* Costa Details Settlement Offer Made to Uninjured Passengers aboard
Costa Concordia - Breaking Jan 27 - More
* More Bistro - Crystal Style Jan 26 - Crystal's customers on both of
their ships are going to have yet another evening option for dining or
noshing, bringing the number of options to nearly a dozen. Beginning in
April (June on Crystal Serenity), Crystal's popular daytime option, The
Bistro, will extend its hours into the late evening.
* A Bedtime Story from the City on the Mersey Jan 26 - Garth Brooks knows all about
this kind of thing. Suppose someone gave an institution money for a
project to do one thing, and then a couple years down the line, they
decided they wanted to do something different with it. The benefactor
would want the money back, especially if a competitor was pushing the
issue. That's exactly what's going on in Liverpool. The final decision
came down today, and the city of Liverpool is just crushed they have to
pay the money back to the government if they don't want to use it for the
reason they were given it.
The complete text of these stories appeared in the CND
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* Costa Concordia - Wednesday's Developments Jan 25 - There were few developments
today coming directly from Italy. The one exception was the preparations
for the salvage of the ship. It seems that the story is now also being
played out outside of Italy.
* Other Things You'll Want to Know Jan 25 - CND subscribers also read
about the irony at Fincantieri ... Grand Cayman may price themselves out
of the cruise market ... the Queen sets her second year to roll on the
river ... and a drop in
Hawaii.
* Disney Details Winter 2012/Summer 2013 Plans
Jan 24 - With Disney and Dream and Disney
Fantasy in place at Port Canaveral by this spring, the line's original
ships will both be free to expand the company's horizons and bring the
Disney product into new home ports and destinations. Today the line
detailed the scheduling for those two ships through the winter 2012 and
summer 2013 seasons. more
* A Virtual Floating Winery Jan 24 - Lots of cruise lines have wine
tasting, or educational wine experiences. But on four MSC Poesia sailings
in the Caribbean this winter, MSC is bringing aboard some unusual wine
experiences for passengers through a new partnership with Blend Craft
Wines.
* Costa Concordia - Tuesday's Developments Jan 24 - Actual news coming from Italy
regarding Costa Concordia today is rather limited. The world's press still
contains lots of stories, however, as they concentrate on a seemingly
endless stream of unsubstantiated stories of tabloid quality.
* Erroneous Reporting by World Media on Costa Offer to Concordia
Passengers - update Jan 24 - details
* Costa Concordia - Monday's Developments Jan 23 - There were a number of
developments summarized on our blog. The complete story was delivered to our subscribers,
but we have been continuing to update major points on our blog. more
- updates ongoing
* Other Things You'll Want to Know Jan 23 - CND subscribers also read
about a Big Easy record ... ASC passengers finally get to Molokai ...
Cunard to review procedures ... and a medevac from Jewel of the
Seas.
* Down to the Sea Jan 20 - Earlier this week Meyer Werft
planned for Disney Fantasy to make its conveyance from their inland
Papenburg yard to the seaport of Eemshaven on Friday evening, subject to
weather, wind and tide conditions. The trip is always a precarious one
with the ship traveling at a snail's pace, backward to protect the podded
propulsion system, with just inches to spare as it goes through locks and
drawbridges. Better weather was forecast for this morning,
however, so Disney Fantasy left the yard first thing this morning instead.
More
* Costa Concordia - Friday's Developments Jan 20 - Friday was not a day of major
developments in the Costa Concordia story, but there was an important one.
Costa has returned some of their attention to selling cruises. With the
lack of dramatic developments, the news media has begun to lose interest.
What interest they have at this point seems to be excited most by the
tabloidish tidbits rather than key elements of the story.
The complete story was delivered to our subscribers,
but we have been continuing to update major points on our blog. more
- updates ongoing
* Costa Concordia - Thursday's Developments Jan 19 - The new media's attention on
the Costa Concordia tragedy seems to be waning with most of the coverage
pushed from the top stories to barely mentioned. It could be because
Thursday's actual developments were not as dramatic as they were at the
beginning of the week. Today's developments were mostly in the form of statements
and press releases from the companies, but the search of the wreckage
still figures importantly.
The complete story was delivered to our subscribers,
but we have been continuing to update major points on our blog. more
- updates ongoing
* Getting on the Fast Track Jan 19 - A lot of cruise lines have
streamlined the check in process. You fill out some information on your
computer, and you print out a paper with a bar code to take with you. When
you get to the port, you zip right through the check in line, spend a few
minutes at the desk, and if embarkation has started, you're onboard within
a few minutes. Crystal has now elevated the process to skip the line and
any processing at all in the terminal. Once you clear security, you go
right aboard.
* Costa Concordia - Wednesday's Developments Jan 18 - Wednesday's developments in
Italy were mostly driven by the precarious position in which the wreck of
Costa Concordia lies near the shore of the Isle of Giglio. The
developments included the status of the search of the wreckage, unofficial
comments from well-versed experts, and statements from Costa and Carnival
Corp.
The complete story was delivered to our subscribers,
but we have been continuing to update major points on our blog. more
- updates ongoing
* Other Things You'll Want to Know Jan 18 - CND subscribers also read
about Disney Fantasy confirmed to sail away this weekend ... strike
in the canal ... and Disney delays major announcement. more
* Costa Concordia - Tuesday's Developments Jan 17 -
The news coming from Italy is beginning to wind down as the
events settle what will become routine over the next few weeks.
The complete story was delivered to our subscribers,
but we have been continuing to update major points on our blog. more
- updates ongoing
* Norovirus Not Allowed Jan 17 -
Something happened at the remote port of Port Stanley in the
Falkland Islands on Saturday that has never happened anywhere before. A
Princess ship was denied entry into the port because passengers and crew
members were ill - with Norovirus.
* Costa Concordia Story Continues to Evolve Jan 16 -
Even though it has been three full days since the sinking of
Costa Concordia, the story is still developing. The developments came
first from the cruise line, Costa Crociere, finally directly answering
questions on a wide range of topics. Through the day there were updates to
the human toll, the financial cost being assessed, and the environmental
impact.
The complete story was delivered to our subscribers,
but we have been continuing to update major points on our blog. more
- updates ongoing
* MSC to Relocate Port in South Florida - Jan 16 -
More
The complete text of these stories appeared in the CND editions
referenced and was sent to subscribers.
Jan 20 - Hi ho, hi ho, it's down to the sea she goes. Disney
Fantasy made her transit today down the Ems River from Meyer Werft in Papenburg
to Eemshaven. More
Dec 29 - Following a Disney tradition, a character was
installed on the stern of Disney Fantasy. More/Larger
Dec 5 - Queen Mary 2's hull got a fresh coat of paint in the
dry dock. More/Larger
Dec 1 - Splendour of the Seas has returned to service after a
month-long revitalization that added some stunning new venues to the ship. More/Larger
Nov 28 - Video: The Coast Guard hoisted an ailing passenger
from deck of Carnival Spirit as the ship sailed more than 200 miles off the West
Coast. More/Video
Nov 27 - Queen Mary 2 has begun a 2-week dry dock at Blohm +
Voss in Hamburg. More/LargerVideo
Nov 18 - The new R Bar aboard Splendour of the Seas. More/Larger
Nov 2 - Costa Romantica arrives at the T Mariotti shipyard at
Genoa for its four-month refit project.
Oct 20 - A piece of ship in Italy. Actually the first piece of
Royal Princess. More/Larger
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