Cruise ship victims mull $ 14460 compensation dealNews from USA TODAY: ROME (AP) – How much is it worth to suffer through a terrifying cruise ship grounding? By Pier Paolo Cito, AP Italian firefighters approach the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia on Friday off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Italian ship operator Costa Crociere SpA [...]

Royal Caribbean Cruise Delayed Due to Medical EmergencyNews from Cruise Critic:(4:18 p.m. EST) — Explorer of the Seas has been forced to extend its current cruise due to a medical emergency, resulting in the delayed departure of the ship’s next sailing.According to a statement from Royal Caribbean, Explorer will now arrive in its Bayonne, New [...]

Today I’d go … on a cruise down the DanubeNews from STLtoday.com: As part of my job as travel editor, I am bombarded with news releases asking me to write about this destination, that resort, this cruise, that bus excursion. Many, many of them are convincing enough to make me daydream of going there. This [...]

Cruise Ship TravelNews from KIMT:Rescuers searching the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship discovered another body on Tuesday.That brings the death toll of the disaster to 16. 16 others are still missing – including Minnesota couple Jerry and Barbara Heil.The tragedy has us wondering if the disaster will have an impact on future cruise ship travel.”I [...]

Disney Cruise Line to launch sailings out of MiamiNews from USA TODAY: (8:50 AM) — Watch out, Carnival and Royal Caribbean. Entertainment giant Disney is moving in on your turf. The Disney Cruise Line today will announce its first voyages out of Miami — a cruise hub long dominated by locally-based Carnival, Royal Caribbean and [...]