Feb
13
Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Dream offers Ultimate Family Vacation
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Carnival Dream is the latest ship to join the Carnival Cruise Lines family. It’s planned debut is September 21, 2009. Carnival has taken everything they learned through the years about family fun travel. They have incorporated everything into Carnival Dream. There is 19,000 square feet that is dedicated to children through teens. In the dedicated spaces, there are indoor and outdoor play areas. There is also an aqua park that boasts the longest water slide in the cruise industry. In other words, the 130,000 ton Carnival Dream is THE family vacation ship.
Reservations are being taken right now for the inaugural cruise. Some of the itineraries include a 12 day, round trip, Mediterranean cruise from Rome. After that, there is a 16 day trans Atlantic cruise from Rome to New York. This cruise is slated for October 27-November 12, 2009.
After that, there will be two 8 day Bahama/Florida cruises. Departure dates are November 15 and November 23, 2009. From there, Carnival Dream will go to Port Canaveral, Florida for a special cruise on December 3, 2009. This is a one time, 9 day Caribbean cruise. The schedule will then settle in with year round 7 day cruises from Port Canaveral, December 12, 2009. Routes are to the eastern and western Caribbean.
Feb
1
Ruby Princess is one of the ships in the Princess Cruises fleet. As for every ship, the Ruby Princess is unique 
in its own way. Here are some fun facts. The passenger capacity is 3,080. The number of crew members is 1,225. Inaugural cruise was on November 8, 2008. Home port is in Ft. Luaderdale, Florida. Dimensions of this ship is 951 feet long and 195 feet high. The number of passenger decks is 15. There are 1,540 passenger cabins. There are 4 pools and 7 whirlpool spas. Maximum speed is 21.5 knots.
Some of the food supplies used or prepared in only one week include: 2,005 pounds of pasta, 3,258 pounds of french fries, 6,060 pounds of steak, 2,708 pounds of shrimp, 338 gallons of ice cream, 28,767 bread rolls, 68,920 eggs, 10,068 slices of pizza, 4,961 pounds of cheese.
