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So, she's finally here: Oasis of the Seas, the 225,282-ton, 5,400-passenger colossus that reportedly cost Royal Caribbean $1.4 billion and nine to ten million working hours to design and build. And what's the word?
Sure, there's been a lot of hype. ...
From MATT HANNAFIN,
Frommers,
23 Nov 2009
You may be stuck on a ship in the middle of nowhere, but that doesn't mean that your cruise line won't want to make you feel like you're in New York, Paris, or -- more likely -- Vegas. Here are the most common ways they'll try to keep you ...
From MATT HANNAFIN & HEIDI SARNA,
Frommers,
18 Nov 2009
Big cruise ships are great. We love them lots. But they're not the only game in town. In this, the latest installment in our multi-part series cataloguing the lesser-known small-ship options in the world's great sailing regions, we focus on an area ...
From MATT HANNAFIN,
Frommers,
11 Nov 2009
If you'd like to have your marriage and honeymoon all in one, you can legally get hitched on many cruises, either aboard ship or at one of your ports of call.
Practically all the mainstream lines have wedding packages, with Carnival, Princess, and ...
From MATT HANNAFIN & HEIDI SARNA,
Frommers,
2 Nov 2009
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Only a few more installments to go in our multi-part series cataloging the lesser-known, family-owned, mom-and-pop, historic, adventurous, and otherwise niche segments of the otherwise monolithic cruise industry. Move over, Carnival and Royal Caribbean, ...
From MATT HANNAFIN,
Frommers,
21 Oct 2009
A chill in the air, a color besides green on the trees, squirrels frantically storing up nuts -- it's fall, folks, and fall means foliage, and foliage is practically synonymous with New England and its neighbors to the north, the Canadian provinces of ...
From MATT HANNAFIN,
Frommers,
7 Oct 2009
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for this site discussing some of the wonderful and lesser-known small-ship options in , a region where small vessels are a particularly good bet and able to go where the megaships can't. Now we turn our attention to ...
From MATT HANNAFIN,
Frommers,
23 Sep 2009
Heidi: Ok, I'm sure you get the question all the time, just like I do: What are the best cruises? Not easy to answer in a snappy one-liner, of course. As we both preach, it depends on what you like and who you're cruising with. Since I do this for a ...
From MATT HANNAFIN & HEIDI SARNA,
Frommers,
23 Sep 2009
This December, Royal Caribbean International will introduce Oasis of the Seas, the 225,000-ton, 5,400-passenger super-megaship that will wrest the "world's largest" title away from the line's own 160,000-ton Freedom-class vessels.
Two weeks ago I ...
From MATT HANNAFIN,
Frommers,
9 Sep 2009
How you spend your time in port can make the difference between a great cruise experience and a big fat disappointment. The ports we cover on this website and in our books vary greatly, from quiet un--touristed ports such as Jost Van Dyke, where your ...
From MATT HANNAFIN & HEIDI SARNA,
Frommers,
2 Sep 2009