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	<title>The Cruise Report</title>
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	<description>With Cruise Specialists Cruise Reporter Ralph Grizzle</description>
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		<title>Why I Wish I Were Frank Del Rio And Other Thoughts From A Q&amp;A With The Chief Of Oceania</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why I Wish I Were Frank Del Rio
I&#8217;m successful, well-educated (go Tar Heels!), well-traveled, have fulfilled most of my dreams, parent two lovely children and enjoy a good lifestyle. But despite all of those trimmings of a happy life, I&#8217;ve decided that I no longer want to be me. No. I&#8217;m finished with this persona. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Ship, Small Ship: Envy En Route To Fairbanks</title>
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I met Rick and Debbie Farr on a flight from Seattle. We were headed to Fairbanks to begin two separate cruisetours, in this case, five-day land tours that would take us to Fairbanks, Denali National Park and Anchorage.
The Denton, Texas couple told me they were traveling with one of the large ship cruise lines but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Shore Excursion: Fly By Denali</title>
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The weather could not have been better during our September fly-by of Denali.
We flew with Greg Lahaie, owner of Kantishna Air Taxi. Greg tells us: &#8220;Kantishna Air Taxi is the only air service in the Denali National Park area that guarantees passengers a good flight tour. We can guarantee this because, quite simply, if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Is The Best Time To Book Your Cruise?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When is the best time to book your cruise? The answer depends on where you&#8217;re going.
The only part of your cruise where you can’t relax is in booking it. Planning on cruising Europe’s rivers in the summer of 2010? Better hurry, or you’ll miss the boat.
You’re somewhat better off if planning an ocean cruise in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fairbanks, Alaska Shore Excursion: Howling With The Huskies</title>
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First woman to finish the Idatirod, Mary Shields leads our group in howling to her huskies and hoping for a response.
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		<title>Fairbanks, Alaska: Mary Shields Personal Tours</title>
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On a Fairbanks, Alaska shore excursion, Mary Shields shares the experience of the thing she loves most: her team of big waggly huskies.
Our small group was able to get up close and personal with the dogs, while Mary informed us about the husky breed and about some of her training techniques.
Mary was the first woman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Shore Excursion: Meeting Mary Shields, First To Finish Iditarod Sled Dog Race</title>
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From Fairbanks, it&#8217;s only a five-mile drive to see Mary Shields on a tour that carries her name. In 1973, Mary became the first woman to finish the 1,049-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race. She lives in a modern log cabin that she and her former husband built. There, she tends to her garden and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Top Reasons To River Cruise In Europe</title>
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The Cruise Report&#8217;s Ralph Grizzle talks with the vice president of AMAWATERWAYS about why river cruising is such a great way to see Europe.
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		<title>Construction Begins Sister Ship For Oceania Marina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Genoa, steel cutting begins on sister to Oceania Marina. New ship&#8217;s name: Riviera. More to come.
  Posted from my Blackberry.  

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		<link>http://www.cruisespecialists.com/cruise-report/index.php/2010/02/construction-begins-sister-ship-for-oceania-marina/</link>
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		<title>Gone To Marina (Oceania&#8217;s), Back Soon</title>
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Today, I head to Genoa for a preview of Oceania&#8217;s Marina, which will be floated out Friday at 12:15 Central European Time.
Please join the discussion by leaving comments and feel free to ask me questions to ask the Oceania execs.
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