USA TODAY Cruise Log with Gene Sloan

USA TODAY readers to Royal Caribbean: We want Epic, Amazement

What should Royal Caribbean name its next two ships? If it was up to you, Cruise Loggers, the choice would be Epic of the Seas and Amazement of the Seas.

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• Royal Caribbean

Royal Caribbean plans more cruises in South America

The line announced late Thursday that the 2,100-passenger Radiance of the Seas, already scheduled to spend this coming winter in South America, will return for a second winter in the region in late 2009.

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• Royal Caribbean
• South America

FBI: Woman's plunge from cruise ship not a crime

FBI agents have spent the past two days on board the Norwegian Dawn interviewing witnesses, examining the woman's sealed cabin and viewing surveillance footage.

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• Norwegian Cruise Line
• New York
• Bermuda

Today's debate: How far should cruise lines go with surveillance?

Surveillance tapes are helping to solve the question of what happened to Mindy Jordan, the nurse who fell off the Norwegian Dawn on Sunday. But how much surveillance is too much?

What's the secret to . . . getting the best deal?

Cruise Loggers, it's time to launch a new feature: The Reader Tip of the Week. Every Monday we'll throw out a topic and ask you, the readers of the Cruise Log, to share your collective wisdom.