Word: ship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They contend, as they always have, that the seafaring market is still largely untapped, with just 8% of North Americans having taken a cruise. That leaves plenty of room for bookings to continue to grow a robust 9% to 10% a year. "Our philosophy is, 'If you build the ship, they will come,'" says Rich Steck, a spokesman for Royal Caribbean, which is spending more than $2.8 billion to add seven new liners to its 16-ship fleet by 2002. "We're banking on that heavily...
...cruise lines have created their own ports of call. Disney's Castaway Cay in the Bahamas features three beaches and a 12-acre snorkeling lagoon. At Coco Cay, Royal Caribbean's 140-acre island, aquamarine waters lap at the white sand beach, while snorkelers explore a 16th century sailing ship and a small plane that the company submerged to give divers a sense of adventure. Alas, what Royal Caribbean calls a controlled shore experience some others have labeled a limited amusement experience. "There's nothing here but some palm trees," complained LaDonne Herring, a nurse who cruised to Coco...
...course, some passengers prefer pure luxury. Retired California businessman Roy Black and his wife have spent $30,000 for the penthouse of Crystal Cruises' 940-passenger ship Harmony during a 30-day world tour. The Blacks are so fond of Crystal, a privately owned company, that they've taken 18 Harmony cruises. "It's the ultimate in comfort and spaciousness and decor," Black says of the 950-sq.-ft. penthouse, which comes with a Jacuzzi and private butler service, among other creature comforts. "It's always been our home away from home...
Knut Kloster Jr., the former chairman of the Norwegian Cruise and Royal Viking lines, plans to top even that by launching a ship that will be a permanent home for its passengers. The globe-trotting vessel, called World of ResidenSea, will have 286 condominiums when completed in early 2001. Kloster has so far sold 65 units, which go for as much as $6.6 million. And for those who can't get enough Titanic, a U.S.-Swiss partnership plans to build a $500 million replica that will take its maiden voyage on the 90th anniversary of the Titanic...
...Justice Department urged a federal appeals court to deny a request by Microsoft that would allow the company to ship Windows 98 on schedule next week. Microsoft asked the appeals court on Wednesday to set aside parts of a restraining order that prevented the company from forcing manufacturers to take its browser as a condition for licensing its operating system. That restraining order was appealed, but until a court says otherwise it still stands, as it has now for five months. So it's hard for Microsoft to suddenly claim an emergency when it could have sought to clarify...