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Cruise Vacations

Escape your hectic schedule with a three-day cruise to a tropical locale, or indulge in fourteen days spent floating atop sparkling blue waters while enjoying fine dining and entertainment.  The vacation you need is easy to obtain with our selection of cruise travel specials and articles on the world's best ocean liners.



CRÈME DE LA CRUISE
Top 10 Cruise Lines
Cruising in the 21st century combines the Golden Age of travel with contemporary luxuries. As for the world's best, we nominate the following ten cruise companies.
Check out our list of Top 10 Cruise Lines

The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights. The lights are the result of solar particles colliding with gases in Earth's atmosphere
SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
Hurtigruten Cruise Special
A surge of solar flares has NASA predicting the strongest Northern Lights activity in the past 50 years, making this winter the perfect time to take a Hurtigruten cruise.

CUBAN CULTURE CRUISE
New Cruises to Cuba

Canadian cruise line Cuba Cruise has announced regular weeklong voyages around the island on the 1,200-passenger Louis Cristal, featuring Cuban music and dance.
The sun deck aboard the Louis Cristal cruise ship from Cuba Cruise

A deluxe stateroom on Royal Caribbean International's Radiance of the Seas
GETTING AN UPGRADE
Royal Caribbean Spruces Up
Royal Caribbean International plans to introduce its highest guest-rated programs from its Oasis-class ships to all of the vessels across its fleet with a pervasive revitalization program.

EXPLORE HAWAII
American Safari Cruises

Having developed close relationships with local Hawaiian families, American Safari Cruises presents a collection of authentic sailing experiences from November 2011 through May 2012.

American Safari Cruises guests viewing Humpback whales off the bow


Uniworld's new super ship: the S.S. Antoinette

NEW SUPER SHIP
Uniworld's S.S. Antoinette

The S.S. Antoinette was designed to bring a new class of ship to the cruise industry, evoking the opulent spirit of eighteenth-century France via lavish decor and gourmet meals.



Cruise Features

Allure of the Seas

Pacific Explorer

Mariner of the Seas

Reflections in the Fjords

Oasis of the Seas

(Updated: 01/24/12 CT)


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