* Not Much Celebrating
Things don’t seem to be looking good for anything connected to Celebration Cruise Line, the operator of Bahamas Celebration which struck an object while leaving Freeport on October 31, opening a 10-foot by 30-inch hole under the waterline.
The ship did not return to service today as the line had implied it would, and worse yet, they don’t seem to be expecting it to return anytime soon.
* Other Things You’ll Want to Know
CND subscribers also read about sailing as fast as we can ... and Korea enjoying the Asian cruise boom.
The complete articles appeared in the e-mail edition of Cruise News Daily delivered to our subscribers.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Video: Cutting Steel for Celebrity Reflection
The cutting of the first steel is the beginning of construction of a cruise ship. In this video, Meyer Werft cuts the first steel for Celebrity Reflection, the fifth Solstice Class ship.
Celebrity Reflection will be slightly wider and taller than her sisters with new features on the top deck and a deck of new staterooms types. Delivery is scheduled for the fall of 2012.
Celebrity Reflection will be slightly wider and taller than her sisters with new features on the top deck and a deck of new staterooms types. Delivery is scheduled for the fall of 2012.
Monday, March 28, 2011
The Little Girl with Cancer Who Just Wanted See a Cruise Ship
Ft. Lauderdale's Sun-Sentinel is running an article about a little girl with terminal cancer who just wanted to see a big cruise ship. So last year her parents took her to Port Everglades.
While parked in the loading zone outside a terminal just looking for a place where they could see one closer, they also saw a woman in a Lincoln that was stalled in the loading zone. The little girl's father helped the woman get it started, but at the time, according to the article, he didn't know that the woman owned a cruise line. Of course during their meeting, Teresa Verrillo who is an owner of Celebration Cruise Line, heard why they were there. She not only arranged for them to see the ship, but she made sure the family of six got to sail on the ship (Bahamas Celebration) in a suite, and she also arranged for them to stay at the posh Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island making sure they had spending money for the trip.
That story is a small part of the Sun-Sentinel article, but it shows there are good people who do things not expecting to get anything in return. The little girl's father didn't expect to get anything for helping the woman start her Lincoln. The woman didn't expect to get anything because she gave away a trip. (There was no press release issued by the cruise line. The story came from the little girl's family when they told it to the Sun-Sentinel reporter as a part of a larger article about children with cancer.)
Something else good came from the incident, because it put Verrillo in touch with the South Florida-based group Children Battling Cancer, and now every month, Celebration Cruise Line quietly takes another child's family on a cruise to the Bahamas and treats them like royalty. But still, there's no press release from the cruise line. It's just something nice they do, expecting nothing in return.
While parked in the loading zone outside a terminal just looking for a place where they could see one closer, they also saw a woman in a Lincoln that was stalled in the loading zone. The little girl's father helped the woman get it started, but at the time, according to the article, he didn't know that the woman owned a cruise line. Of course during their meeting, Teresa Verrillo who is an owner of Celebration Cruise Line, heard why they were there. She not only arranged for them to see the ship, but she made sure the family of six got to sail on the ship (Bahamas Celebration) in a suite, and she also arranged for them to stay at the posh Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island making sure they had spending money for the trip.
That story is a small part of the Sun-Sentinel article, but it shows there are good people who do things not expecting to get anything in return. The little girl's father didn't expect to get anything for helping the woman start her Lincoln. The woman didn't expect to get anything because she gave away a trip. (There was no press release issued by the cruise line. The story came from the little girl's family when they told it to the Sun-Sentinel reporter as a part of a larger article about children with cancer.)
Something else good came from the incident, because it put Verrillo in touch with the South Florida-based group Children Battling Cancer, and now every month, Celebration Cruise Line quietly takes another child's family on a cruise to the Bahamas and treats them like royalty. But still, there's no press release from the cruise line. It's just something nice they do, expecting nothing in return.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
STX Turku, NCL readies IPO, St. Thomas delays, Celebration Cruise Line's first winner, American Safari goes to Hawaii, an exceptional offer from MSC
CND subscribers read about a lifesaver for STX Turku ... NCL's IPO ... late arrivals in St. Thomas caused by the pilot boat crews not showing up for work ... a $10,000 winner every month aboard Celebration Cruise Line ... NCL gets some competition in Hawaii as American Safari schedules 7-day itineraries ... an exceptional offer from MSC where you buy one cruise and get another free.
Details of these items appeared in the "Other Things You'll Want to Know" column in the October 26, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
Details of these items appeared in the "Other Things You'll Want to Know" column in the October 26, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
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