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    Holland America's Curried Coconut Risotto with Shrimp

    By Raquel Grinnell, Cruise Consultant, The Cruise Web, Inc. I love to cook. I mean, REALLY love to cook. I find great pleasure in choosing the perfect ingredients, the action of chopping vegetables into a perfect dice, stirring a pot of deliciousness that fills my home with the most amazing smells and of course, savoring […]

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    Top 10 Movies to Inspire Your Next Cruise

    Film is one of the most powerful mediums. Movies have the ability to stir our emotions, open our minds, challenge our preconceptions, influence our moods and take us away. They can inspire as well as entertain, sometimes even prompting us to take action. Perhaps you’ve seen a movie and felt drawn to the location in […]

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  • Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. Courtesy of Royal Caribbean.

    Royal Caribbean Uses Google Street View Technology for Virtual Ship Tours

    The way people plan and book their vacations is changing faster than ever now that Royal Caribbean International has launched Google’s Street View technology to showcase their amazing ships; starting with the legendary Allure of the Seas. This unique technology allows travelers to explore everything from staterooms to the “Flowrider” surf simulator, right from their […]

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  • Blue-footed booby. Image courtesy of Celebrity Cruises.

    Celebrity Cruises: New Destination Adventures In the Galapagos Islands

    Explore your adventurous side with a Celebrity Cruises voyage to the Galapagos Islands. To commemorate their 10-year anniversary in this oasis of wonder, Celebrity Cruises has rolled out new Galapagos excursions featuring everything from local dining opportunities to local reforestation excursions. Celebrity Cruises has spent the last decade not only bringing these amazing islands to […]

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    Finding Our Inspiration to Travel

    A compilation from The Cruise Web Team. Travel inspiration comes from many sources, and occasionally out of the blue. Sometimes it’s loud and obvious, and other times it exists as a small twinge beneath the surface. Perhaps you read a book set in a fantastic destination that you have to see for yourself, or maybe […]

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  • 6 Fun Facts about the Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty is perhaps America’s most popular landmark. Lady liberty has stood in New York harbor welcoming visitors and immigrants with her torch and tablet since 1886. To many, she is a symbol of America’s reputation as a refuge for those fleeing poverty or oppression. It was in her shadow that immigrants entered […]

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  • Adventures in St. Lucia

    By Samantha Mahaney, Operations Analyst, The Cruise Web, Inc. After a year and a half of planning a wedding, there’s nothing better than spending a week with your new husband in St. Lucia. We chose St. Lucia as our honeymoon destination because the mountainous landscape and beautiful Caribbean waters were two things we needed to […]

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  • Day by Day on an Alaskan Cruisetour

    By Sherry Jefferson, Cruise Consultant, The Cruise Web, Inc. Several months ago I was offered the opportunity to join a group of travel agents from across the country to participate in a land tour of Alaska. As many of you may already know, certain cruise itineraries offer a land tour in addition to a cruise […]

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