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    Silversea Announces Speakers for Sailings

    Silversea Cruises has announced a riveting lineup of speakers that will sail onboard their ships throughout 2013, offering interesting insights and opinions to the sailings’ passengers. This year’s lineup includes British historians, New York Times best-selling authors and a movie executive, among others. Here is a rundown of the Silversea’s 2013 schedule of speakers.

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    Royal Caribbean Takes a "Quantum" Leap Forward

    Royal Caribbean is growing by leaps and bounds. The contemporary cruise company announced that they are hard at work on a new Quantum Class of ships. The Quantum Class will consist of two ships, Quantum of the Seas, which will make its debut in the fall of 2014, and Anthem of the Seas, which will follow in the spring of 2015.

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  • Cruise Port Showdown - Baltimore vs. San Francisco

    Port Showdown: Baltimore vs. San Francisco

    The 2013 Super Bowl will no doubt go down in history as an amazing event. There will be intensity on the field. There will be lots of rowdy fans and even an incredible performance by Beyonce, but will this Super Bowl determine once and for all which city has the most dominant cruise port? It’s hard to tell.

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  • Football fans watching the big game.

    Super Meal for the Super Bowl!

    The Super Bowl calls for a big spread of delicious foods that satisfy everyone from the cheerleader to the middle linebacker. For many people this means pizza, chicken wings and seven-layer dip, but if you are looking for a meal with real grit that will surely fill you up, check out these two options inspired by the port cities that are home to this year’s formidable teams.

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  • Gold Trophy

    And the Winner Is….

    It’s award season here at The Cruise Web. As we look ahead to the new year, we also look back to 2012 to see which cruise lines had award-winning service, ships, itineraries and much, much more.

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  • Barbados

    Our Favorite Cruise Destinations

    Picking a favorite cruise destination can be a bit of a tough choice; after all, there are so many great countries, cities and hot spots out there, and each offers something slightly different from the next. But you know, sometimes you just have to pick a favorite and be done with it. So, we asked our well-traveled staff to put themselves in that spot between a rock and a hard place and make a decision.

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  • An Ice Sculpture to Celebrate 2013

    Cruising Into 2013 with the Whole Family

    To bring in the New Year, my family and I decided to take a 7-night cruise to the Bahamas on the Norwegian Jewel, and this sailing was a perfect selection for my family. We live in Baltimore, so the New York cruise terminal was easy, easy to drive, easy to find, easy to drop off, and easy to pick up. The Jewel was particularly nice since I was traveling with my 83-year-old mother, and 9-year-old son, Dominic.

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