Cruise ships

Caribbean Cruise Adventure to Feature Live Interactive Game Shows, Nickelodeon Animation and Voiceover Workshops, Slime Time Live!, Appearances by SpongeBob SquarePants and Stars of iCarly and More

NEW YORK, May 7 -- Nickelodeon has assembled seven days of non-stop fun and activities for its first-ever Nickelodeon Family Cruise with Royal Caribbean, which sets sail August 10-17, on Royal Caribbean International's Freedom of the Seas.    » read more »

April 18, 2008 --WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced legislation to help protect the world's oceans and the Great Lakes from damage caused by cruise ship pollution.

“Massive cruise ships can be massive ocean polluters,” Durbin said. “We cannot afford to leave the destruction of the oceans in the wake of our vacation cruises.”

Cruise ship, Alaska: Photo by Greg (CC)    » read more »

McCollum: agreements with Carnival cruise lines provides for $40 million in passenger reimbursements

March 31, 2008 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has reached a resolution with six cruise lines over the imposition of a retroactively-imposed fuel surcharge on cruise passengers.

Carnival and its five subsidiary cruise lines have agreed to refund approximately $40 million to consumers nationwide who were charged the fuel surcharge after they had booked their cruises. Other affected cruise lines are Holland America, Princess, Costa, Cunard and Seabourne.    » read more »

McCollum: agreement with Royal Caribbean, Celebrity cruise lines addresses disclosure of fuel surcharges

March 11, 2008 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his Economic Crimes Division reached a resolution with two cruise lines over the imposition of a fuel supplement on cruise passengers. Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Celebrity Cruises have agreed to refund $21 million to consumers nationwide who were charged the fuel surcharge after they had booked their cruise.    » read more »

February 13, 2008 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today wrote Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to express her serious concerns about a proposed requirement in U.S. customs law that could hurt New London’s burgeoning cruise ship industry.    » read more »

- Nickelodeon Takes to the Seas on its First-Ever Cruise, Sailing August 2008
- Exciting Ports of Call Include Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and Royal Caribbean's Private Beach Destination

June 4, 2007, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today signed House Bill 217 into law. HB 217, sponsored by Representative Lindsey Holmes, relates to the disclosure language in the Cruise Ship Initiative.    » read more »