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Cruise trends: low prices, bigger ships, new
destinations
By Judy
Wiley
SPECIAL TO THE
AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Sunday,
June 07, 2009
Travel, especially cruising, is a
bright spot in a year full of dismal economic news.
Some of the best deals in a decade are still out
there, and 14 new ships will be launched worldwide
before the year is over.
Carnival, the cruise line Texans use most because it
has frequent sailings from Galveston, is launching
its biggest ship ever. And Royal Caribbean
International (which also sails from Galveston) is
putting the final touches on the biggest cruise ship
in the world — Oasis of the Seas, which has even
longtime cruise insiders buzzing.
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