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  • "Deadliest Catch" Captain to Sail on Holland America Line

    Captain Keith Colburn of Discovery Channel’s Emmy-nominated “Deadliest Catch” series is scheduled to sail as part of the guest-enrichment program on the June 18, 2010, Alaskan Explorer Voyage aboard Holland America Line’s ms Zaandam.
    The seven-day cruise sails round-trip from Seattle, and calls at Glacier Bay, Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan, Alaska, and Victoria, B.C., Canada.
    During his cruise, Colburn will share his expertise on how to select, crack and clean fresh crab, while Holland America Line’s executive chef demonstrates different ways to prepare and serve this delectable Alaska seafood favorite. Colburn is one of more than 65 celebrated chefs and wine experts scheduled to sail in 2010 and share their expertise in the line’s Culinary Arts Center, presented by Food & Wine magazine.

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  • The Spirit of the Games

    Although I was just a young boy at the time, the most exciting and memorable sporting victory I have ever witnessed has to be the 1980 “Miracle on Ice”. This was the year that a young US men’s hockey team, made up of amateur and college players, toppled the “unbeatable” Soviet Union hockey power house at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. USA then went on to beat Finland, to claim the gold medal.
    Looking back to the build-up of that 1980 game, I can remember feeling how the Soviets were something akin to unstoppable robots. They were “perfect” in their execution, “never” made mistakes, and I almost thought of them as super-human, or maybe even non-human.

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  • The Cruise Web Launches Gift Certificate Program

    Today marks the launch of our new Gift Certificate Program! (*sound of people cheering*)
    Our new Gift Certificate Program enables you to give the gift of a cruise, or cruise related amenity, to your uncle for his birthday, your sister for her wedding, your wife for your anniversary or anybody else who you know would enjoy The Cruise Web Gift Certificate.

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  • Carnival Dream to Offer Amazing High-Energy Laser Shows

    Carnival Cruise Lines’ new 130,000-ton Carnival Dream will introduce the line’s first outdoor laser shows that will combine the latest in laser technology with rock music to provide guests a unique and exciting nighttime entertainment option. Carnival Dream’s laser shows will be the first ever for a North America–based cruise ship.

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  • Celebrity Cruises Launches "Celebrity Life"

    Celebrity Cruises announced “Celebrity Life,” a new series of palate-pleasing, intellectually-enriching and life-enhancing programs designed to deliver the most unique and sophisticated onboard experience in premium cruising. Built on long-established pillars of the Celebrity brand – dining, enrichment, and wellness – Celebrity Life encompasses three distinct program categories: “Savor,” “Discover,” and “Renew.”

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  • Once in a Lifetime: Crystal Goes Extreme in Antarctica

    In an industry first, Crystal Cruises is offering just six intrepid holiday travelers a new two-day excursion to the windiest, coldest and least populated continent on the planet.
    In below freezing temperatures, the brand new rugged and rare overland excursion will take Crystal guests to King George Island, Antarctica. Brave adventurers will trek through remote villages and a petrified arctic forest once covered by glaciers, to scientific research bases, and to the breeding and stomping grounds of three species of penguin, elephant seals and fur seals. Available with Crystal Symphony’s 19-day Christmas/New Year cruise departing December 20 from Buenos Aires, the “Extreme Overnight Adventure in Antarctica” is limited to only six guests.

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  • Cruise Web Manager Crowned Watermelon Eating Champion

    Our Sales manager Michael Harris has long impressed his coworkers with his prowess at extraordinary eating. Whether it’s polishing off an entire basket of the hottest wings Buffalo Wild Wings has to offer or being a member of the Cruise Web lunch group “The Meat Heads”, Michael is always pushing his own gastrointestinal boundaries.
    But this past Saturday at the Anne Arundel County Fair, Michael put his reputation on the line. As seen in this video captured by his biggest fan and wife, Michael (wearing the white shirt and black hat) clearly dusts the competition. As you can see Michael devours a quarter watermelon in under a minute.

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  • Client Services Manager's baby properly musters up! ;)

        On any cruise, your first day at sea includes a passenger safety drill.   Erin, our Client Services Manager’s baby, was up front and center ready to show everyone on board how it should be done.  She properly wore her life jacket and was first to her muster station! As you can see, the cruise […]

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