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Carnival Splendor Fire: 4 Other Cruise Ship Horrors

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(Nov. 9) -- Just a push in the right direction, thanks. Or a pull, rather. A Carnival Cruise Lines ship that drifted off the coast of Southern California is being towed back to shore after an engine room fire caused the 113,000 ton vessel to lose power. The Carnival Splendor, carrying approximately 3,300 guests and 1,100...

Freighter Ships Offer Vacationers a Simpler Life at Sea

(Aug. 13) -- For people who vacation on freighter ships, it's not where they're going that matters, but how they get there. While millions of travelers spend their holidays on cruise ships equipped with spas, rock-climbing walls and other kinds of entertainment, a small but dedicated crew of vacationers prefers a simpler...

Illness Sweeps Cruise Ship Again

(March 16) -- Modern cruise ships are self-contained wonders equipped with anything that vacationing tourists could want -- and some that they don't. Celebrity Cruises said it is delaying the departure of the Celebrity Mercury's next cruise after 350 passengers on the boat's latest tour of the Caribbean came down with an...

Cruise Ship Passenger Jumps Overboard in Bahamas

MIAMI (Jan. 1) -- The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a cruise ship passenger who government officials say jumped overboard in the Bahamas. The Coast Guard says crew members aboard Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas reported Neha Chhikara missing Thursday afternoon as the ship was headed from Nassau to...

CruiseShip News From the Web

10/13/11 Cruise-ship season begins Source: Otago Daily Times Some Dunedin tourism operators are increasing capacity on cruise-ship days to meet the demands of additional tourists to the city.
11/13/10 Cruise-ship terminal back on agenda Source: Gold Coast Bulletin UP TO half a million dollars per ship could pour into the Gold Coast if plans for a cruise-ship terminal in the Broadwater can be realised, according to the head of Gold Coast Tourism.
10/01/10 42% rise in cruise visitors Source: Otago Daily Times A record number of cruise ships will visit Dunedin this season, pumping tens of millions of dollars into the local economy.

Background on CruiseShip

A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way.

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