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"Bad service overall, worst attitude I've ever seen on a cruise ship." (Sgonzalez100) "Every port we came to we could not wait to get OFF the ship." (sugarb204) "Do not throw away your money on this company and its ships." (bomag43) 1. Costa Venezia. More bad news for Costa. Launching this new ship in March 2019, the reviews have not been ...

12 Reasons Why Cruises Are Terrible Vacations

9. Costa Deliziosa. To start off with the positives of the Costa Deliziosa, many reviews praised the ship for its aesthetic appeal, noting its beautiful layout and the convenience of the central elevators. Additionally, the service staff received high praise for their exceptional commitment and dedication.

Cruise ships are incredibly large—among the largest ships in the world—and it takes a lot of fuel to keep them moving. They're often over three football fields long and can feature pools ...

Rating: 3.3 Fleet: 22 ships Top departure ports: Various Approx price per night: £50-60 MSC Cruises is another Italian cruise line that offers affordable ocean cruises on mid-size and large ships.While the cruise line is Italian and offers some European touches through its dining options, it is really more of a European-American blend of cruise styles, and many of the ships sail out of the US ...

Articles Ocean. The terrible toll of the cruise ship industry. Noise pollution, mounds of trash and an inordinate influx of humanity damage ecosystems from Washington to Alaska. by Andrew Engelson ...

Cruise Lines Ranked From Worst to Best

"Disney Cruise Lines is at the top of our report card, and would have received higher marks, but for the past two years we downgraded Disney for its push to build a massive cruise ship port at ...

Cruise ships pollute the environment. Cruise ships are bad for the air and the ocean. Steve Cordory/Shutterstock. Not only can cruise ships generate the same amount of sulfur dioxide fumes as 13.1 ...

Of the top cruise lines, Disney is open and transparent about their environmental impacts. Disney ships utilize fuel with a 0.1% sulfur content which is key to reducing climate-harming emissions. But Disney isn't perfect. They like to provide their vacationers with a once-in-a-lifetime travel experience, including going to untouched areas of ...

Last year, the German watchdog Nabu surveyed 77 cruise ships and found that all but one used toxic heavy fuel oil that the group described as "dirtiest of all fuels". This came a year after ...

Cruise ships generate high levels of air pollution that could endanger the health of passengers, staff and port communities, according to an undercover report released Thursday. On the decks of ...

Disembarkation can be a lengthy process, and the airport may be a far distance away. "It's a mistake to book a flight before 11 a.m. for an airport near the cruise port and before noon if there's ...

Cruise ships contribute to the destruction of coral reefs in several ways, including anchoring, sewage discharge, and the release of chemicals. Anchoring can cause physical damage to coral reefs, while sewage discharge and chemical releases can lead to water pollution, which can harm coral and marine life. In addition, the large amount of waste ...

I still can remember the worst cruise ship cabin I ever had. It was on a Carnival Cruise Line ship — I can't remember which one — and it was right in the middle of what I have come to call the "Bermuda Triangle of Bad Cabins" on Carnival ships.. This is the area on those ships around the aft elevator bank on the cabin deck that sits just above the main entertainment deck.

Ships can cause acid rain. Ships have diesel engines or gas turbines—or a combo of the two—and these have a high sulfur content, according to Vox. Sulfur mixed with air and water forms ...

Cruise ships tend to stick to destinations where they can avoid bad weather, such as the Caribbean in winter and Alaska's inside passage and the Mediterranean in summer, but there are exceptions ...

Bad weather is by far the most common reason, a cruise ship's itinerary will be changed. Sometimes it's because the seas are too rough to dock and in other cases, the captain opts to sail away ...

Cruise ships easily travel from one place to the next, meaning they can conveniently ditch bad weather at a moment's notice. Take it from James Van Fleet, Royal Caribbean's chief meteorologist and the first in the cruise industry. He keeps an eye on our 25-plus ships and two private destinations around the clock, so that you can keep the good ...

Cruising in bad weather can lead to seasickness, so you'll want to take immediate steps to ensure you won't be confined to your cabin with a stomach ache. Some options include taking an over-the ...

8 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing a Cruise Ship Cabin

The average cruise ship has around 3,000 passengers, but cruise companies have been investing in ever-bigger liners. "7,000 [passengers], 8,000, 9,000," Skjeldam says. "It's just wrong."

According to data from the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program, the number of norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships docking at U.S. ports had years of steady decline after 2015.Overall rates of acute ...

Suites on the NCL ships Gem, Jade, Jewel and Pearl are the "affordable choice". Norwegian Pearl's "Garden Villa" has a staggering size of 2320 ft2 (216 m2) plus a huge balcony measuring 1035 ft2 (96 m2). Norwegian Jewel's two Garden Villas are combined into an almost 5000 ft2 (465 m2) "cruise mansion".

On a few innovative cruise ships, there are windowless inside cabins that offer a view of the outside world, thanks to the magic of technology. On some Disney Cruise Line ships, some inside cabins come with "magical portholes" that show real-time views of the outside. They're actually screens built into the walls of the cabin to give the ...

However, there's one crucial difference between Life at Sea and Villa Vie Residences, the company attempting the 3.5-year cruise: Villa Vie has a ship. The company took possession of the Braemar ...

The good, the bad and the complicated of cruise ship tourism. We'll start with the positives. Economic health is a big one; many of these small-town economies are becoming more dependent on ...

The key pieces for the German government to bail out the financially troubled cruise ship builder Meyer Werft are coming together ahead of the September 15 deadline.

And, legal pressure is mounting against the initiative — some local businesses and cruise ship companies have threatened to sue the city if voters approve it. Ballots for Juneau's by-mail ...

An American teenager disappeared Thursday from a cruise ship in Germany, police said.. Fourteen-year-old Aydin Brown has not been seen since 7 a.m. Thursday when he left the Caribbean Princess in ...