Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Seabourn all further extended some cruise operation suspensions in Europe and North America.  Princess canceled cruises from Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale and Rome through June 30, affecting sailings to the Caribbean, the California Coast, …

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It might come as a surprise to North Americans that Europe-based MSC Cruises is close on Carnival Cruise Line’s heels to compete for the title of world’s second largest cruise brand, behind Royal Caribbean International, which overtook Carnival several years …

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slow start thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, which squashed Virgin’s plans tolaunch in April 2020. Now, after multiple delays, its first ship, Scarlet Lady is scheduled to debut in July. Its second, Valiant Lady, which was supposed to debut this May, had its …

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DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: Before the pandemic, I booked a Hawaii cruise for my daughter and myself on Norwegian Cruise Line. When I checked in for my outbound flight on United Airlines, an airline representative told me that NCL had not paid …

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One of Krystal Skinner’s children also had an autoimmune disease that wasn’t specified in the lawsuit and felt body aches, fever, chills and a cough on the cruise. Her other child, who has asthma, had migraines, a high fever and …

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