How Carnival Dominates the $38 Billion Cruise Industry

If you’re like me, you enjoy stories about the stock market. You also probably regret not buying Carnival stock back in the day! Check out this great story from The Motley Fool about Carnival. I’m sure glad that Ted Arison created the cruise industry. https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/02/25/how-carnival-dominates-the-38-billion-cruise-indus.aspx

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Internet on cruise ships about to get better?

Insidertravelreport.com is reporting, “Major cruise lines are stepping up their game by providing better digital connectivity for guests while at sea. It began just a couple of years ago when Royal Caribbean International began promoting itself as having the best Internet at sea. Other cruise lines followed, most recently MSC …

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Port Tampa Bay sees record cruise passenger weekends

The Tampa Bay Business Journal is reporting that, “Port Tampa Bay saw a record number of cruise ship passengers in two recent weekends. The port said 19,876 passengers arrived and departed ships the weekend of Feb. 3 and 4, breaking the previous record. Then, last weekend, Feb. 17 and 18, there …

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Carnival Fascination is back and better than ever!

When the Carnival Fascination was homeported in Jacksonville, my wife and I took the opportunity to sail on her many times. We live less than fifteen minutes from the port and do not take for granted that we have a cruise ship in our backyard. We sailed on the Fascination …

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Update on the brawl on the Carnival Legend

I’ve sailed on over 25 cruises and never experienced anything like this “cruise from hell.” Can you imagine a whole family getting kicked off of a cruise ship due to fighting? Click on the link below from the Daily Mail for the details. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5402887/Cruise-hell-passengers-blame-large-Italian-family.html

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Cruise gone Wild!

The Sydney Morning Herald and other news outlets are reporting on a very disturbing incident on the Carnival Legend. “A violent brawl has broken out on a Carnival Cruise Lines ship bound for Melbourne, forcing the vessel to dock early on the NSW South Coast. As many as 30 people have …

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