Tagged With "Carnival's Fathom"

I never did shake hands with Doc Holiday or Wyatt Earp, Mac, and since Doc Holiday probably died of "consumption" (tuberculosis), hope you were wearing a mask and washed your hands after you did. Good point about Bisbee -- a great small historic town with a grand old hotel, the Copper Queen . The scale of the open pit mine is hard to fathom, but worth a look. If you're staying in Tucson, both Tombstone and Bisbee can be combined into a day trip from there.

Hiya!   My parents and I are heading to Croatia and Slovenia this summer (early September) by way of Italy and I'm trying to figure out the most fluid way for us to hit all of our destinations.   Renting a car is a must; however, I would...

Travel to Cuba by Americans continues to grow, but cruises are outstripping air as the way to go.

Volunteers work on water filtration system parts (Photo: Carnival Corp)   Carnival, mothership of nine different cruise line brands, is launching another, with a twist: Instead of high-end entertainment and gambling, the line—named...

Oceania's Riviera is one of the line's 684-passenger R-class ships   Norwegian Cruise Lines' Oceania Cruises brand, like Carnival's Fathom, has plans to join the growing interest in travel to Cuba from the U.S., but it's taking a radically...

Cuban sunset, soon to be seen from Carnival's volunteer cruises   Carnival's Fathom cruise line will offer "voluntourism" cruises to Cuba starting next spring, it announced today. Although the itineraries haven't yet been fully developed, and the...

Street scene, Cuba                  Photo: GarryRF / TravelGumbo   MSC Cruises, currently Europe's top ocean cruise line, is responding to constantly-increasing European interest in Cuba (and possibly...

Lirica-class ship of MSC split for its upgrade Cuba's presence in the cruise market is growing, with Carnival's Fathom brand starting up cultural-exchange cruises open to U.S. citizens, and MSC announcing a second ship will use Havana as its homeport...

(Mural of Pope John Paul II, St. Peter's Square, The Vatican) When visiting the Vatican you leave Italy and enter another country, albeit a very small (110 acre) country with only a few hundred permanent residents.  Yet the Vatican...

The state of California has some pretty remarkable scenery.  Where else can you find the world's ...  Oldest trees (bristle-cone pines) Tallest trees (redwoods) Largest/most massive trees (sequoias)... ...but in California?  I know it's...

Carnival Corporation is opening the 'voluntourism' social impact activities pioneered by its Fathom brand to its other ships.

Amber Cove 'voluntourism' projects in the Dominican Republic, previously open only to Carnival's Fathom brand are now available to other lines.

Demand for the only Cuba cruises from the U.S. so far is high, and Fathom is changing some cruises from Dominican Republic to Cuba instead.

Carnival will send a larger ship on its Cuba cruises next year, and has opened Fathom's 'social impact' activities in DR to other lines.

Cuba has given permission for Cuban-born Americans to sail on Carnival's Fathom cruises to Cuba; the first trip is back on schedule for May 1st.

Royal Caribbean's CEO semi-announces the line's plans for cruises to Cuba.

Delays in Cuba's government licensing process are putting U.S.-to-Cuba cruise plans on hold, but operators hope to get going soon.

Carnival gets official permission from Cuba to sail to three cities.

DrFumblefinger visits the Vatican Museum and its age-old collections.

Thinking about exploring Egypt any time soon? Roger has some useful advice for you (sponsored content).

DrFumblefinger visits one of the greatest churches in the world. More than a thousand years old, St. Mark's in Venice is an absolute treasure

DrFumblefinger visits the Holocaust memorial on the Alberta Legislative grounds, in Edmonton.

DrFumblefinger visits the largest Jewish cemetery in Krakow, know as the New Cemetery, and shares some of the site's history.

Stephanie shares highlights of a pleasant visit to Martha's Vineyard.