Tag Archives: Inaugural Cruise

Costa Deliziosa Inaugural Event – Pics

We are in Genova Italy, staying at the amazing Bentley Hotel. I am uploading pictures to Flickr of our tour in Florence Italy, my favorite tour of the trip. While those pictures are uploading I wanted to get some of my favorite pictures of the Costa Deliziosa Inaugural Event in a Blog Post on CruiseSource.us. [...]

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Costa Deliziosa – Inaugural Event Update

It is 4:30 AM on the brand new Costa Deliziosa. I woke up wide awake…feeling guilty for neglecting CruiseSource.us by not writing a blog post in two days. I’ve been uploading photos to Flickr from Italy and the Costa Deliziosa. I swear, We have been constantly on the go and I have the pics and [...]

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Major Snow Storm – Most Flights Cancelled

Sitting at the Charlotte-Douglas Airport, we are very fortunate that our flight is not cancelled. Most flights out of Charlotte have been cancelled, but our Lufthansa flight to Munich then on to Venice is on schedule. I can’t stress the importance of Travel Insurance for protecting your Cruise Vacation from the unkown. You can search [...]

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Leaving on a Jet Plane – Costa Deliziosa

Tomorrow is the big day!!  We’re flying out of Charlotte to Venice, Italy!  This is our first trip to Italy, and we’re excited (as if you couldn’t tell from my use of exclamation points).  Our luck with weather, not so good.  Last year for our Hawaii Cruise, we encountered the first Hawaiian Hurricane in decades.   [...]

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Costa Deliziosa – Inaugural

Jess and I are preparing to leave for the Costa Deliziosa Inaugural cruise departing Venice on February 1, 2010.  I’ve cruised on several inaugural sailings: the Freedom of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas, & the Oasis of the Seas.  All of these inaugural events occurred after the ships crossed the Atlantic.  The Costa Deliziosa [...]

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