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Making a comeback: trans-Atlantic cruises
As recently as 1958, more people crossed the Atlantic Ocean by ocean liner than by airplane. But those Atlantic cruises are rising again in popularity — particularly at a time when airline service is deteriorating.
So much so that one member of the Cruise Line International Alliance offers crossings on a regular basis between New York and the UK.
“Fourteen other cruise lines offer transatlantic crossings in the fall and spring, as ships are repositioned between the Americas and Europe. Several companies also offer transpacific crossings, usually as segments of longer voyages to Asia and the Pacific. And, of course, both the Atlantic and the Pacific are major features of the many world cruises offered by CLIA members between January and May each year,†according to CLIA.
Many of these ocean crossings feature a number of ports along the way – in Europe, possibly in the Caribbean, occasionally islands in the Atlantic or Pacific, even Iceland or Greenland.
Most trips range from six days to several weeks.
“They have the strongest appeal for passengers who are passionate about being on a ship at sea,†CLIA says.
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