Disney Cruise Lines this week will begin to add 3-D technology to theaters on its Disney Magic and Disney Wonder cruise ships sailing from Port Canaveral to show first-run Disney films in 3-D format. This Disney Digital 3-D experience is being launched Friday on the Disney Wonder to coincide with the premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' newest animated feature, "Bolt." ...more

November 17, 2008

Visitors to Florida might have a tough time telling whether it's an anything-goes playground or the tip of the Bible Belt. ...more

November 8, 2008

The Port of Tampa along with nine other U.S. seaports accounted for 83 percent of the American cruise industry's passenger traffic last year, the Cruise Lines International Association, a trade group in Fort Lauderdale, said in a new report. ...more

October 22, 2008

The vast Tampa Bay includes more than 90 nautical miles of channels that likely would be unnavigable without the help of harbor pilots. ...more

August 7, 2008

Rising gasoline prices, hotel rates, food expenses and an unfavorable international currency exchange continue to wreak havoc on vacation plans. ...more

May 8, 2008

Rising gasoline prices, hotel rates, food expenses and an unfavorable international currency exchange continue to wreak havoc with vacation plans. But Terry Dale, president and chief executive of the Cruise Lines International Association, based in Fort Lauderdale, said predictions in January that 2008 would be a record year with 12.8 million cruise passengers still hold true. Dale discussed the cruise industry in an interview with The Tampa Tribune on Wednesday. ...more

May 7, 2008