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Cruise Specials

Evan — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:00:23 +0000

At any given point in the year, cruise specials are available. Indeed, not only are cruise specials always possible to find, you can likely uncover them by looking at a single cruise line. This is because cruise specials are extremely common, and in fact the very nature of the cruise industry ensures that this is the case. Ships need to be filled all year round to make voyages financially worthwhile for the cruise lines, and in order to fill their ships, it is often necessary for companies to offer cruise specials to potential passengers to lure them on board. (For more on why cruise lines offer cruise deals, check out our article on how to find cheap cruises.)

These types of cruise specials – the ones that are designed to entice customers to book a cruise – almost exclusively take the form of discounted cruises. Ticket prices are slashed and there are an abundance of bargains to be had (although, as we went to great lengths to explain, it is not entirely clear what precisely constitutes a bargain cruise). There can be no doubt cheap cruises can properly be called “cruise specials,” but there is also another type of cruise special out there that isn’t defined simply as a “cheap cruise.” These kinds of cruise specials, which we will explain shortly, are often overlooked by people because of our relentless drive to find the cheapest cruises possible, and while this impulse is entirely understandable, we don’t want to neglect to consider other cruising opportunities because we are exclusively preoccupied with cruise deals.

So, what other kinds of cruise specials are we missing? As is the case with so many other questions, the answer hangs on a matter of semantics, on what we define as “cruise special.” In this particular instance, we would liked to think of a cruise special as essentially a specialty cruise, a cruise that has some features that makes it fall outside the domain of standard cruises. Take, for example, Christmas or New Years Eve cruises, of which there are many, offered by small cruise lines and the world’s biggest cruise lines alike. These cruises will share many features with traditional cruises (obviously – you’re on a cruise ship, after all), but they also have special features, like Christmas trees on deck and strings of lights hung around the ballrooms. On a Christmas cruise, you might also find Santa Claus listening patiently to the Christmas wishes of children. Such cruise likely won’t be discounted, but they are nevertheless different from a normal cruise – they are, you might say, special, and hence they fall under the heading of “cruise specials.”

There are any number of other cruise specials like this. There are cruises for couples and there are cruises for singles. There are cruises for food and wine enthusiasts and cruises for those looking for adventures. The list goes on. Granted, these types of cruises generally don’t come to mind when we think about cruise specials, but they are definitely “cruise specials” in a meaningful sense of the phrase. They have a unique angle that renders them out of the ordinary.

When looking for cruise specials, all people are beholden only to their own wishes. If you are exclusively looking for cheap cruises, more power to you. But we suspect that there are at least a few people out there who are interested in a wider array of cruise specials, and to these people we recommend looking into some of the many themed cruises available.

Cruise Patrol (Not the Gay Male Porn Site)

Evan — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:00:47 +0000

If you search for “cruise patrol” with innocent intentions, as we recently did, you’ll be surprised to learn that Cruise Patrol is actually the name of a porn site aimed at the gay-male audience. This isn’t necessarily a problem – it’s just that when you search a seemingly innocuous phrase like “cruise patrol” for reasons unrelated to gay porn, you’re probably expecting information about a cruise ship-security outfit, or perhaps some sort of police force that patrols the open waters, protecting cruise vacationers from pirates and other threats.

This is what we were expecting, and in fact we were kind of hoping to find a defense agency of this sort because it sounds like a cool concept. The Cruise Patrol, Guardians of the Free Sea – now that’s something we can get behind. The type of boys who play with stick guns in the woods would perhaps one day aspire to join this elite group of warriors, just as they hope to become Marines or Navy Seals. This is emphatically not what Cruise Patrol is, however.

Anyway, let’s say you are searching for information related to cruise patrol – understood purely as a search phrase – in Google (or Bing, or, in a throwback to the early days of the internet, Yahoo), and you aren’t looking for entertainment of the more morally dubious variety. Will you be able to find anything? Basically, no, unless you are looking for information about the domain cruisepatrol.com, like its traffic statistics or valuation, and even this comes on the third page of search results rendered by Google. In other words, to get to the first page that is not explicitly pornographic, you need to weed through about two dozen links.

While this isn’t really a problem, it is mildly disquieting that a decidedly asexual term like “cruise patrol” is exclusively associated with pornographic material, at least on the first several pages of Google, which are the only pages that the vast majority of people look at. It doesn’t seem quite right that a gay porn site has a monopoly on searches for “cruise patrol.” Sites that feature pornography should be named accordingly; this way, people chastely wondering if there is such a thing as a cruise patrol that is force for good on the high seas, for example, won’t be confronted with miles of links to pornography. If you are looking for information about cruises and security, you should search for terms like “cruise security,” “cruise police,” and similar such phrases. Such searches will primarily bring up information about cruise safety and how cruise ships are policed, which is perhaps what you are looking for when you type “cruise patrol” into a search engine.

Singles Vacation Cruises

Michelle — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:06:47 +0000

Singles vacation cruises are plentiful through cruise lines such as Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Princess Cruises. These special theme cruises are not what you think they might be. While singles cruises are designed for singles that just want to have fun, the matchmaking aspects of the cruise are extremely low-key, so you won’t spend the entire trip obsessing over meeting mister or ms. right.

Part of Carlson Vacation & Business Travel (CVBT), the top cruise operator for singles cruise vacations is SinglesCruise.com. Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, SinglesCruise.com typically organizes singles cruises on Carnival Cruise Lines’ Fun Ships, MSC cruise ships, Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises, and Norwegian Cruise Lines. Singles can find at least one singles cruise on a Carnival Fun Ship per month. Passengers on singles cruises can expect to find anywhere from 100-400 other singles on any given cruise.

Singles cruise vacations can take you anywhere from the Bahamas to London, on three-night cruises, five-night cruises, and even 12-night cruises. If you are interested in longer cruises, 12+ night singles cruises are available as well.

Singles cruise vacations are all-inclusive and include:

-Access to the singles chat site where you can meet other travelers in the Singles Cruise group prior to cruise departure.

-Complimentary private cocktail parties — three complimentary cocktail parties on every 7-night cruise.

-Exclusive shore tours

-Games, private dance classes, karaoke, guest relationship experts, pool parties with give-a-way gifts and more. Private schedule of activities is in addition to those offered by the cruise line.

-Identification necklaces to gain access into all the fun and exclusive singles events

-Meet-and-greet services with SCs very own Cruise Directors

-Open seating dining

-Organized singles events and activities with SCs very own “SINGLES” Cruise Directors

-Pre-cruise festivities (optional dinner and hotel) are available prior to departure.

Below you will find an extensive list of SinglesCruise.com offerings for singles only.

To book a singles cruise, visit SinglesCruise.com to start the process or call toll free 800-393-5000, Local 954-489-3200.

Examples of Possible SinglesCruise.com Cruise Offerings:

4-Night Western Caribbean Singles Cruise with LockandKeyEvents.com from Ft. Lauderdale, Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas

7-Night After Thanksgiving Singles Cruise from Miami
Carnival’s Freedom

7-Night New Years Caribbean Singles Cruise from Miami
Carnival’s Valor

4-Night Western Caribbean Singles Cruise from Tampa
Carnival’s Inspiration

7-Night “Baby Boomer” Eastern Caribbean Singles Cruise from Miami
Royal Caribbean’s Freedom Of The Seas

10-Night Panama Canal Singles Cruise from Ft. Lauderdale
Princess Cruise Line’s Coral Princess

4-Night Baja Mexico Singles Cruise from Long Beach
Carnival’s Paradise

3-Night Bahamas Super Bowl Getaway Singles Cruise from Miami
Carnival’s Fascination

8-Night Presidents’ Day Western Caribbean Getaway Singles Cruise from Ft. Lauderdale
Carnival’s Liberty

7-Night March Madness Singles Cruise from Miami
Carnival’s Freedom

3-Night Jewish JBreak Bahamas Singles Cruise
Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas

8-Night Spring Fling Singles Cruise from Ft. Lauderdale
Carnival’s Liberty

6-Night 20’s and 30’s Western Caribbean Singles Cruise from Ft. Lauderdale
Carnival’s Liberty

4-Night Cozumel Break Singles Cruise from New Orleans
Carnival’s Fantasy

8-Night Exotic Isle Caribbean Singles Cruise from New York
Carnival’s Miracle

7-Night Mexican Riviera Singles Cruise Adventure from Los Angeles
Carnival’s Pride

7-Night Memorial Day Western Caribbean from Miami
Carnival’s Valor

7-Night Alaskan Explorer Singles Cruise from Seattle
Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Star

5-Night Singles Cruise Mexican Retreat from San Diego
Carnival’s Elation

5-Night Caribbean Summer Break Singles Cruise from Miami
Carnival’s Imagination

12-Night Northern European Summer Singles Cruise from London
Carnival’s Splendor

Best Cruises for Singles

Michelle — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:05:24 +0000

Luxury cruises might be too expensive for singles just looking for a little fun, while cruise lines that cater to families might be a bit too kid-friendly for groups of friends that prefer the night-on-the town atmosphere. So, with luxury cruises and family cruises off the menu, what could possibly be left? Plenty. Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Princess Cruises all offer cruises that are perfect for singles. Some even offer designated “singles cruises” so there’s no confusion as to what can be expected onboard. These special theme cruises are designed with nothing but fun and a little low-key matchmaking in mind. These types of cruises are more popular than ever among singles of all ages looking for fun or love or both!

A singles cruise has also become a popular way for women to develop friendships with other likeminded women and for men to establish friendships with other men. The top cruise operator for singles cruise vacations is SinglesCruise.com. Part of Carlson Vacation & Business Travel (CVBT,) a division of Carlson Leisure Group, SinglesCruise.com is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and typically organizes singles cruises onboard Carnival Cruise Lines Fun Ships, MSC cruise ships, Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises, and Norwegian Cruise Lines, to name a few. Singles can find at the very minimum, one singles cruise on a Carnival Fun Ship per month, and passengers can expect to find anywhere from 100-400 other singles on any given singles cruise.

Singles cruise vacations can take you anywhere from the Bahamas to London, on three-night cruises, five-night cruises, and even 12-night singles cruises. If you want to spend more time on the cruise, 12+ night singles cruises are available as well.