Caribbean cruises are a fun experience with luxurious facilities. Have a look at the details to make your trip memorable.
A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are a part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way. Transportation is not the prime purpose, as cruise ships operate mostly on routes that return passengers to their originating port, so the ports of call are usually in a specified region of a continent. There are even "cruises to nowhere" or "nowhere voyages" where the ship makes 2-3 day round trips without any ports of call.
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By contrast, dedicated transport oriented ocean liners do "line voyages" and typically transport passengers from one point to another, rather than on round trips. Traditionally, an ocean liner for the transoceanic trade will be built to a higher standard than a typical cruise ship, including high freeboard and stronger plating to withstand rough seas and adverse conditions encountered in the open ocean, such as the North Atlantic. Ocean liners also usually have larger capacities for fuel, victuals, and other stores for consumption on long voyages, compared to dedicated cruise ships.
Royal Caribbean Cruises
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL, OSE: RCL) is a Norwegian–American global cruise company based in Miami, Florida. It is the world's second-largest cruise line operator, after Carnival Corporation & plc. As of March 2009, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. fully owns five cruise lines: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises and CDF Croisières de France, plus has a 50% stake in TUI Cruises.[2][3] Previously Royal Caribbean Cruises also owned 50% of Island Cruises, but this was sold to TUI Travel PLC in October 2008.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was formed in 1997 when Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, founded in 1968, and Celebrity Cruises, founded in 1988, was then purchased. The decision was made to keep the two cruise line brands separate following the merger; as a result Royal Caribbean Cruise Line was re-branded Royal Caribbean International and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was established as the new parent company of both Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises.
A third brand under Royal Caribbean Cruises ownership was formed in 2000 when Island Cruises was created as a joint venture with British First Choice Holidays. Island Cruises became an informal cruise line on the British and Brazilian markets
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Generally, there are five types of
Caribbean cruises to choose from. These are:
- The Bahamas - Typically short three or four day
cruises and limited to the islands of the Bahamas.
- The next and most popular is the Western Caribbean,
which gives you ports of call in Mexico, Belize, Honduras, the Caymen's,
Key West and Jamaica. These can range anywhere from three days to
seven days, with the seven day itinerary by far the most popular. The
ports are fun and they are exceptional for a wide variety of water
activities such as scuba and snorkeling and shopping.
- The Eastern Caribbean itineraries often include a stop
in the Bahamas followed by St Thomas, St Maarten, San Juan PR, St John and
the private islands owned and operated by the cruise lines. These cruises
offer good shopping, particularly in Charlotte Amolie in St Thomas. You
will often have more time at sea to enjoy the ship on eastern Caribbean
cruises as well. Seven day cruises are most popular for the eastern
Caribbean
- The southern Caribbean generally embarks and disembarks
from San Juan and includes the "Saint" Islands southward. They
have an interesting blend of Dutch, French and English history giving the
islands a lot of character and some of the best beaches in the world.
Seven to ten day cruises are very popular for the southern Caribbean.
Travel time and airfare is sometimes a drawback to this region
- Finally, exotic Caribbean itineraries are a hybrid that
may mix ports from each of the regions and will typically range from eight
to fourteen days. They are great from those who have time and a desire to
see more than you would on one of the cruises described above.
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