautiful countryside, historic cities and greatart. The only problem is that it is all inland.

The vast majority of cruise shipsoffering cruises to Florence and Pisa stop at Livorno or Leghorn asit used to be called. It is an industrial port which suffered badlyfrom bombing during World War II. As a result, there isn't that muchto see in the city itself and the busy movement and storage of cargomakes the port less than ideal for passengers on cruise ships,especially the large ships that dock in the midst of the cargo area.

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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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Royal Caribbean's new Quantum of the Seas

It is hard to believe that people arenot already lounging by the side of the pools or enjoying theentertainment on Quantum of the Seas. After the media preview heldlast week in New York City, I felt that the ship is out there sailingthe seas somewhere. In reality, however, that is still some 18months in the future.

What made me feel that Quantum mustalready exist? To begin, we were shown a video with realisticlooking images of the ship cutting through smooth seas. Then we wereshown Royal Caribbean Chairman Richard Fain flying in the ship'sskydiving simulator and Royal Caribbean International President AdamGoldstein playing table tennis with Kristen Chenowith, the ship'sgodmother, in the Seaplex - - a venue that transforms from sportscomplex to entertainment center. We then saw Ms. Chenowith invarious other parts of the ship.

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