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The Magellan Gets Even Larger

The Magellan, which plans to be the world's largest private residential cruise ship has just gotten a bit bigger. They have announced twelve additional residences and a new amenity, a tennis court. The Magellan is now 860 feet and weighs an astounding 72,000 tons. The new residences include four one-bedroom condos and eight two-bedroom condos. The Magellan includes an indoor pool, greenhouse (shown here), resaurants, a spa, an observatory and a 450-seat live, satellite broadcast theatre. Private residences on The Magellan range in price from $1.875 million to $8 million for penthouses and from $134,000 for fractional ownership condos. The Magellan is set to be completed in 2009 and the ship is designed to run for 100 years. With the residential cruise ship market just beginning, the Magellan is clearly seeking to be the most extravagant option for those looking for life on the seas.

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Freedom of the Seas Completed

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

Though the construction of the behemoth Project Genesis cruise liner casts a slightly shadow on the glory of its launch, the current world's largest cruise ship is complete and the ship is en route to its new owners, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., in Florida. Freedom of the Seas can hold a total of 4,000 passengers - 1,000 more than its closest rival - and can entertain them with pools, an ice skating rink and the largest ship-bound rock climbing wall. To see all that the ship has to offer or to making bookings on one of its upcoming Caribbean cruises, take a look at its website, where you can take a virtual tour of the ship. The ship's first passenger voyage with Royal Caribbean is scheduled for June 4.

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Tahiti Cruises on the Paul Gauguin

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Yachts & Sailing

Where else would a ship named Paul Gauguin go but to French Polynesia. The ship, which is run by Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, has its home port in Tahiti and offers cruises around the idyllic islands. The ship sails from Papeete, Tahiti, every Saturday and meanders around the South Seas islands, visiting Raiatea, Tahaa, the "vanilla island," and spending a day at a barbecue feast on Motu Mahana. Two days are spent in Bora Bora and two full days in Moorea let guests explore Cook's Bay and Opunohu Bay. The ship has ocean-view suites, many which have private balconies and there are three restaurants. A retractable water sports platform offers a place for kayaking, water skiing and windsurfing and there is also a shipboard scuba program. If booked by March 31, per person fares on the April 29, May 6, 20, 27 and June 3 seven-night Society Island sojourns start at $1,995 per person.

[via Travel Video News]

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