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New Jersey 12/22/2003 Royal Olympic Updates Explorer & Voyager Status 12/18/2003 Royal Olympic Files Chapter 11 for Voyager & Explorer 12/16/2003 NCL Tests Revolutionary New A'La Carte Charge 12/15/2003 Carnival Ends Era -- Of Paradise 12/11/2003 RSSC Overhauls Spas Throughout Fleet 12/9/2003 Princess Begins Unveiling Diamond/Sapphire Details 12/9/2003 Yet Another Tropical Storm Makes December Debut 12/5/2003 Holland America Launches "Early Boarding" Fleetwide 12/4/2003 Rare December Tropical Storm Forms In Caribbean 12/2/2003 Carnival Appoints Jessica Lynch as Ship Godmother 12/2/2003 Empress Runs Aground 12/1/2003 Windstar Embarks on Promised Fleet Upgrade 11/25/2003 Cruise Lines Keep Wary Eye On Istanbul 11/24/2003 TSA & Cruise Industry Issue Holiday Travel Tips 11/24/2003 Princess Plans Early Debut for Caribbean Princess 11/23/2003 Costa Officially Welcomes CostaFortuna 11/19/2003 Crystal Expands Enrichment Program Fleetwide 11/17/2003 15 People Killed in Queen Mary 2 Tragedy 11/14/2003 Fincantieri Hands Over CostaFortuna 11/12/2003 Industry and Friends Memorialize Cruise Magnate 11/11/2003 Mariner of the Seas Arrives In U.S. 11/11/2003 Holland America Plans Major Fleetwide Upgrade 11/7/2003 Princess Delays Sapphire Debut 11/7/2003 Cruise Lines Swap Florida Ports; Royal Caribbean Weighs In 11/6/2003 Fictional Characters Inspire Carnival Miracle 11/3/2003 Princess Cruises Launches In-House Spas 10/30/2003 Mariner of the Seas Officially Joins RCI Fleet 10/29/2003 NCL Offers Unusual Weather Guarantee 10/28/2003 Silversea Unveils Extended Pre- & Post-Cruise Packages 10/24/2003 Empress of the North Gets Stuck 10/23/2003 Is Norway Leaving NCL's Fleet? 10/22/2003 Song of Flower Departs 10/20/2003 Disney Revitalizes Magic 10/19/2003 Queen Elizabeth to Name Queen Mary 10/19/2003 Shipyard Fire Damages Holland America’s Westerdam 10/15/2003 Royal Caribbean Announces 2004 Itinerary Changes 10/14/2003 Will Disney Order New Ships? 10/14/2003 Celebrity Cruises Enhances Kids' Program 10/14/2003 NCL Inspires Fabian Fundraiser in Bermuda 10/6/2003 Discovery World Cruises Celebrates Official Launch 10/1/2003 Cruise Ships Aid Cuban Migrants 10/1/2003 Maritime Canada Suffers Little from Visit by Hurricane Juan 9/29/2003 Queen Mary 2 Undergoes Sea Trials 9/29/2003 Hurricane Juan Disrupts Canada Cruises 9/25/2003 Norwegian Crown Experiences Propeller Damage 9/24/2003 Court Hands Down Sentence to Royal Caribbean Passenger 9/23/2003 Celebrity Introduces On-Board Acupuncture 9/23/2003 Sapphire Princess Completes Floating-Out 9/22/2003 Carnival Miracle’s New Itineraries Mirror NCL Dawn 9/19/2003 NCL Also Places Big Ship Order 9/19/2003 Royal Caribbean Orders New Biggest Ship(s) Ever 9/18/2003 Costa Adds Onboard Cell Phone Access 9/17/2003 Round Up: Changes As Isabel Approaches Mid-Atlantic 9/16/2003 NCL’s Exciting Bermuda Exit 9/15/2003 Carnival Fantasy Receives Overhaul 9/15/2003 Hurricane Isabel's Mid Atlantic Impact 9/14/2003 Isabel Update: September 14 9/12/2003 Bermuda is...On! 9/11/2003 Carnival Anticipates Isabel But …What About Bermuda? 9/8/2003 Cruise Bermuda Update 9/8/2003 Celebration Still Malfunctioning 9/8/2003 NCL Preps for Pride Launch 9/8/2003 Post-Fabian Impacts Cruise Schedules 9/4/2003 Regal Princess Gets Okay To Sail 9/4/2003 Hurricane Fabian Inspires More Cruise Changes 9/4/2003 Celebration Limps Back To Galveston 9/3/2003 Storms Alter Cruise Course 9/2/2003 Norovirus Strikes Regal Princess 8/28/2003 Police Arrest Star Princess Passenger 8/26/2003 Crystal Offers First-Ever Inter-Island Hawaii 8/26/2003 CostaFortuna Begins Sea Trials 8/25/2003 Royal Caribbean Launches Serenade 8/20/2003 Radisson Sells Song of Flower 8/18/2003 NCL Offers New Alaska Alternative 8/15/2003 New York City Cruises Not Impacted By Power Failure 8/14/2003 Windstar Announces Major Fleet Upgrade 8/12/2003 Star Princess Stops Noro-Virus 8/8/2003 Europe’s Heat Wave Disrupts River Cruises 8/7/2003 Celebrity Files $300 Million Lawsuit Over Mermaid “Pods” 8/5/2003 NCL’s Dawn Stays In NYC For Another Year 8/4/2003 Princess Deploys Extra Ship to Mexican Riviera 8/1/2003 Royal Caribbean Welcomes Serenade to Fleet 7/29/2003 Holland America Christens Oosterdam 7/28/2003 Rhapsody Experiences Outbreak 7/25/2003 Cruise Passenger Arrested for Sexual Assault 7/23/2003 Silversea Schedules First-Ever Alaska Routes 7/23/2003 Carnival Adds Kids Dining 7/22/2003 Princess Expands Homeport Cruising 7/22/2003 NCL Announces Further Norway Delay 7/18/2003 SARS Fades From Cruise View 7/16/2003 Celebrity Cancels Millennium Cruise 7/15/2003 Rock Slices Celebrity Summit 7/15/2003 Carnival Glory Gets Official Name 7/14/2003 Holland America Welcomes Oosterdam 7/11/2003 Cunard Lays Queen Victoria's Keel 7/9/2003 Tropical Storm Claudette Causes Itinerary Shifts 7/9/2003 Tropical Storm Claudette Heads For Jamaica & Caymans 7/7/2003 Swan Hellenic Christens New Minerva 7/7/2003 Holland America Selects Norfolk As Home Port 7/3/2003 Julie Andrews Christens Crystal Serenity 7/1/2003 Princess Shakes Up Alaska 7/1/2003 Carnival Accepts Glory 6/27/2003 Norway Leaves Miami Via Tugboat 6/27/2003 Disney Shakes Up Magic Itineraries 6/26/2003 Island Princess Annoints Christening Celebrities 6/25/2003 Crystal´s Serenity Debut Has Unusual Twist 6/24/2003 Carnival To Transfer Jubilee 6/24/2003 Royal Caribbean Nets Another Sea Rescue 6/24/2003 NTSB Wraps Up On Site Inspection 6/20/2003 Island Princess To Be Christened In Vancouver 6/19/2003 Silversea Relaunches Silver Wind 6/17/2003 NCL Announces Star's New Itineraries 6/17/2003 Celebrity Launches Star Series 6/16/2003 Princess Expands Hawaii Presence 6/16/2003 Royal Caribbean Announces New Ship - Maybe 6/13/2003 Radiance Makes Heroic Rescue 6/12/2003 New Company Proposes Hostel-Like Cruising 6/11/2003 NTSB Weighs In On Norway 6/9/2003 Norway Out of Service Until October 2003 6/9/2003 Costa Mediterranea Launched in Naples 6/5/2003 Royal Caribbean Moves Vision to L.A. 6/4/2003 Royal Caribbean Relaunches Monarch 6/3/2003 Silversea Hosts Political VIPs in St. Petersburg 6/3/2003 Celebrity Eliminates Captain’s Club Fee 5/30/2003 Conquest Plans New Orleans Return 5/30/2003 More Norway Voyages Canceled 5/30/2003 Royal Caribbean Moves Voyager to NYC 5/30/2003 Radisson Cancels Voyager Sailing 5/29/2003 Sixth Norway Crew Member Dies 5/28/2003 NCL Reports Additional Death 5/27/2003 Caronia To Depart Cunard 5/27/2003 NCL’s Norway Cancels Additional Cruises 5/25/2003 Explosion On NCL’s Norway 5/23/2003 New York Gets New Cruise Alliance 5/23/2003 Regal Empress Finally Sold 5/22/2003 Man Goes Missing From Veendam 5/21/2003 NOAA Unleashes Hurricane Predictions 5/20/2003 U.S. Raises Terror Alert 5/20/2003 No Noro Outbreak on NCL Sky 5/20/2003 NCL Names Project America Ships 5/19/2003 Regal Empress Goes Unbid 5/16/2003 Carnival Shifts Ships 5/15/2003 Oceania Announces Miami as Home Port 5/14/2003 Conquest Passenger Recovered 5/14/2003 Baltimore Nabs Carnival 5/13/2003 Safari Spirit Hits Rocks 5/12/2003 Conquest Passenger Goes Overboard 5/12/2003 Radisson Says Adios To Hanseatic 5/9/2003 Mariner of the Seas Will Debut Early 5/9/2003 Crystal Revises SARS Policy 5/8/2003 Jacksonville Lands Carnival Year-Round 5/8/2003 NCL Sun Discharges Off British Columbia 5/7/2003 Security Breach Delays Carnival’s Holiday 5/7/2003 CocoCay Adds Aqua Park 5/6/2003 NCL Announces U.S. Flag Brand 5/6/2003 Ocean Village Launches Today 5/5/2003 Norwegian Sea Passengers Caught With Drugs 5/1/2003 Carnival Makes Progress In New Orleans 4/30/2003 Cruise Industry Standardizes SARS Policies 4/29/2003 Nabbed: FBI Catches Legend's Note-Writer 4/29/2003 Carnival Corp. Alters Ship Debuts 4/28/2003 Regal Cruises Ceases Operations 4/28/2003 Princess Cruises Announces New Build Project 4/25/2003 A SARS Update: Toronto & Beyond 4/24/2003 Legend Threat Appears Hoax 4/23/2003 Disney Adds New Resort To Land-Cruise 4/22/2003 Crystal Bans Passengers From Toronto 4/22/2003 Regal Empress Arrested In Port 4/22/2003 Man Overboard Rescued By Cargo Ship 4/18/2003 Princess Floats Out Diamond 4/18/2003 Oceania Delays Second Ship Launch 4/17/2003 NCL Acquires Vintage Ships 4/16/2003 Travel Risk Level Lowered 4/16/2003 CostaFortuna Catches Fire 4/16/2003 It's Official: Carnival & P&O Are Done Deal 4/15/2003 Conquest Still Calls Gulfport Home 4/15/2003 Princess & NCL Are First To Deny Boarding 4/15/2003 All New Long Beach Terminal Opens 4/15/2003 Swan Hellenic Welcomes New Minerva 4/14/2003 Silversea Hosts Opera Superstar Bartoli 4/14/2003 Carnival Shareholders OK Princess Deal 4/13/2003 Crystal Completely Cancels Asia Sailings 4/11/2003 Star Cruises Has Possible SARS Outbreak 4/11/2003 Princess & Carnival Step Up SARS Prevention 4/10/2003 Carnival Launches Teen-Only Tours 4/8/2003 Athens Olympics Chooses More Ships 4/7/2003 Carnival's Celebration Gets Makeover 4/4/2003 Celebrity Adds Concierge Class 4/4/2003 SARS Now Prompts Itinerary Changes 4/3/2003 Pacific Sky Completes Repairs 4/2/2003 SARS: Should You Still Cruise Asia? 4/1/2003 Royal Caribbean Details Monarch Overhaul 4/1/2003 First European Cements Hilton Deal 3/31/2003 Radisson Christens New Voyager 3/31/2003 Update on Cunard's "Other" New Build 3/28/2003 NCL Transforms Orient's Crown Odyssey 3/28/2003 Carnival Glory Gets New Inaugural 3/27/2003 Radisson Details Fleet Changes 3/26/2003 Celebrity Picks Jacksonville As Home Port 3/26/2003 Carnival Joins "Crowd" In Mexico 3/24/2003 Radisson Shortens Diamond's Europe Season 3/24/2003 QM2 Offers In-Cabin Emailing 3/21/2003 P&O's Aurora Still Plans Suez Journey -- Next Week 3/20/2003 Pacific Sky Has Severe Corrosion 3/20/2003 Travel Risk Level Elevated to Orange 3/19/2003 Royal Caribbean Expands Rock Walls Across Fleet 3/18/2003 Carnival Conquest Experiences Severe List 3/17/2003 Oceania Drops Turkey 3/17/2003 Carnival & P&O Set Merger Dates 3/13/2003 Caronia Passengers Busted for Drugs 3/13/2003 Carnival Names New Ship Liberty 3/13/2003 Radisson Accepts Voyager Delivery 3/12/2003 Norwegian Wind Accused of Dumping 3/11/2003 Holland America Delays Oosterdam Launch 3/11/2003 Royal Caribbean & Celebrity Alter Cancellation Rules 3/10/2003 Celebrity's On Schedule with ReBranding 3/10/2003 Cunard QM2 Update 3/6/2003 Song of Flower Delays Reentry 3/6/2003 Crystal's Accidental Dumping Causes Controversy 3/5/2003 Crystal Enhances Onboard Programs 3/5/2003 Cruise Execs Debate State of Industry 3/5/2003 Carnival Moves Conquest to Gulfport 3/4/2003 Carnival Revises New Beverage Policy 3/3/2003 Crystal Upgrades Onboard Computer Programs 3/3/2003 Silversea Makes Fleet Changes 3/1/2003 New Twist to Carnival's Beverage Policy 2/28/2003 Ships Dip Suddenly 2/27/2003 Fire Causes Minimal Damage on Explorer of the Seas 2/27/2003 U.S. Downgrades Terror Alert 2/24/2003 NCL Gets Hawaii OK From President Bush 2/24/2003 Carnival Glory Design Preview 2/21/2003 Celebrity Launches New T-Shirt Promotion 2/18/2003 NCL Gets Hawaiian Support 2/17/2003 Celebrity Tweaks, Expands Enhancements 2/14/2003 Princess Makes Additional Commitment to Caribbean 2/14/2003 Grand Princess Cancels Europe Season 2/14/2003 Disney’s Aladdin Goes to Sea 2/14/2003 Royal Olympia Adds "No-Penalty" Policy 2/13/2003 Crystal Offers Enhanced Insurance Plan 2/12/2003 RCI Announces Itinerary Changes 2/11/2003 Carnival/P&O Get Clearance From EC 2/11/2003 Carnival Legend Crew Member Arrested 2/10/2003 RCI's Monarch Cancels Cruises for Major Re-Do 2/7/2003 US Raises Security Alert 2/5/2003 Princess Announces Delay for Island Debut 2/5/2003 Norwegian Star's Mechanical Malfunction Slows Cruise 2/4/2003 Princess Abruptly Terminates Sun Princess Voyage 2/4/2003 Another Infinity Cruise Canceled 2/4/2003 Windstar Decides Wind Song's Fate 2/3/2003 Flu-Like Virus Erupts on Sun Princess 1/31/2003 Police: Man Who Disappeared Off Statendam Jumped 1/31/2003 Infinity Cuts Cruise Short 1/30/2003 QE2 Skips Bay of Islands 1/29/2003 Infinity A Day Late 1/29/2003 Infinity Out Of Service 1/29/2003 NCL’s “Big Announcement” Is “Big Letdown” 1/28/2003 DEA Busts Cruise Crew for Drug Smuggling 1/27/2003 QE2 Passes CDC's Re-Test 1/24/2003 Norwegian Adds Charleston To List of Home Ports 1/23/2003 NCL's Dawn Switches Course 1/23/2003 Coral Princess Pays Highest Ever Toll in Canal 1/22/2003 Royal Caribbean Enhances CocoCay 1/21/2003 Statendam Rescues Sailors 1/21/2003 Celebrity Auctions Star Autographs on Ebay 1/20/2003 Cruise Line Cancels Calls At Trinidad 1/18/2003 Coral Princess Christened In Panama Canal 1/17/2003 SeaDream Launches "No Stress No Strings" 1/16/2003 Oceania Adopts New Name 1/16/2003 Cunard’s QE2 Flunks CDC Exam 1/15/2003 Uniworld Offers Free Cancellation Insurance 1/15/2003 Oceania Pins Down Itineraries 1/10/2003 Cruise Industry Security Update 1/10/2003 Royal Caribbean Defers Radiance-Class Options 1/9/2003 Disney Magic to Host Breast Cancer Cruise 1/9/2003 American Queen to Relaunch in January 1/8/2003 P&O Board Formally Recommends Carnival Corp. Deal 1/8/2003 Statendam Passenger Disappears Overboard 1/8/2003 Oceania Cruises Makes Progress Toward Launch 1/7/2003 Carnival Updates Status of P&O Deal 1/7/2003 Norway Experiences Norwalk Outbreak 1/6/2003 Coral Princess Launches At Last 1/5/2003 SeaDream Alters 2003 Itineraries Cruise Agencies Cruise Deals

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