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What's it like to sail on a @DisneyCruise ship? Our anonymous reviewer rates the Disney Wonder: usat.ly/JOV4t6 4:49 AM May 31st via TweetDeck
Today's talker: Elderly woman kicked off luxury cruise ship for skipping safety drill: usat.ly/K7qh5g 12:33 PM May 16th via TweetDeck
What sets @OceaniaCruises' new ship, Riviera, apart from its one-year-old sister? We talk with founder Frank Del Rio: usat.ly/LbBc3r 9:54 AM May 16th via TweetDeck
Says one reader of line that sent elderly cruisers home over safety drill: "There should be no exceptions" to rules: usat.ly/K7qh5g 7:19 AM May 16th via TweetDeck
Should cruise lines remove passengers who skip safety drills? Latest incident has CruiseLog readers talking: usat.ly/K7qh5g 7:18 AM May 16th via TweetDeck
Sweet suite news: River line @avalonwaterways rolls out two more 'suite ships' in Europe: usat.ly/Km8c3M 7:12 AM May 16th via TweetDeck
Another cruiser kicked off a ship for not attending safety drill: usat.ly/K7qh5g 4:41 AM May 16th via TweetDeck
Just posted @CruiseLog: The biggest, most comprehensive photo tour of @CarnivalCruise's Carnival Valor ever: usat.ly/L2VpCj 4:32 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
Cruise ship youth area supervisor who abused children gets prison: usat.ly/Jdr4Ab 9:33 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
Diet guru removed from @CarnivalCruise ship after fake #tweet: usat.ly/KFf6WQ #Twitter 8:42 AM May 9th via TweetDeck
Just posted at CruiseLog: A comprehensive photo tour of the just-relaunched American Queen: usat.ly/IMGXC0 7:01 AM May 8th via TweetDeck
A trip back in time: USA TODAY's Jayne Clark writes about cruising the Mississippi on the relaunched American Queen: usat.ly/KkP4bi 6:33 AM May 4th via TweetDeck
Even U.S. Presidents have the dream of sailing Atlantic on @CunardLine's Queen Mary 2. Look who was spotted on board: usat.ly/K6sUXn 6:02 AM May 4th via TweetDeck
buycruises Can't chocolate be a vegetable? RT @CruiseLog Cruise Line @HALCruises to customers: Eat your vegetables! usat.ly/IosurW 6:50 AM May 3rd via web in reply to CruiseLog Retweeted by CruiseLog
Cruise line @HALCruises to customers: Eat ur broccoli! usat.ly/ILTjpo 6:24 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck
An all-vegetarian menu? That's the plan at one major #cruise line: usat.ly/ILTjpo 4:52 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck
;) RT @shipsandtrips: @CruiseLog not if there was a good travel agent involved. We're here to be our clients' "squeaky wheels" 2:49 PM May 2nd via TweetDeck
Re: Last tweek. And we're @United 1K. 2:45 PM May 2nd via TweetDeck
Would a cruise line take 49 days to get back to a customer email? That's how long @United took to respond to us on missing bonus miles. 2:44 PM May 2nd via TweetDeck
Sorry, wrong URL on that @WFTV story about Florida parking lot used by cruisers. Read more about it here: usat.ly/IJto1G 8:53 AM May 2nd via TweetDeck

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