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  Ship of Spas: Costa Serena

  By Marilyn Green on 4:03 pm in At Sea (Cruise Ships), At Sea (Cruise Ships) / no comments

  You can tell the Samsara passengers in the spa; they're the ones who don't change from slippers and robes,

   
   
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  Carnival Fantasy

  By Lillian Africano on 4:03 pm in At Sea (Cruise Ships), At Sea (Cruise Ships) / no comments

  The five-day Carnival Cruise from New Orleans, calling at the Costa Maya and Cozumel, was especially appealing not only because I enjoy cruising but because the ship was sailing out of New Orleans.

   
   
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  Liberty of the Seas’ Spa

  By Marilyn Green on 4:05 pm in At Sea (Cruise Ships), At Sea (Cruise Ships) / no comments

  Spas and fitness have become very serious business to the cruise lines, which are moving rapidly toward becoming the new destination and resort spas. Royal Caribbean s slogan Get Out There! underlines its commitment to active passenger active, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The cruise line is well known for the biggest ships in the [...]

   
   
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  Royal Caribbean Vitality Program at Sea

  By Marilyn Green on 4:05 pm in At Sea (Cruise Ships), At Sea (Cruise Ships) / no comments

  A Vitality program lecture series developed by a health and wellness expert provides advice on stress and relaxation, weight management, and health and fitness. Royal Caribbean International is launching a new Vitality program in April 2007 on the line s newest ship, Liberty of the Seas. The program provides an integrated approach to wellness, with [...]

   
   
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  Cruising with a Pearl of a Spa

  By Marilyn Green on 4:05 pm in At Sea (Cruise Ships), At Sea (Cruise Ships) / no comments

  Passengers enjoy extensive choices among a dozen restaurants, and entertainment is scheduled as it is in the real world rather than by rigid groups around the dining rooms seatings. orwegian Cruise Line s new Norwegian Pearl is all evolution, from its gracious spa to the extension of the individualistic Freestyle cruising experience and the ship [...]

   
   
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  Costa’s Concordia: Innovation on the High Seas

  By Marilyn Green on 4:05 pm in At Sea (Cruise Ships), At Sea (Cruise Ships) / no comments

  Staterooms are located inside the spa center and have direct access to spa facilities via a private elevator, and the private Samsara restaurant is intimate, magnificent and worth the extra cruise ticket charge alone.   osta Cruises new Concordia was created to symbolize concord - peace and harmony - among European nations, with each deck [...]

   
   
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  Exercising Freedom: Spa and Play on the World’s Biggest Cruise Ship

  By Marilyn Green on 4:06 pm in At Sea (Cruise Ships), At Sea (Cruise Ships) / no comments

  Freedom of the Seas' Fitness Center claims the title as the largest-ever cruise ship gym: Although it has one full size boxing ring in it, it could contain 62 of them. The largest cruise ship in the world also turns out to be one of the most innovative in terms of spas and fitness. From [...]

   
   
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  Signature of Excellence Raised to Art: the Noordam’s Greenhouse Spa

  By Marilyn Green on 4:06 pm in At Sea (Cruise Ships), At Sea (Cruise Ships) / no comments

  After all, the entire body's weight rests on the feet, and when they are relaxed and spread over the floor like butter, everything works better. his isn't a foot massage," the therapist protested, working deft fingers into my soles ad renewing my tired feet. "It's a pedicure." It was certainly the most intense and pleasurable [...]